ROBERT COOPER
Robert Cooper can’t wait to tuck into a festive feast of racing

Leaving aside the obvious, there’s plenty going on in December on racecourses in Britain and Ireland, notably the King George at Kempton on Boxing Day and Leopardstown’s Christmas Festival, starting the same day (St Stephen’s Day) continuing until December 29.
I fret as I search for a window of joy to watch the All Creatures Great and Small Christmas Special but make no mistake, somehow I’ll be stoking up the wood burner and heading to Darrowby to check the goings-on in Skeldale House, home of Siegfried Farnon a...