Please support Kate Mills and her team who take on the challenge of the North Coast 500 during the first week of August to raise funds for the Injured Jockeys Fund and Retraining for Racehorses in memory of amateur jockey Lorna Brooke.

Grateful for this morning’s wonderful and ideal running weather: cool, a little drizzle, no ice and, most importantly, no wind.

It has been a surprise and a joy to reconnect with long lost friends – twice – in the last few days.