After Two months- summary.

After two months and to put it mildly , nothing is on fire. Both Championship leaders come from the successful Glenridding kennel of Denise Bland , Jenny’s Aura and Huntsman’s Nimrod but there are a few lying in wait and one of them , emerging from a 43 year absence in the trainer sphere and taking a leaf out of a Joe Cocker song  “With a little help from my friends” and ably assisted by his best mate Caroline, is non other than Noel Murless, a nickname acquired in the sixties after the eight times champion racehorse trainer , Crepello. St Paddy and Royal Palace being his Derby winners and with Arizona and Best Mate could be there at the end.

So could Tommy’s legacy, Jenny’s Delight- Miterdale Shadow and Liz. in the senior ranks. And in the juniors – Ranger and Cuckoo Lane and Tom Thumb.

The fixture list is a bit thin at the moment but this is a trend over the past seasons, the bookies are in short supply. I mean “not many” not too little! . The mixture is taking “some stick” in certain quarters but it is ” universal” and should be the same for everybody not forgetting to add a little oil to each individual  bottle after the paraffin and aniseed are mixed.

Good luck for the rest of the season and with the “big” trails to come , the first  being on Saturday , and trying to go one better than Crackerjack in 1972 will be Best Mate and Copperfield hoping there is no Ringo but there is a Ranger.