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Hans wasn’t amazing, but he only got outscored by Ryan Douglas in his programmed rides for the Lions. He got 8. Nick Morris had 6 from his 4. Douglas had paid 10, plus heat 15 and an R/R ride heat 5.

I have a feeling the Leicester match at Ashfield was called off early. Can’t remember if it rained in the end. But we had an unfortunate run where it seemed to only rain on Fridays at 5pm for a while.

Rain expected 9-11, so earlier not necessarily much better. They'll want a bit of time to prepare the track after that. But forecast could look completely different in the morning!

Yeah, I didn't see anything wrong with it. I actually thought it was a Glasgow ridder that would get a warning, but I couldn't really see a problem from anyone. They were all well behaved all night.

Nowak, Bailey and Cook were all great tonight. No idea what Marcin’s plans are next year, but I’d love to see him back. He’s entertaining to watch. Track was exactly as you’d expect given last Sunday and the time of year. It’s been hard going getting meetings the last couple of months.

Marcin Nowak might need to work on his starts but he's fearless going round the bends. Fantastic pass in heat 7 get round the Brummies riders through 3/4 on lap one. I'm not quite sure how there was room for him, but he made it work!

Forecast looks more promising than it has f9r most of this week. I’m optimistic at the moment.

Yes, Peter did not look happy at all on Sunday, though he said what he had to. In the circumstances, fully understandable they weren’t going to take any risks today. I felt bad for them and the track staff on Sunday.

I wasn’t sure, having seen the forecast earlier, if we might regret the call-of today, but looking out of the window now, I see plenty of wind and rain outside. Glad I won’t be trying to stand in that.

Surely Palm Toft took the flag first in heat 10?

I agree. They rocked up to the gates looking like they were ready, but to me it looked like Morris didn't bother round the first bend, Craig saw he was in third and decided not to bother, and Broc had a little go before realising there was no one behind him. Thompson gave up in sympathy. They dropped like flies one after the other, from fourth to first. It looked like they took us for mugs. Was it perfect? No. But it didn't look dangerous. I've seen plenty meetings in far worse than that, including at Ashfield. Track staff worked hard and to me it looked like they'd given them a half decent track. The problem looked like a lack of heart to me.

Looking at the forecast I’m not hopeful of Glasgow getting either of the remaining home fixtures in before the deadline. But hopefully they’ll accept tonight’s tickets on Wednesday if it does run rather than make me pay for another one and wait a month for the refund from tonight.

It's off. "Issue with the riders."

We now have a wait as the riders didn't actually attempt to race heat 1.

Well that wasn't worth waiting for.

Tapes up 19:30.

Yeah, I don't get it. They need to remove the build up from the front straight, from the track work, but apart from that, there's absolutely nothing wrong with it.

I can't imagine Glasgow want it postponed. Next Friday already has a meeting and it's due to be rain every day from Wednesday. I think it's today or never.

Track inspection 18:45. There's shenanigans somewhere. Track looks rideable, though obviously not as good as it usually is.

Track looks good around 3/4. Turns 1/2 less so, but they catch less sun at this time of year. They'll probably want to give the inside line a wider berth bit looks good to me. Lots of chat on the green though.

Yeah, he was nowhere in his first heat, did well in his second (didn’t he have a mechanical at the end there too?), won his third. A shame he touched the tapes in 13, would’ve been a good one.

He's been better than his scorecard, apart from going through the tapes in heat 13.

The rain that evening was obscene. I didn’t bring my umbrella because the forecast was for light showers. I was on the back straight stand and talking to a couple that had come up from England. We talked about Rye House for ages (I’m from Hoddesdon originally) whilst the rain came down, but by the time the meeting was called off, I was soaked through every layer imaginable. Maryhill was flooded on the way home. You get used to rain in Glasgow, but that was as bad as you’d ever see. And we had the same again on the Sunday!

The forecast looked bad yesterday, but it seems the rain has arrived earlier than expected and might clear earlier too. Hopefully although there might be rain during the day tomorrow, it won’t be too much. I’m sure they’ll do everything possible to keep this on because we’re really short of available dates now. Not sure if next Friday (17th) is an option if required, otherwise we might need to try and find a completely different weekday to get things in.

We've really been caught with our pants down without Ullrich. Sam did really well at reserve but has struggled since moving up the order; Sedgmen's best match was the one after he was told he'd be let go; Craig's been a bit up and down and never quite hit the heights we're used to (although he still managed to bag good points most of the time); the others have been very inconsistent. The wheels have just come off a bit the last few weeks, and three weeks of home cancellations probably didn't help. It happens. Hopefully we get entertained in the remaining meetings, even if it's not going our way.