Top racing commentator John Hunt has once again be recognised and rewarded for being a master of his craft
Hunt, a regular racetrack caller and frequent presenter on At the Races, is most widely heard as the commentary voice for the sport on BBC 5Live.
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That work on the national sport's network has widened to occasional football commentary and also coverage of the equestrian events at last summer's London Olympics.
Now Hunt has also been handed the role of BBC 5Live's swimming commentator. His forthcoming meetings include the British championships and, during the summer, the European championships in Barcelona.
Beats a wet Wednesday at Wolverhampton.
The Captain has heard whispers that the fun crushers at the BHA has quashed plans to name the race Frankel won at the Doncaster St Leger meeting in honour of Sir Henry Cecil's great horse.
The track had run a Twitter promotion requesting race-name suggestions.
However, all is not lost because the promotion has come up with a good new title tapping into the South Yorkshire town's rich railway heritage.
Doncaster already runs the Mallard Handicap named after an iconic steam engine and the new race will be named after the Flying Scotsman.
Talking of Doncaster, Monday's decision to offer free entry to member from tracks across the county showed just how far racing enthusiasts will travel if you put on good quality racing.
The track recorded visitors from 38 different tracks and from as far away as Taunton.
Most tipsters have had plenty of toilet-related humours directed at their work by disgruntled punters but a Cheltenham Festival promotion by the OLBG tipping website, sponsor of the Mares' Hurdle on the first day of the meeting, has taken the whole thing to a new level.
OLBG members have been asked to come up with their selections and reasons and they will be pitted against the 'experts' in the racing media.
The rival tips will be hung on certain urinal walls at the Festival.
It could give a whole new meaning to the phrase 'Flushed with success'.
The joy of winning as racehorse owner can sometimes be euphoric and the anticipation of a race most distracting …. at least that will probably be the excuse of Coral PR chief Simon Clare.
Clare arrived at Kempton on Friday full of hope for his horse Nozic and he was not let down when the Zoe Davison-trained revitalised 12-year-old won the Racing Plus Chase Day handicap chase in sprightly fashion.
But such was Clare's level of distraction arriving at the Sunbury track, he suffered car park memory loss.
Did he leave his keys in the door or his phone on the roof? Nothing quite so simple. He walked away from his car and left the engine running. Hope he remembers that ante-post bet The Captain placed with him.
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