Nice chat with Sir Mark Prescott in today's Sun as he heads to Doncaster with a couple of smart fillies

Kempton Park still at risk of being closed down for housing development KEMPTON PARK is still at risk of being closed and knocked down for housing. The Jockey Club announced in January 2017 they were selling off the racecourse to developers in a bid to raise £100 milli…

EXC: Kempton Park still at risk of being closed down for housing
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/353309...

LAPD when they think no one’s looking

Good to be back

Beautiful day for a fascinating card at Newbs

Grand National on the front, back and in the middle of today’s @thesun.co.uk. Plenty of life in the great race yet

Elbows up, Canada.

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Constitution Hill watching the world go by at Seven Barrows

Signs of spring 👍

Megan Nicholls to source horses for dad Paul in bid to turn fortunes around PAUL NICHOLLS is turning to his daughter Megan in a bid to turn the stable’s fortunes around. The 14-time champion trainer is enduring one of the toughest seasons of his career and is a 33-1 …

Megan Nicholls to begin sourcing the majority of dad Paul's horses after difficult run of results

But Nicholls denies 'split' with Tom Malone

www.thesun.co.uk/sport/333475...

It might not sound like it in this week's column, but I promise some work was actually done during the Irish pre-Festival press trip

Galopin des Champs says hello

Enjoyed popping down to see Paul Nicholls this week

Stunning day at Cheltenham, which means we’ll have to be on #lowsun watch

Nicky Henderson volunteered to take a picture of Apple Away and her owners at Newbury. Ed Whitaker eat your heart out

Racing chiefs to stage extra jumps meeting on Saturday in bid to beat weather RACING chiefs are hoping to avoid another Saturday without any jumps racing by staging a meeting in Wales this weekend. The BHA have arranged a last-minute fixture at Ffos Las, where the track is c…

Ffos Las to stage seven-race jumps meeting on Saturday as BHA arrange last-minute card to beat weather
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/326817...

Some despicable reporting in the papers today. The Telegraph front page downright misleading

This is not what he said and they know it. Something very disturbing has happened to much of the British press and a fair amount of conservative politics. The extremist Musk tail wagging the formerly mainstream dog.

Happy New Year all

I especially wish John Hunt and his family well in 2025 x

Magic

No racing now for three days... but still 16 pages of racing in The Sun today and tomorrow, with 16-pager on Boxing Day

This weeks column

Wonder woman Venetia Williams looking well in today’s Sun ahead of another big Saturday

Tremendous snap by Alan Crowhurst at Ascot today

Paul Nicholls left fuming as Newbury winner set to lose race over whip PAUL NICHOLLS was left fuming after Lorcan Williams’ whip use looks set to cost Captain Bellamy victory at Newbury. The five-year-old was first past the post in the two and a half mile novice hurdl…

Paul Nicholls says there are 'no excuses' after Lorcan Williams appeared to use whip 11 times on Captain Bellamy - with horse set to be DQ'd
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Group 1 hero Live In The Dream moved from stable of 'gutted' trainer Adam West LIVE IN THE DREAM, the horse who ran out a fairytale winner of the Group 1 Nunthorpe Stakes in 2023, will no longer be trained by a ‘gutted’ Adam West. Owners Steve and Jolene de’Lemos …

16 months on from fairytale Nunthorpe win, Live In The Dream has been moved from Adam West's yard
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/323580...

Burdett Road to face Constitution Hill and Lossiemouth in mouthwatering clash JAMES OWEN is going to throw Burdett Road in at the deep end on Boxing Day. The Newmarket trainer will skip Ascot this weekend and instead run the four-year-old in the Grade 1 Christmas Hurdle. The…

James Owen to take on (hopefully) Constitution Hill and Lossiemouth over Christmas with Burdett Road
www.thesun.co.uk/sport/323231...

Grand National-winning jockey injured after his car hit by tree in Storm Darragh DUAL Grand National winning jockey Leighton Aspell had a lucky escape after a falling tree hit his car during Storm Darragh. The Irishman suffered several nasty injuries, including a broken arm and…

Dual Grand National winner Leighton Aspell has lucky escape after his car is hit by falling tree during Storm Darragh

www.thesun.co.uk/sport/322101...

Obligatory what an amazing racecourse post