Gallery

: Repton, with Anna, Sue and Graham

: Zigaura

: Mossy Morning

: Mr Vitality

: The Racehorse Sanctuary – Graham with Second Paige

: Moorcroft Boy with Graham

: Gold Cup day at the Cheltenham Festival

: Uttoxeter. Busy.

: Caroline Cook

: Bloom winning the Battle Of The Bands final

: Cleeve Hill Lad going to post

: One that I backed – jumped a bit wooden

: Jockey Will Kennedy acknowledges Shantou Magic’s performance in the Novice Chase

: The perfectly formed Market Rasen

: Black Narcissus

: The view from The Royal Box

: A hardy and largely hatless crowd at windswept Wetherby

: Gabrial wins the Lincoln

: The 25/1 shot I backed in the last race being led back in

: The bookies receive a vicious beating at Southwell, just not from the punters

: Spain meets Essex in a European con-fusion

: The Scrabble System lets me down in the fourth race at Wolverhampton

: Simon suffers severe trauma and ends the day a drooling imbecile after colliding with an unmarked beam (note – Simon’s coat has been artificially altered to protect his identity)

: Triple Chocolate doesn’t win the 2nd race

: Borguy walking back in after his fall in the first race

: The set menu

: Folly

: The cash machine that is the lovely Tanerko Emery

: A beautiful but hypothermic day at Aintree for my first Grand National

: Fontwell – a course where you can get close to the action and hear the hooves pounding

: Yes, this really is part of Ayr racecourse!

: The Bray Royale – possibly the finest way of entering a racecourse I’ve yet encountered

: Roy Rocket wins the second race at Brighton. “You can see the sea – it’s over there between the land and the sky!”

: The beautiful rolling vista of Epsom Downs

: The now even lovelier Tanerko Emery wins the handicap hurdle

: Richard is walking between all the racecourses over 13 months – lunacy, but for two very good causes

: AP comes back in for the last time

: The sunny and spacious Nottingham

: The ‘Around The World In One Raceday’ at Sedgefield promises the pinnacle of international cuisine, such as…..a jacket potato with tuna mayo

: Illuminate streaks clear to win at a vibrant Salisbury

: A buzzing atmosphere in the parade ring before the 2000 Guineas

: A mutant talking daisy gets the better of me at beautiful Beverley

: Alright Benny leads from pillar to post in the handicap chase at Fakenham

: The indomitable Chester crowd huddle under umbrellas on tarmac because there is literally nowhere else to go

: Two Ivans and I visit Worcester – the scene of a crime some 17 years ago

: The stunning view of the action from the the Ludlow roof

: The only mixed meeting of my journey at Haydock, combining both jumps and flat racing

: The runners at Towcester approach the finishing post, or is it the greyhound track?

: Richard at Wincanton

: Bath, a racecourse with an array of clever ideas for efficiently using space

: Squirrel

: York, one of the finest racecourses in the world, I would humbly suggest

: A big winner!

: A packed, pissed and rowdy crowd at Thirsk

: The small but perfectly formed Mon Beau Visage at the small but perfectly formed Redcar

: Newcastle is lovely! Why aren’t there more people here?

: Almost glorious Goodwood

: Flying into Edinburgh for Boogie Night at Musselburgh races

: The runners pull up after the 5th race at surprisingly nice Catterick

: A fine panorama from the roof of Kelso

: Cartmel is slightly crazy, but you just can’t help but love it!

: They say that Hexham is “Britain’s Most Scenic Racecourse!” and they’re right

: Hamilton – a lovely racecourse to spend 32 minutes

: Okay, it is a wet Tuesday afternoon, but the wonderful Newcastle racecourse deserves better support than this

: The majestic Langley Castle

: The late and truly great Kauto Star