Tracy 🏇

I'm still processing what a fantastic day I experienced at Tokyo racecourse yday. £3 entry for 3 of us! Plenty of inexpensive & varied food choices. Focus is on the horse & enjoying the racing. No drunks. Big crowd @nickluck @LydiaHislop @MCYeeehaaa

@stephenpollard @spectator I'm so sorry that Louie is no longer by your side. He was a handsome boy, I suspect he was incredibly well cared for and loved ❤️‍🩹. Sleep tight Louie.

Here's my @Spectator tribute to my wonderful cat, Louie, 'Nothing prepares you for the death of a pet' spectator.com/article/nothin… My companion – my friend – Louie died suddenly on Tuesday. He was nine (his tenth birthday was due next month) which, in cat years, made him middle-aged. No one saw it coming – he’d had his six-monthly check-up a few weeks ago and was seemingly fit and well. If you don’t have a pet, you can’t fully appreciate the depth of the bond and the corresponding rawness of the grief. Louie has been my constant companion, especially since I divorced and moved into my own flat six years ago. Living alone, I regarded Louie – formal pedigree name Albalou Bojangles, a British shorthair – as my closest friend, in the sense that I saw more of him (it seems bizarre to be writing in the past tense about him) than anyone else. He was there throughout Covid, when I was shielding, and through treatment for my leukaemia. My whole flat is a reminder of his presence with scratch pads, toys, cat furniture, and all the other paraphernalia that comes with a cat. The morning after his death was so difficult. We’d had a morning routine which was the same every day. I slept with the bedroom door closed, as otherwise Louie would be in the room demanding food. At around 5.30 a.m. he’d start scratching the door and meowing loudly. I’ve always been an early riser anyway so I’d get up and go to the kitchen to give him his food as he rubbed himself against me, as if saying ‘thank you’. Then he’d push his face against the shower glass as I washed and follow me to my bedroom, jumping on the bed while I dressed. Louie would follow me into the study as I looked through the papers and hop onto my desk, usually bashing my keyboard. That same routine, every day. But not any more. I’m bereft. Louie had spent the day with me on Tuesday as I was having a new boiler fitted, so I was keeping him out of the way. At around 2 p.m. he was – as he often did – lying across my tummy as I watched TV on the sofa, purring happily as I stroked him. I had to disappear to my study for ten minutes to check some edits on a piece and when I got back, he was lying outstretched, all 35 inches from his nose to the start of his tail, under the dining table, where he never sits. I went to stroke him and he didn’t move, so I assumed he was in a deep sleep. I called ‘food’, which always wakes him up, and there was nothing. Then I realised he wasn’t responding at all. I called the vet in a panic saying I thought he had died – I couldn’t quite tell if he had actually stopped breathing. I’m only five minutes from the practice and when we got there, the vet confirmed he had no heartbeat. As I think about it now, I’m struck by how he must have known something was happening and so took himself to a new place to stretch out ready to go to sleep forever. It was all so sudden – ten minutes before he went he was (or at least seemed) totally fine. The vet said it was most likely a stroke or a heart attack, perhaps after some underlying issue. The only good thing is precisely that it was so sudden and so he didn’t suffer. On Wednesday night I went to the kids’ house to break the news. Cat owners will know that wonderful feeling when you open the front door and your friend has somehow sensed your return and is sitting there waiting for you. I live in a maisonette and Louie would almost always be at the top of the stairs as I put the key in the door. There was no Louie that night when I got home. My flat is empty. Rest in peace, my friend.

@Martina @NetfIixFiIms I can't wait to watch this 😀 As a young girl ( many moons ago! ) I would race home from school to watch you both at Wimbledon 🎾

To share the stage with Chris Evert for the past 5 decades has been an incredible privilege - our documentary Final Set is out on 26th June 2026 - @NetfIixFiIms

It's good to be back @NottsRacecourse ☀️🏇

Relaxed, happy horses @OwenBurrowsRace featuring a feline head of security 😀. Thank you, Owen & all the staff who took the time today to chat about the wonderful horses at Farncombe Down Stables @LambournOpenDay

The best morning spent @LambournOpenDay . A very happy Friday 😊 🐴

@KittyTrice Ah no 😭😪

❤️ Poor, poor Envoi Allen. Run free lovely boy. Sending my thoughts to Henry de Bromhead and team, as well as everyone at Cheveley Park Stud.

@alanjohnsy Wow. I had no idea of his size. Thanks for sharing. What a racehorse #dude

Il etait temps. What a little racehorse he is. The video is from Ascot to give you an idea of just how small he is!

What a day we had yesterday watching the utterly brilliant @ohmaryplayuk @MasonAPark is phenomenal, the whole cast are superb 👏 Brilliantly bonkers & hysterically funny. Thanks for the photos & taking the time to chat 🎭❤️🫶 #OhMary #ColeEscola

@ohmaryplayuk is brilliantly bonkers & insanely funny @MasonAPark is incredible 👏 The whole cast are fantastic. What a day we've had 🫶🎭❤️

@SarahjevsEvans Oh Sarah, I'm so sorry to hear this 💔😪. Your updates have given me and many others so much pleasure. He was adorable . He had the best home and care in his short life x

With a broken💔I wanted to let everyone know that Boycee was put to sleep today😰.He had developed severe neurological problems which deteriorated rapidly.The vet believed that the breeders hadn’t given him the best start.Love you Boycee bach will c u again somedayx

Spring doesn’t officially start until 20th March… …but the whippet clearly has other ideas ☀️🐶🌱 #SpringVibes #YardLife

@KittyTrice 😪

Really sad to have written this up. Rest in peace, Economics - a special talent.

No one better than @HuntyCaller to call home Matt Weston winning Olympic gold for #TeamGB #Skeleton 🥇

@RacingPost Is there an update? Hoping Paul is ok, because it looked like he got kicked in the face/head.

Paul Townend earlier today after being unceremoniously unshipped from Kitzbuhel at the open ditch 😳

@FOBRacing Congratulations 🎊 👏 😊

We don’t have that many G1 runners And even fewer G1 winners (that’s our 4th) Delighted for the Megsons and the whole team back at Ravenswell #TeamFOB

@Catters61 @kemptonparkrace @MarketRasenRace So sorry to hear this Mike 😢

Australia Day, such a star under both codes for Paul Webber, has been humanely put to sleep today. We all loved Skippy's wonderful talent and enthusiasm. He held track records @kemptonparkrace (hdle and ch) and @MarketRasenRace (hdle) at the same time. Denis O'Regan and the late Liam Treadwell were great with him. So sad he's gone but such a character and so many happy memories!

Complete crap here from your HHS Secretary The HPV vaccine (Gardasil) is so effective it is on the way to ELIMINATING cervical cancer! RFK Jr is an anti vaccine fanatic who would rather your daughter got cervical cancer than a vaccine Horrible man

PC Teddy reporting for duty! #StandTall #PCTeddy #MerpolMounted #PoliceCat #PatrolReady

@FluffyPickle So sorry 😪 It's always heartbreaking letting our furry friends go x

I had to say goodbye today to Queen Alice age 15..this is her this morning after eating half of my breakfast. Doing what’s best for the ones you love is a privilege but hurts so much. Apologies in advance for any angry/aggy posts this weekend 💔

Me waking up this morning to discover that the @AustralianOpen isn't available on @SkySportsTennis 😭 #AO26 #AustralianOpen 🎾