Simon Nott at Chester Boodles May Festival

Simon Nott
TALES FROM THE BETTING RING

Make mine a Pinno

WEDNESDAY
This year the first time I’ve been to Chester since the 1990’s and had forgotten what a fabulous racecourse it is though it has changed somewhat. The ring was bathed in glorious sunshine and the bookies chipper when betting got underway for the Steller Group Lily Agnes Conditions Stakes. Had 12/1 Black Orange actually gone past Yogi’s Girl as it threatened too all the way up the run-in it would have been happy days and a great start for the ring but failing to g...