This time last year I spent a lovely month in beautiful South Africa - the perfect start to the year! Filming for (my first ever) Winning Post, I visited yearling sales, trainers, breeders and attended two race meetings at Cape Town's Kenilworth Racecourse. I got a real feel for the Cape racing industry which is at the height of it's season in January. Ahead of the SunMet this weekend, I thought I'd revisit my memories from last year as they appear still to be very much relev

I've just arrived back from a 10-day trip to Uruguay in South America. It was mostly work (filming for CNN) plus a little bit of play (a few days' holiday added at the end). Having only been to South America once, when in Rio for the 2016 Olympics, I knew this would be very different but I had no preconceived ideas and was pleasantly surprised! ALL ABOUT THE HORSE 'Uruguay is a country born in the saddle!' was quoted a number of times during interviews and you could see proof

Thanks for visiting and welcome to my blog! It's about time I started one as I've been putting it off for quite some time. Firstly I don't want to be one of those people who never writes posts and secondly I'm the worlds worst speller so I'm bound to embarrass myself! I can try and rectify the former but I can't promise anything with the latter. So...2016 saw quite a year for me particularly on the travelling front. I started presenting CNN's Winning Post programme in January