Robert Cooper may be bidding farewell to Sky Sports but, never fear, will still be landing his gems in Racing Ahead

Robert Cooper with Star Sports

The cat has leapt from the bag: on July 30, after decades of clambering up the greasy pole and slithering down again, I am tendering a fond farewell to my reporting duties for Sky Sports Racing.
My Racing Ahead colleague Simon Nott unintentionally (I think) released this four-legged feline at Towcester a few weeks ago, when I was there supporting a pal with a qualifier in a Greyhound Derby heat. Simon invited me to pose, nattily attired...