Keith Eckstein

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jul 2, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... Yesterday was a day where... Actually, more work got done - and thus, more boxes on the to do list got ticked off than... Work came in. At this rate I will have caught up sometime in 2035. Seriously, some of the projects that I'm working on should start becoming visible to you in the not too distant future.

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jul 1, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... Yesterday was an admin day for me and... I seem to be catching up with the backlog of work. I freely admit that, during the period where we had no GB or Irish racing, I did bite off a bit more than I can chew but... I'm getting there; albeit slower than I would like. I have three remaining projects left to complete - a few weeks of rain might help me get it done. I have (rather later than anticipated) produced the Ante Post Ratings for 4 of the races at Epsom this Saturday - the link is down below.

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jun 30, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... As it's raining... I guess that I'm stuck indoors today. However, being a positive, the glass is half full rather than half empty type of person... At least I wont have to water my plants. Actually, I have a whole load of admin work that I've been putting off so, Perhaps being stuck indoors isn't such a bad thing.

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jun 29, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... Well, you know what they say about the best laid plans of mice and men.... Yesterday was supposed to be a gardening day. I did get as far as watering my plants and deadheading my petunias but, alas, that's about as far as I got. I guess that I'll be scrubbing the patio and cleaning the BBQ this afternoon. Anyway, enough of that, let's get on to the important stuff... The racing.

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jun 28, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... As it's Sunday... I'm taking the day off. It's forecast to be a nice dry 20 degrees today and so, I guess that I'll be largely gardening. Come to think of it... I'm not sure if that constitutes a day off?

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jun 27, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... I've just realised how much of an expat Brit I have become. It rained a lot during the winter; I complained about the rain. It's been very hot recently; I've been complaining about the heat I guess you can take the boy out of Britain but... You can't take Britain out of the boy. height="552" Now, where's my Marmite on toast?

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jun 26, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... Well... Yesterday was a bit of a difficult day for me. Firstly, the Advance Ratings didn't come out and then my router/firewall decided to call it a day. I think that I have resolved the issue with the Advance Ratings... As my firewall is home made, I had no choice but to rebuild it but... If you're reading this then I guess that the rebuild worked.

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jun 25, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... With 32 degrees predicted for today... I'm not too sure how much work I'll get done. However, I will do my best. I shall be moving around some of the overnight scripts as there are some overlaps. This shouldn't affect you but the various ratings may come out slightly earlier or later that they have recently been coming out.

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jun 24, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... Well.... Things seem to be getting back to normal at Chateau Focus Ratings. I just need to configure a new email client and then I should be good to go. I have to say that it's blisteringly hot over here with today set to see temperatures of 30 degrees. So I may just get tempted to finish early today and go and have a paddle.

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Posted by Keith Eckstein on Jun 23, 2020 in Blog | 0 comments

Good morning... Well... I have to say that, the last few days have been a bit difficult, to say the least. What should have been a simple IT upgrade didn't quite go as planned. I do, however, now have email and access to everything that I need (apart from Skype)... Just not quite on the right machines. I'll be spending most of today trying to catch up on yesterday's emails and... Vowing never to try to upgrade my IT again.