Blaklion, Politologue and Sizing John putting down their markers for the big prizes in March and April
On The Blind Side catching the eye, especially for us racing/rugby enthusiasts
Sandown attracting a crowd of 13,500, up on last year, for last Saturday’s Betfair Tingle Creek
Jack Kennedy defying gravity and performing rodeo skills to stay aboard Robin Des Mana and winning at Clonmel
Highland Reel making it a winning finale in the Longines Hong Kong Vase before retiring, and giving Aiden O’Brien his 28th Group 1 winner of 2017
Aintree and Sandown trialling a “double-header” presentation by showing dedicated RacingUK coverage from both tracks (Lydia Hislop in Liverpool and Nick Luck in Esher), with the racecards carrying all the races in detail, thus allowing racegoers to watch the “away” meeting in full, especially the respective feature races – an experiment which merits being repeated when the opportunity arises
Jockey Harry Skelton reaching 100 winners for the season in record time with a double at Fontwell – all the wins have come for his trainer brother Dan
Eighty-two year-old trainer Milton Bradley driving the horsebox from South Wales to Lingfield and getting a 1121-1 treble, thus ending a bit of a lean spell
Musselburgh staging an extra jumps fixture next week to compensate for lost meetings across the country in the past few days
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The cold snap, albeit that there were some wonderful photographs of wintery scenes from racecourses and gallops in the racing media and posted in social media
