In Bahrain later this afternoon.... 7.05pm local time. Under the floodlights. 4.05pm UK time... KIWANO (Andrew Breslin) and GET IT (Callum Shepherd)... Five furlongs... A local Grade 1. So not a ...

Go to war.... In Bahrain later this afternoon.... 7.05pm local time. Under the floodlights. 4.05pm UK time... KIWANO (Andrew Breslin) and GET IT (Callum Shepherd)... Five furlongs... A local Grade 1.

If not in the country's economy. Rachel feeling the heat. Keir giving her his full backing. In the way that Football Chairmen tend to back their Managers to the hilt a day or three before the P45 ...

A lot better than the "minus plenty" of the past week that has meant a lot of windscreen scraping in the cold dark of dawn.... Still pretty fresh in these parts, but higher pressure on the way. To the ...

Streams becoming rivers. Flooded roads. Water where water has never been. Whilst some of the country is under deep snow, Sussex is under water. And in danger of slipping into the Channel.... Several ...

And Galopin Des Champs. The New Lion. Impaire Et Passe... More stellar performances over the weekend. A Festive period that has set the National Hunt season alight as we rage towards those unmissable ...

But not necessarily "all around"... Still pretty treacherous on those black country lanes. Windscreen scraping cold... Thoughts turn to warmer climes and the rearranged Turf Series fixture in Bahrain.

Zero degrees as I drove gingerly to the yard just now along ice rink black roads. Black ice lurking. Colder weather incoming with parts of Scotland set to record temperatures lower than -20 degrees.

And very "Torvill and Dean" on the drive into the yard. Especially on White's Hill. They could hold a downhill slalom or ride the Cresta there this morning.... Colder weather incoming later. Winter's ...

Long winded homework on the state of our little irrelevant sport.... Let's focus on the horses. The main protagonists... Tingle Creek weekend. Storm Darragh, who is set to rage over us this weekend, ...