Apologies for no post yesterday.  I was at a football tournament locally, and was not back until quite late.  Reflecting on the big chase at Haydock, I was really disappointed with Might Bite, he ran poorly.  Not too sure the reason, but he just did not turn up. Possibly something will come to light over the next day or so, too bad to be true, was my reading of his performance.

I just watched the 12:30 race at Navan, the favourite Gypsy Island was given an awful ride by Mark Walsh, sitting too far back from the leaders, his mare finished the race strong to be second.  But an evens favourite, given a mountain to climb , by her rider! He will not like watching the replay.

At Exeter today, I thought Our Power could defy a winners penalty in the 3:20, he won well and jumped well on debut.

Pleased to get a winner yesterday for my subscribers.  Dawnieriver was a good winner at Fakenham 1:30, she jumped well, and rallied going to the last fence to win by a cosy neck.

Todays racing has some good fields at Warwick, Chepstow and Hexham jumping.  At Warwick I thought Exitas could be hard to beat in the 3:10, he won well last time and should confirm form with Beat That, who is 10lb better off. At tonight’s flat all weather meeting at Kempton, recent Newcastle winner Headman will be expected to win the 5:10, although Zakouski (Godolphin) is supposed to be useful, he could well give the odds on favourite a race in receipt of 7lb.

The main race at the track is the 6:40, with £25,000 prize for the winner.  Straight Right will be trying for a hat trick of wins, he should give a good account of himself again.

Looking at today’s race meetings.  Some good fields at Southwell jumping.  I do like Ena Baie in the 2:50, she has not ran yet over hurdles, but should be well schooled to make a winning start.  At Fakenham Foxtrot Juliet has been dirtying in the 2:00pm , but she has done little wrong of late and should win again.

More later.

A late post.  I have been watching the England v Croatia game on Sky Sports, so distracted from today’s racing.  I did have a good look through race cards this morning and last night, could not come up with a solid selection, so did not have a bet today.  Pleased to see an England win, they looked beat when going 1-0 down, so a bit of consolation for the World Cup defeat by a decent team in Croatia.  Just looking at the final race at Cheltenham, very open bumper race.

More tomorrow.

Good fields At Cheltenham today.  Just watching the 2:25 race, I was going to back Rather Be , who just got brought down by the fallers at the third fence from home.  My each way selection for followers is in the 3:30 at the track.  West end Story has top weight, and it is his first run of the season, but I think at 5/1 he has good each way claims.  I also have been very taken by bumper race favourite Royal Illusion 4::00, she has won 2-2, and has a strong chance of getting her hat trick up today.

Some decent races at Uttoxeter, it has been Harry Skelton’s day so far, he has won three races, His mount in the 2:35 Molly The Dolly has a good chance of making it 4 !

A late post today.  Some good racing today at Cheltenham.  The 2:25 was a competitive Novice Chase, won by Count Meribel, who jumped pretty well and with the fall of White Moon at the last fence( when looking as though he would be in the mix) it was a solid race, Mr Whipped the favourite, ran well to be third, he will improve for that run.

Some shock results at Newcastle jump meeting.  Chozen was an early faller in the 12:30, he was odds on to win, eventually the race was won by 20/1 outsider Free Range, who gave trainer Stella Barclay her first winner.  Rubytwo was 2/5 to win the 2:15, she was a below par 3rd, the winner Archview Sunshine was a massive 80/1 !

Tonights evening meeting at Wolverhampton has some good two year old races.  Ghaly is well regarded by Godolphin, he is short odds favourite to win the 7:15, if he can overcome a poor draw from 9, he will be tough to beat.  The 7:45 is a really interesting race, Metetron was a very easy winner over the track last time, he has a 7lb penalty for the win, if I was having a bet, it would be him without the fav James Park Woods, who will be hard to beat.

Good racing tomorrow, hopefully I can find one to back at decent odds for followers.

Todays racing was quite good.  I did fancy one at Kempton tonight, as it was backed into odds on favourite, and I had missed the shade of odds against early this morning, I did not have a bet.  As is the norm when you leave one that you think will win and leave it, it won ! The Pinto Kid won by only a neck, and at 8/11 it was just one of them days.

The last few races tonight don’t look appealing, I am surprised that race planning has  two evening meetings Kempton and Chelmsford on the same day, pretty close to each other, and both close to London, I’m sure the crowds will be small.

Looking ahead to tomorrow’s cards, some really good races at Cheltenham, finding winners will be as difficult as ever. Hopefully the weather is dry and we can enjoy the viewing.

Plenty of rain at the Scottish meeting today.  Ayr looks as though it is very soft/heavy ground.  I was looking at one in a later race, but he wants better conditions, so not getting involved.

Exeter has a really good beginners chase at 3:10 today.  Black Op was very useful over hurdles, he will be expected to win this, but very short odds on chase debut ! Maybe a watching brief, Kildisart was a fair hurdler, he could run well at fair odds. Nayati must have a good chance of winning at 3:40.  Looking at the Kempton card, it looks quite interesting, some races with some potentially nice horses running, notebook at the ready, as a lot of big yards have some choice bred horses making their debut’s.

A late post today.  I was just watching the evening meeting at Chelmsford, the main race the 5:15 had a blackout about 2 furlongs from the finish.  Thankfully the jockeys and horses all finished off the race ok.  The race was declared void, as the judge could not ascertain what the winner was.  Watching the At The races footage, from the track they said that the horse they believe to have past the post in front was Florencio, but the race was void.  It looks as though it is a mechanical fault with the floodlights.  The remaining races have been called off.  A real shame for racegoers and trainers, owners and jockeys at the track,as you don’t get paid when something like this happens !

Tomorrows racing looks quite competitive at the race meetings.  Hopefully I can find a winner, pretty hard at the present at this time of year, but you have to remain positive !

Plenty of wet weather around at Wincanton . It’s a shame as I did fancy Verdana Blue , she wants fast ground.  So I will watch her race at 3:00 with interest, it looks competitive.  I will look at tonight’s evening meeting at Chelmsford for a winner, Monumental Man is consistent in the claiming grade at 6:30, he looks to have a good chance of winning again.

It is the last day of the flat on turf today at Doncaster.  Some very open handicap races.  Eirene could be OK on the soft ground and drop down in trip today, she has each way claims at 2:05.