Sunday, February 05, 2012
A film crew from At The Races arrived at Beverley House Stables on Thursday morning to film presenter Gina Bryce gearing up for her ride in the St Patrick's Day Derby at the Cheltenham Festival.
An experienced rider, Gina has been riding out here for several months but once her place among the line-up was confirmed, her visits have become more frequent as she bids to get race fit for her big assignment on Thursday, 15 March.
Her colleague, the former Classic-winning jockey Jason Weaver, came along to interview John and to give Gina a mixture of moral support and gentle leg-pulling. She is, however, working very hard in her quest to win the Cheltenham charity race and Jason had to admit he was very impressed with Gina's progress after watching her partner a rather muddy Douchkirk in a piece of work on the Al Bahathri. The pair accompanied John on Alcalde and Terri on Karma Chameleon.
Our picture shows Gina, Jason, Kevin the ATR camera man, the BHS team (all apart from Hugh, who was already on duty at Tattersalls with Gift Of Silence) and, of course, Gus, making sure he was in on the action as usual.
We'll all be cheering for Gina on the big day. She's riding in aid of Cancer Research and if you would like to sponsor her you can do so by visiting www.justgiving.com/GinaBryce.