Delighted for our Racing Club, for Oliver Hoodless, whose first winner he was and Shades of May for whom the right trip and sharpness came together to produce a really splendid result. With luck the OH will only put him up the seven pounds he was wrong last night although he probably add another two or three on; but he should continue to be competitive off that raised mark now that we might have found the right trip; the Steward who enquired into his apparent improvement should have read yesterday's Blog and Tweets; he had a clear form chance if you ignored those last two runs.

Arelcchino's Rex runs in the extended eight furlong Handicap at Wolverhampton this evening under Rose; a dead eight race (so some instant attraction ew) but a reasonable class race for the grade; we run from a pound wrong and might have around five pounds to find on recent form with the front two in the market; but as good a form chance of the other five; he, just like Shades of May, is clearly overpriced at 28s or bigger on the exchanges and is worth a small ew dabble (especially if you are in funds as a result of SofM) notwithstanding the modest draw; just like SofN it is hard to be confident but we expect him to run well this evening.

Yesterday was a happy event all round and bodes well for the rest of the, very damp, Winter.