Countryside Day is one of my favourite of the year as I look forward to watching how much the Beagles and Hounds enjoy their romp along the racecourse.  My own dog Holly would love to take part – those of you who have visited the racecourse office outside of racedays will no doubt have been welcomed by Holly who comes to the office every day, and considers herself very much part of the team here. Shame she cannot answer the phone.

Though we are delighted the sun is finally shining and it truly feels as though Spring is here, we have also had to start watering from Wednesday. All is looking good for a dry and sunny day on Monday – the wet weather at Easter seems a long time ago!

The Grand National was particularly enjoyable this year, and we were all absolutely delighted for A P.  We were all cheering him home from 4 out, despite not having a penny on.  We are very lucky as a racecourse to enjoy the support of A P, Jonjo and J P McManus, and it was great to see A P get the wider recognition he so richly deserves.