Its just the lull coming out of the winter months, it will soon pick up now after the Blackpool weekend with the usual banter and craic about the weekend, breeding season will soon be in full swing with most fanciers and then we'll have the usual outbreaks of bird flu with the migratory season taking off again, I've already had a text message this evening from DAERA to inform fanciers that A.I.has been detected in wild birds in Dorset. We'll get the usual questions about are we going to get any racing because of this and once again the racing season will be upon us with all the stories of outstanding results, poor results and losses and of course the BOP problem.