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🗣️ Dan Skelton on his handicap successes 'For me, it's all about planning, I love planning and I'm not afraid to admit that, but I don't plan because I'm a devious b****** People talk about plotting and targets but that's my job. A horse can generally only peak once a season, so I said to Bryan Drew and Jimmy Fyffe [owners] after Cheltenham that I couldn't guarantee Madara and Supremely West would be at 100 per cent for Aintree, where they ended up finishing third and fourth. My job now is to find a way to improve them next season. The horses have new marks, and if they go back to the track in the same form they technically shouldn't win, so you have to box clever. That's the skill of it.'

Sincerely hope Arsenal ban Sky from everything going forward.

We have very sadly lost the battle to overcome Sir Gino’s ailment and he has had to be put to sleep at the veterinary hospital this morning. He has been fighting from severe deep-seated infections that he had overcome last year prior to his brilliant return in the Christmas Hurdle but this time it had spread too far although his fractured pelvis was healing well. He was not only brilliant but one of the nicest kindest horses you could ever wish to see and this leaves an awful hole in Seven Barrows this morning and a very sad day for Joe & Marie Donnelly. They have had some wonderful horses over the years and they both care so much for them so losing such a young star with his life in front of him is particularly cruel. Sir Gino was unbeaten in all his 7 starts including 3 Grade 1’s over hurdles and an amazing display in a Grade 2 Chase on his one and only start over fences. We would have to say that he was just at least as good as any of all the amazing horses we have been lucky enough to have trained. Unforgettable in every way.