Low-key start to Flat season due to the abysmal weather

The Flat season gets under way this weekend, although it will be a low-key opening for me due to the weather.

Peggy’s Leg is my sole contestant, taking her place in the six-furlong Big Bad Bob Maiden at the Curragh tomorrow. Like a lot of those taking part in the 14-runner contest I suspect, her fitness will come on a good bit for it.

We have been building up to the beginning of the campaign with the last few months, even though all the focus was on the jumping scene and Cheltenham in particular. The work with the Flat horses was going on in tandem with those preparations.