OFF AND RACING

Cheltenham Races Day Three today - I have devised a new system for choosing my imaginary horse bets . . . no money was exchanged. Yesterday I had 5 winners . . . my late best mate Billy The Bookmaker must be looking down on me. Hard to believe that it is nearly a year since we lost him to cancer. Today I had 2 winners.
Also today . . . it should have been the oldest horse race in England – The Kiplingcotes Derby.
A tradition as ancient as the race itself, 502 years, stipulates that the race must be run every year or cancelled forever. Covid is not going to stop this !
Last year, John Thirsk, a four-time winner of the race, and Stephen Crawford walked their mounts Harry and Ferkin through the four-mile flat route from the former Kiplingcotes Station in Etton, near Market Weighton, to Londesborough Wold Farm. A similar event will take place today.