A runner a day keeps the horsebox away.

After such a busy seven days a fortnight ago, it was a nice relief to have relatively few runners this week.
They all ran with credit, particularly the two runners at Doncaster - Spirit of Sharjah and Bavarica - who both finished third.
Spirit is undoubtedly talented but has his quirks and only wins when everything drops right for him but this was him on a going day.
'Rita' on the other hand is a real gem of a horse. This was her 90th career run, all of which have been for us, and she doesn't seem to be slowing down, well the handicapper certainly doesn't think so as she's on the highest mark of her life at the age of eight. That's the problem with handicap races in this country (as James Given put it a few weeks ago) horses are handicapped to lose. If you do well, you get penalised. So, in theory, you can only win by losing. It's a joke and real battlers like Bavarica are the ones who suffer most.

We have a runner everyday this week and I couldn't write off any of their chances.
I'll be taking most interest though in King Columbo at Salisbury on Friday. My daughter, Shelley, will be having her first ride under rules on him and it will be exciting stuff. Don't worry about having a bet on the girl as she is a fully competent jockey, having ridden four winners pony racing.