Good morning all,

The handicap weights for Cheltenham came out yesterday and I'll be sifting through them as time allows over the next few days, but for the time being last weeks anagrams went down rather well, so there's some more for you to ponder over your morning coffee today. Jockeys this time – all currently riding, five Flat, five jumps. Best of luck, answers Friday!

Good morning all,

Last week I had cause to visit Plumpton, one of my favourite tracks, as I was doing a bit of work down there. You can read about the work side of things on a different blog that I now do for a bookmaker, but you can read all about the social side of the day on today's main piece.

Good morning all,

“It's A Big Un From Wigan!” was a phrase an old work colleague used to come out with during my HMV days whenever he played a couple of his beloved Northern Soul classics. It was usually followed by “the great days are back again!”, at which point he would go into his own little world for ten minutes, transported back to a golden age, presumably.

Anyway, with some big fields around today, there's a few big ‘uns I like, from a price perspective anyway. Here goes…

Good morning all,

The plan this morning was to tell you all about my day at Plumpton last week but I've also got a Triumph Hurdle piece written and after yesterday's entries for the weekend, the price on one of the ones I'm interested in started to go. So it makes more sense to publish that today, and Plumpton later in the week.