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See, I told you Jerry was a good pilot!! Seriously, as Chris says, he's quality. We'll hear a lot about him in time to come.

Watch this and don't cry! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s_Zs7XS3XUo

Tom Cannon is a very good amateur as well, Ithink he's still claiming 7.

Ha ha ha!! Jerry McGrath won't be claiming 7lbs for long, he's a very good pilot.

Cheers Kri, I'll have a look. Michelle Moran wrote a novel about her called Cleopatra's Daughter which was pretty good, personally I love her historical novels. It's a subject I'm interested in, there's not a lot written about what happened to her and her brothers Alexander Helios and Ptolemy...

I'd like to think that would happen over Sue Magnier's dead body, Kri! Thanks for running the comp, Bar.

Glad it did help - I find that after the initial blow-out of rage, stress, whatever, you realise there are some things you just can't do anything about and life could be far worse. As for Shadow, he was a lovely horse, and electric over his hurdles. I remember the first time he schooled over...

I'll admit I had a bottle of wine last night - bad day! The further down the bottle you get the less important the woes seem! Obviously it's not the easiest to achieve unless you have access to horses but I can waste hours sitting or lying in a paddock or standing outside a stable door...

Could I have the Dansili ex Queen Cleopatra filly please? I hope they name her well - personally I think that Cleopatra Selene is the obvious choice but as it's a name I've earmarked as a possibility for one of mine I'm not sure I want them to call her that!

Actually do you know what really helps - and I'm not being judgemental here - think about how it could be worse. Whatever it is, it could be worse. I've got an injured horse, but after the initial blow realised I still had her, she hadn't been shot. I've been told today I need a third...

Drink a bottle of wine. Or vodka. Or a dozen bottles of beer, whatever floats yer boat. You'll destress until morning when you wake with bit of a niggly headache. If you get the painkillers in early enough you might escape it.

Would he go in the car with you?

Such a cruel disease - a good friend of mine has it, he'd only be in his fifties. He still gets racing as often as he can though and loves spending as much time as he can at the yard where he keeps a racehorse in training. He's always very matter of fact about it and positive, often says he...

All week was a car crash for me punting wise but I still loved every minute of it! Fairly obviously I'd have thought, I hardly had a punt anyway.

Not usually - if one's got it, most of 'em will generally get it. There would be far stricter rules with handling one with ringworm, ie separate tack/stable rubbers/grooming kits and washing hands after touching it but they wouldn't generally be quarantined. Most yards don't have the...

Absolutely. Withdrawal hasn't kicked in yet, I'm still recovering from the week myself!

oh, was it you, Colin? Thought it was someone female, couldn't remember. What's the smiley for? That you couldn't believe it had ringworm or that it was a daft reason not to touch one?!

He usually is - do you not remember the ridiculous criticism on here of him as he dared to tell someone off for touching one of his horses despite there being signs up everywhere telling people not to touch his horses? Betfair have supported it for a while now Kri, at least the last couple of...

An old favourite of mine, Sir Gerry was put down after breaking a leg in Dubai.

There are a few pretty strong rumours going around that Binocular was indeed in Ireland a couple of weeks ago.