Good morning...
I am sorry for the brevity of yesterday's Morning News.
On Tuesday I had a blinder of a day, largely working on an exciting new project that I need to get finished before racing resumes in the UK.
As a result, (and because the weather was lovely) I decided to treat myself to a nice meal in the back yard and duly bought a dozen oysters, some whelks, a nice bottle of rosé wine and even made some mayonnaise.
I had a great evening but...
Yes, you guessed it...
At 1am I woke up with the knowledge that I had about 6.12 seconds to get to the toilet or there would be a bit of a mess.
And that reoccurred every 20 minutes or so, pretty much all day long.
I didn't feel in the slightest bit ill but I was very glad that I'd just bought a new pack of toilet paper.
I never knew I was so full of sh*t!
Now, this might not be the ideal subject to talk about whilst you are having your cornflakes but I need to explain why I didn't get any work done yesterday (although I did read a major chunk of World War Z - the book is far better than the film.)
Am feeling fine now and will try to catch up with emails and the Happy Valley draw bias today.
And I might steer clear of rosé wine for the next few weeks or so.
Compass Ratings
Yesterday we got 2 top rated winners from the 8 races (one of our top rated horses was a non-runner.)
Using the Hong Kong tote prices, we got 9 points paid to the 8 points staked.
French Ratings
I've only found one decent race in France today; the 10:40 at Deauville.
Our top rated horse, Edisa, is the favourite - the high rating is mainly down to a win at Belmont Park (USA) last September. The winner's prize money (which the ratings take into account) was £314,960.
The link to today's French ratings is... http://focusratings.com/french/FrenchRatings-2020-05-21.pdf
Other Ratings
I've had a scour around but I can't find any other Group/Graded or Listed racing today.
Something to make you smile...
Today
Whatever you are up to today...
Stay safe and healthy.
As always...
My kindest regards
