IT was a shame that today’s Red Mills meeting at Gowran Park fell to the elements yesterday, but it is good that it has been rescheduled, for next Friday, even if it is now six days closer to Cheltenham than originally intended.

At least, in contrast to last Saturday, when there wasn’t a scrap of National Hunt racing in Britain, we are facing into a really good weekend of jump racing across the water, with Ascot and Haydock today, and Newbury’s rescheduled Betfair Hurdle meeting tomorrow.