By the way, I hear that Coxy’s crack sprinter Golden Horde was spotted moving better than Fred Astaire on the gallops earlier this week.
The chunky chestnut is off to Deauville for a Group 1 next Sunday and connections are already looking forward to nibbling on a celebratory frog’s leg.
While we are talking about food, spare a thought for the catering teams who have been earning a crust at the Jockey Club owned tracks.
I’m told that while the group’s head chefs are being kept on, plenty of lower ranking kitchen staff have been given the elbow as a result of Covid-driven cutbacks.
That’s a right kick in the wotsits, so fingers crossed these grafters find alternative employment.
The award for happiest owner at Goodwood goes to Trevor Jacobs who had a good old shout-up when his Junkanoo won at 50-1 on Thursday.
Now, this Mr Jacobs is anything but crackers and rumour has it he burgled some 100-1 about his rag before topping up at 50s. Lovely jubbly!
Mind you, Aidan O’Brien’s heavy-hitting gang caught a cold when Magic Wand (11-2 to 9-4) was mullered in the Nassau Stakes.
You could keep a Hovis factory busy with the amount of dough that arrived for this filly.
But she stopped quicker than a two-bob watch in the straight and was beaten a couple of cricket pitches by tougher than Rocky winner Fancy Blue.
Ryan Moore booted that one home and there is a strong word for his mount Laafy at Goodwood today (2.25).
This fella is more reliable than Big Ben and I’m told Sir Michael Stoute’s pals will be gutted if he gets turned over.
