I SPENT a few days in Newmarket last week, principally to act as a commentator at the Lanwades Stud stallion show but then for a couple of days at the December Sales there.

Like many others, I returned home with a cold that earned minimal sympathy from my family but it had me gasping and gargling and consuming Vitamin C pills, oranges and green vegetables in industrial quantities- though I fear all a little too late.