Saturday 2 January

The cold snap continues to wreak havoc with the racing fixtures, with Sandown off today and the big card at Cheltenham only just survuving 3 inspections yesterday. Unfortunately the ground was still not deemed suitable for Il Duce who was withdrawn from the feature handicap - but he lives to fight another day.Jardin De Vienne will have entries at Wincanton next Saturday (9th) and Leicester on the 12th, both over 2 miles. we will get the results of Bobby's trachea wash on Monday and then he will start on a course of targeted antibiotics which will hopefully see him quickly back on track.