David Massey

Good morning all,

The rain has arrived at a couple of tracks this morning and I can give you a live update at 7.45am from Haydock – it's chucking it down.

However, before I disappear off for some breakfast, here's my thoughts on some of today's racing from Ascot, Newmarket and Haydock.

Good morning all,

The first part of my adventures on the road last week are on the main piece today, along with a selection from Haydock where I'll be working in the rain later.

The bad weather seems to have followed me everywhere for the past ten days….read on…..

Good morning all,

It's dry outside my window this morning (I'm virtually on the track, don't forget) and it's dried out a touch in the night, but it's still good to soft in the main at Goodwood for Stewards Cup day.

My thoughts on the final day on the main piece.

Good morning all,

This is one of the busiest weeks of the year for me, second only to Royal Ascot (in a normal year anyway) as I’m moving around the country working for the latter half of the week. I’ve already been to Sandown and Epsom last night, and now for the next two days it’s going to be Goodwood all the way. Hoping for dry weather! (Update – I have never, ever, got so wet as I did at Sandown Wednesday night.) 

The rain at the beginning of the week means we’re dealing with ground with some cut in it this week. As of 6.30am this morning, we've had another 3.6mm in the night, but it is very blustery and the ground remains simialr to what it was yesterday.

It’s a decent Friday card, so let’s see if we can find where the value lies.