Simon Nott shares his latest ring tales from Kempton, Newbury and Exeter

Kempton Insets: Exeter, top, and Newbury, bottom

I always thought that by the time I got to my age I’d be spending January until March somewhere sunny and warm. Funnily enough, life hasn’t panned out like that, I’m still scraping a few quid in the betting ring blessed with two little kids - and of course it still beats a proper job.
Mind you, if you’d asked me that halfway through the eight race card at Kempton on Friday I might have had a second thought - only briefly though, you...