Tuesday April 5th 2022

I had the same operation three weeks ago. Had op at 2.30 which took 30 minutes and I was out of hospital at 6 p.m. No driving for a week. Best to keep moving about, walking, in the days afterwards. Good luck.

@Jonathan Dawe Jonathan don't worry about the Hernia Procedure.

Your nap Peter The Great died of Bladder Gangrene at the age of 52.

That is something to worry about.

Better than a 10lb penalty, JD. Get well soon.

@el gran senor Vladamir CERIN has saved me so much in st anita.

Warren Kennedy doing ok

I backed bye bye putin won 10.1

I still have not blown my 17 march winnings yet...

B LUCKY

@Robicheaux7 the name of the Horse probably references the Patrick McCabe Novel 'Breakfast on Pluto'.

However it also references the Stallion Schiaparelli who discovered Mars (the Human not the Horse) and the Dam Darjeeling.

@el gran senor Butcher Boy, or Borstal boy ?

Brendan Behan was the Borstal one.

I remember now. Both great books !!

@QuaiDB Why would anyone put the anti racing comment up as a pick unless they felt it was justified and agreed with it. Moderator or whoever .

So ,why would Greg just leave it still standing if he had the sports best interests at heart when he saw it .To me hes Woodwards pet ,which is why he stayed and Chris left because he refused to peddle the anti line which Greg has always pushed. Look how he focused on Elliots cock up and was incorporating it into his articles weeks later.

@Dilton "Pickers" will put up anything that is controversial to attract further comments. I don't think you can draw conclusions about the paper's editorial line from it. I don't think Greg or any other journalist has any say on what is picked, what the headline is, or what stays up.

You can construct any amount of conspiracy theories about what happened. Calling Greg Wood, "Woodward's pet" does not advance the truth. I think you'd need to ask Chris and Greg for their accounts to find the truth. I expect Chris has done quite well out of it. The inescapable fact is that the Guardian has reduced its coverage significantly. It's perfectly feasible that Woodward was told to reduce his budget by the finance managers who analyse clicks and reads, take hard nosed decisions, and as horse racing fell well below the acceptable cost and benefit line, Woodward was told to halve his staffing costs.

It wasn't only the Guardian that focussed on "Elliot's cock up". I do not think that it is grounds for concluding that the Guardian has an anti-horseracing agenda. In the same way, there is no reason why the Guardian should be a cheerleader for horse racing, either. It's a great pity, but it was pointed out many times that the number of comments btl was miniscule compared with football, etc.

@QuaiDB take the blinkers and rose coloured specs off.