Smokey Oakey won the Lincoln in great style
(and stablemate Babodana, our 2004 winner, was 3rd)
Once the grass gallops opened, Mark started doing faster work 'Across the Flat' with the older horses
And every spectrum of weather was faced, including snow at the end of the month
Today we have an interview with Julian Wilson. Unfortunately we do not have a photo of him, but when 'Googled' he can be seen as a surfer of some note! Mark added: "He has written quite a few books - all of which are great reads." Click here to see him on the front of his autobiography, published several years ago.
"Wiz has been a great friend since I arrived in Newmarket all those years ago, both on a professional level (when he worked at the BBC) and on a personal level," said Mark. "We have spent many happy hours playing cricket for the Newmarket trainers' side. He has a style all of his own as a left-handed spinner and he has been known to bamboozle many an opposing batsman. His opinions are always forthright - and worth listening to!"
Your favourite time of the day: Anytime I back a winner - or 8pm, first drink of the day!
Your favourite time of year: Craven Meeting
Your favourite place: Cape Town
Your favourite book / author: 'Men and horses I have known' - Hon. George Lambton
If you were to star in a film, who would you be: James Bond (without a stand-in)
As a child, what did you want to be when you grew up: A county cricketer
Your favourite horse and why: Tykeyvor (burgled from Flint Cottage Stables) - for his character and the joy of his Royal Ascot win. Now 17, he still holidays in Burrough Green
Your favourite racecourse and why: Ascot - until it was destroyed in 2005, always a lucky course (including 3 Royal Ascot winners)
Your best day's racing: When Tumbledownwind won the 1977 Gimcrack Stakes in my colours, called home by the owner on BBC Radio 2
Your main goal in life: To remain healthy - and lucky!
Your proudest moment: When Pontenuovo won the Royal Hunt Cup (1990) - 100/1 on the morning - a 'plot' conceived nine months earlier
If you had one wish, what would it be: Not for publication...