UK racing Friday (weather permitting).

Should be interesting today, with McCoy still chasing the 3000 and he has every chance without the snow at Bangor, Forty Five and Picture in the Sky, in addition can win the bumper with Paisley Cross. Sam Thomas can also keep his current form with Quartz De Thaix and Ping Pong Sivola.

Fontwell also looks good for the favs, where Shoreacres, Guvain, Midnight Chase, Exmoor Ranger and Fix the Rib can all go close.

At Southwell the banker should be Espirit De Midas on a day for ATComes, just try and get the correct ones?

good punting!

Tony McCoy has again been frustrated in his attempt to record 3,000 British and Irish National Hunt winners.

The 13-time champion jockey had been due to ride three Jonjo O'Neill-trained horses at Bangor, but none could make it to the track because of bad weather.

There is a chance McCoy could still ride Picture in the Sky in the 1520 GMT race, with trainer Martin Keighley on his way to the Welsh course.

"We've set off and on our way but the roads are pretty bad," said Keighley.

"We are still moving at the moment so we'll try our best to get there."

Friday's meeting had earlier passed a morning inspection, with McCoy stuck on 2,998 winners.


He last rode a winner on 29 January and travelled to Somerset on Thursday, when Huntingdon's meeting was called off, but he failed on both his mounts.

McCoy's was scheduled to ride O'Neill's Galaxy Rock in the EBF National Hunt Novices' Hurdle (1345 GMT), Forty Five in the Delamere Warrington LLP Handicap Hurdle (1415) and Paisley Cross in the 1655 at Bangor.

His last winner came on board the O'Neill-trained Stradbrook at Wincanton but the heavy snow that has hit the UK has hampered his efforts to reach the milestone since then.

He was scheduled to be in action on Monday at Southwell and at Market Rasen on Tuesday but both meetings were abandoned because of the weather - as was Wednesday's card at Carlisle.

Saturday's high-profile meeting at Newbury, which McCoy had also hoped to race in, has also been abandoned.

the snow was cool on Monday and a real joy to mess around in, but now i'm quite sick of it and wish that big orange thing in the sky would make an appearance and get rid of the ice and slush that remains.