Sivola Superb!

What a great performance from Abracadabra Sivola (pictured above) to score at Kempton on Saturday.  I did say that he was well handicapped on the pick of his form, but he put in a beautiful round of jumping under David Noonan who gave him a well-judged ride from the front.  This was a very good performance under top weight of 11-12 and the prize money of almost £7,500 was handy too - let's hope that the handicapper doesn't stick him up too much.

We are completely snowed in down her in Brixham!  It is the worst that I have seen it in 40 years of living here, so much so that I cannot get the car out of the drive as it is under 2 feet of the white stuff.  Mind you, all the kids down the street seem to love it, although it's a bit cold if you get hit by a snowball.  At present it is looking like Lingfield's all-weather card is likely to be the only surviving fixture.  The track may be okay but I wonder how all the horse boxes are going to get to the course - they certainly wouldn't make it if it were held in Devon!  Anyway, it is hardly surprising that there are no runners from Pond House today and I can't see there being any jumps fixtures for a good few days.

I think I will be staying in for a day or two...and I bet you never thought you would hear me say this, it is a good job that there is some all-weather racing!

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I was watching the quarter-final action from the FA Cup yesterday and Southampton beat Wigan in a pretty even match, while Chelsea dispatched Leicester in extra time.  I thought the best player I saw all weekend was the Wigan goalkeeper Walton who saved a penalty from Gabbiadini, meanwhile Leicester keeper Schmiechel had a stinker in the other game.  That means that Manchester United play Spurs in one semi, while Chelsea will face Southampton in the other.

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"I don't care if you are an usher at the cinema" said the policeman, "you can't just tear up every ticket that you're given!"  Have a nice day and keep safe...

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