Runners in the sun

We've just had the longest day of the year, so I suppose that means plenty of time?  Well, no; not exactly.  Plenty of time outside, granted - but that means less time indoors.  And there are still all the usual things which need to be done.  In particular, the end of the month is looming and I've loads of specific things to do before June ends.  And now we have three consecutive days at the races coming up.  God only knows when everything will get done, but at least I'm finding a few minutes before bedtime this evening to preview our runners.

Roy runs tomorrow at Brighton with Ross Birkett in the race which they won two years ago.  They couldn't contest it last year as he was rated too high, whereas this year he has bottom weight.  That suggests that they should have some sort of chance.  Then Hope goes to Salisbury on Wednesday.  Silvestre is suspended so Nicola will ride.  It's a tougher race than the one in which she finished second to a handicap certainty last time, but she had 9 stone 10lb that day whereas this week she will only have 8 stone 7lb on her back, which may or may not be enough of a reduction to compensate for the rise in class.

And then on Thursday we shall have a double-header: Nottingham in the afternoon with Wasted Sunsets and Parek (Sussex Girl) at Leicester in the evening.  I'll be able to attend both meetings, which is good, as the two courses aren't too far apart.  Wasted Sunsets, having only run twice previously, has still to stick to novice (ie maidens plus lightly-raced winners) company so that's going to make it hard for her to figure prominently.  But I hope that she'll run respectably.  Sussex Girl, by contrast, ought to be ready to run very competitively, although three-year-olds are eligible, which will make it tougher than if she were merely competing against other (more or less) fully exposed horses aged four and above.  So we'll see what happens.  They'll all do their best and we'll hope for the best.  That's all we can ask or do.