Building up my strength with a little help from Hayley Turner

It was brilliant to see Hayley Turner riding another winner this week but I can reveal that the formerly retired jockey and broadcaster has been adding another string to her bow by doing some work as a personal trainer.

Hayley very kindly reached out to me to see if I wanted to join her for a couple of gym sessions, so I went along and thoroughly enjoyed myself. She is a bit of a fitness freak, so it's tough to keep up with her but I feel great physically for doing it.

There was not a specific routine that I went through but I did some good work on resistance machines aimed at strengthening my arms and shoulders, which is so important to me at this stage.