Morning all,

A change of sides for me today as I’ll be working on the rails at Newmarket today. Suffice to say I’ve dug the waterproofs out, as it looks pretty horrid late afternoon.

And that rain is causing much consternation in terms of having a bet this morning, as the rain is so patchy and varying in depth that it makes putting anything solid up a bit of a nightmare at the moment. I have, as ever, done a Saturday TV Guide but all I would say is tread carefully today until we can be sure what the ground is and whether there are any draw biases.

Anyway, without further ado, here’s the TV guide. Good luck all!

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Morning all,

I’ll be off to Warwick later but working for the enemy today, as the Stevie Stretch firm requires my services for the day. I do enjoy Warwick, it’s relatively near to me, the food isn’t bad (although like everywhere priced too expensively) and you often get to see good horses as the track is a fair one. We might be seeing a good one today in the shape of Peter The Mayo Man in the first, who won as I expected him to at Worcester on his comeback run, and if he tidies his hurdling up a bit, I’m hoping he can defy the penalty on the way to better things this year.

If there’s just one issue with Warwick it’s the wind. Because of the layout of the place, the wind often whistles through the stands and bookmakers and whilst that’s okay on a relatively warm day like today, once you’re into the depths of Winter you can freeze your whatsits off having an afternoon there. At least four layers and two pairs of socks are requited if you’re to avoid frostbite….

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