Things You Might Have Missed - July 26 Group One horse Skalleti in Hong Kong in December Image: Getty
Here s a few things you might have missed in the wide world of racing over the past week.
QUIRKY (from abroad)
There are form turnarounds, and then there are form turnarounds.
Eight-year-old gelding Van Gerwen can certainly mix his form, but last week he really flipped it on its head.
Last Monday, he finished 13th of 14, beaten 10-1/2 lengths by Khabib in a 1000m race at Beverley when sent out at 22-1.
Just six days later, he turned the tables on Khabib by some 13L, when knocking him off in a 1000m race at Pontefract by 2-1/2L when sent out at 6-1.
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The Leader Newspaper
By Andrew Atkinson Exclusive
Teenage Conditional jockey Tom Midgley’s biggest ambition is to ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival following his latest win on Bavington Bob at Carlisle.
“My biggest ambition is to ride my claim out and ride a winner at the Cheltenham Festival,” Malton, Yorkshire born Tom told me.
Tom rode his first winner on Start Time at Thirsk in the Betfair Novice Riders Series under the watchful eye of BHA Jockey Coach Russ Garritty in 2018.
“The feeling after winning for the first time as a Conditional jockey? – there’s nothing else like it!,” said Tom, whose daily routine starts at 5.30-6am, returning home at 6pm.