Rockobit: Tommy 'Cosmo' Cosdon

Tommy Cosdon, who swung between two careers as musician and racehorse trainer, has died.

Originally a member of The Sultans, Tommy went on to lead The Counts under his nickname, Cosmo:

He'd go on to form the Shufflin' Dads, and would join various iterations of Soul, Inc; he was still performing last year. And that's alongside building up a jockey school and bloodstock business.

Tommy Cosdon died Friday 6th September; he was 69.

Fred gee-gees

As part of the launch activities for the Sandown Park Gold Cup, on Friday the racecourse is offering people called Fred free entry to the races. The downside is that they've also got Right Said Fred (described by ThisIsLocalLondon as "former chart-toppers" which does rather rub their noses in their reduced circumstances) playing too. All the Fred stuff is down to the sponsors of the Whitbread Gold Cup not being Whitbread any more.