Sky Sports Racing presenter Alex Hammond returns with her weekly blog, looking back at a dramatic weekend in France and glancing ahead to this weekend’s jumping action.
Has much happened since we last spoke? Well, Christophe Soumillon has disgraced himself and star mare Alpinista has covered herself in glory in winning the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe for Sir Mark Prescott.
I’m off to Chepstow for the two-day Jumps Season Opener meeting but back to last weekend.
It’s not often you go racing and the reality beats the expectation, but the Arc more than delivered, and I haven’t enjoyed a race meeting a much as that in a long time.
ParisLongchamp was buzzing after Alpinista did her thing and it was joyful to see Sir Mark Prescott in the aftermath of the victory.