Day off

With the racing looking pretty dreadful, the weather fantastic and my wife celebrating her birthday, a day behind the screen was a remote possibility today. Till August 24th, each Monday and Tuesday have only two cards on in the afternoon, excluding bank holidays. Often these are poorer quality affairs.

My advise, don’t kill yourself doing all races unless you feel you need to, there are plenty around in the summer. Try to strike the right balance and take the opportunitity to get some time off if you wish. Do this by trying to pick and choose your targets. With the Irish Derby on Sunday I opted to go out for the day, but time my arrival back home for the Derby. This took the pressure off feeling I needed to do anything today, Monday. Sometimes it’s worth taking a break!