Nearly shed 2 tears

Almost shed a tear twice yesterday. I didn't obviously though as I am a man. 

First I had my injection at the Brighton 'Mass Vaccination' Centre. It was well organised, efficient, and a happy place. Made me proud to be British. No side effects so far (take that President Macron) although my wi-fi is faster this morning.

Then secondly it was Honeysuckle's brilliant victory in the Champion hurdle under a superb Rachael Blackmore. Honeysuckle could be better than Dawn Run and certainly the best Champion Hurdler since Istabraq. Could feel myself welling up when Henry de Bromhead was being interviewed on racingTV but managed to fight it off.

Unfortunately Goshen proved as hard to steer as a broken shopping trolley so that fairytale did not come to pass.

My son texted me as I waited in the (short) jab queue to praise the each way Eldorado Allen punt (at 66/1), which rather spoiled the anticipation for when watching the recording later. Eldorado Allen was given an excellent 'pick up the pieces' ride by Harry Cobden, to give us a reasonable first day profit.

Back delivering trees today so again it is a 'record and watch this evening' job. My main fancy today is Bear Ghylls in the Ballymore (1.20). This is a very good horse with an unfashionable trainer, and is available at 14/1 because of the popularity of the Irish runners. Unfortunately with no social runners the each way terms are only the first 2 but I think the Bear could outrun his odds.

My other bet today is a forecast (a form of account closure prevention) - Alnasherat and Sword Exceed reverse forecast 7.50 Kempton.

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