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I don’t know about Ascot, but all that the frequent showers have done in Ashford is change the going from Hard to Gd to Fm. Anyway, there are more coming on Sat, Sun & Mon. I’m taking a chance it will be easy side of Good.
When I lived in a pub for 2 and a half years, the Scottish barmaids called me Gerard, so everyone else did as well, because they thought that was my name. Someone also called me the Brigadier. In that first summer, Captain Gerrard was a very bonny horse, who kept on running, and kept on winning.
Captain Gerrard, King’s Stand Stakes, £9.21 @ 112.29
Orientor, Kildimo, and the worst horse still in training "Gift Horse"! an
absolute donkey!At least you got a run for your money. Vodkatini was a rougue and favourite of mine.
The other one that springs to mind was Cahervillahow who wasnt the luckiest by a long shot, Left at the start at chelters before finishing second, beaten a whisker in the Irish national, withdrawn by accident from the gold cup, second in the void national and disqualifired controversailly (and wrongly) as the whit bred winner.
He was jinxed and so was my money.
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Ive followed this horse for last 4-5 years, had many of great days following/backing the horse, and a awful lot of bad day.
One thing i loved about this horse, you was never guarunteed a easy win. Even when i thought it was a banker bet that day, the horses iffy jumping always meant you would have to watch it from behind the sofa.
I was always certain the horse liked the softer ground ovet the firm ground the "experts" thought. As on the slower ground it’s jumping was alore more safe, it always found it too quick when trying to jump on firm ground and was error prone every race.
I always thought it was good enough to win a Gold Cup, i kept telling everyone it was good enough, the horse had so much talent, but the jumping errors cost it a few races. 2005 was horses year for me, i was certain it would win the Gold Cup, it looked a weak race. I had a decent few quid on it at odds around 33/1-50/1, the race went perfect, and the horse jumped fooot perfect, 3/4 out i was certain it was going to win, but the great Kicking King was just too good for it. Absolutely gutted i was.
This horse was defo a National horse, was going sweetly when fell one year, it seemed to jump the national fences in superb style, but as soon as it had one error, it took a tumble. Very unlucky and always certain to this day, if it had got round nothing would have beaten this horse. It stays all day, but has that touch of class also.
I remember missing this horse once & only once. It was at Uttoxeter back in 04. It was on a Sunday, and i remember in The Sun saturday racing pull out, i checked it out and had the ground down as Soft/Heavy. Was top weight and over 4 mile+. I thought no way this horse can win with that weight and on that ground. I noticed it was 33/1, and thought might be prep run for future, so left it.
Had BBC text on, and watched the horse come from 33/1 into 16/1, and i just knew it was going to win. As result came through i actually cried, i have never been so gutted in my life. Only time i missed the horse, and it was the horses biggest S/P win. I refused to miss it again, and up until last year it had only won like two times in twenty + runs!
Be a shame when this horse is retired. It’s why National hunt racing is more for the average man than the flat. You get to follow these horses for 5+ years. In the end you almost feel like you own half the horse.
Amazing……..
Hope you had a few shekels on him for old time’s sake at Hexham last weekend, albeit at skinny odds.
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Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Sadly not Gray. This was never a horse to back at odds on. All though horse seems to have found a another spring since going Hunter chasing. I still think this old timer can win one of those races round the National fences at Aintree. Sadly not the National itself no more.
Orientor, Kildimo, and the worst horse still in training "Gift Horse"! an
absolute donkey!At least you got a run for your money. Vodkatini was a rougue and favourite of mine.
The other one that springs to mind was Cahervillahow who wasnt the luckiest by a long shot, Left at the start at chelters before finishing second, beaten a whisker in the Irish national, withdrawn by accident from the gold cup, second in the void national and disqualifired controversailly (and wrongly) as the whit bred winner.
He was jinxed and so was my money.
Sir Harry, i remember him well in those pink with red Love hearts colours of the Valentines, i liked the horse myself!
Too many to mention. What makes it more infuriatng is that I see tipsters who don’t give up on them either. It just gives me that b……i…….t more confidence!
And yes, BOYCHUK is one of the monkies, Blunkett. Is he a "thinker", I wonder…. He’s becoming less and less enigmatic. I now KNOW he won’t win while I’ve got money on him.
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