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Racing never ceases to produce surprises, but I can’t help wondering what on earth has persuaded Aidan O’Brien to send a once raced 2yo called Cambridge, to run at Salisbury on Thursday, in a 1M novice stakes with £10k total prize money.
Perhaps he’s got an I-Spy book of British Racecourses and wants to tick off Salisbury!
That view from the top of Salisbury’s Tatts stand is always worth going a long way to see, Alan.
Value Is EverythingI’m surprised he hasn’t took over Henry Adams and put him in the seller
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Maybe times are getting tough for The Lads and they desperately need that €10,000 bonus.
How much would it cost (including wages) for them to bring over one horse?
Or are they bringing one or two Doncaster horses at the same time?
Value Is EverythingI’m with GT on this – Salisbury on a sunny day is worth a visit from anywhere on the planet.
And tbh the elevated view in Tatts is just as good as the one in the Members/Bibury/whatever it’s called.
As a locally-based Salisbury regular, surely you concur, Alan?
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Perhaps he’s teeing him up for next year’s Sovereign Stakes.
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Agree 100% – watching races from the top of the Tatts stand is by far the best option at Salisbury. If you can handle the climb that is, something I now find I can only do once a day. And further evidence that it’s the ideal place for viewing is the fact that the commentary box is located in that part of the stand – one of the few I can think of that isn’t inside the Members area of a course.
And it’s pretty close to the commentary box that I usually stand.
The ascent by stairs to the vantage point is certainly great exercise, but it’s a stern test and only gets sterner every year and I must confess I’m off the bit with it after the first two races nowadays.
One of my very favourite racecourses – on a recent visit I walked the course and, after the loop, particularly enjoyed being down at the 5f start where it all started for Mill Reef all those years ago in May 1970.
Steve Cauthen’s first ever British ride was also a winning one there, on Marquee Universal, in 1979, and of course the track used to stage 2,000 and 1,000 Guineas trials on that card.
That’s probably not the reason why Cambridge is being sent there, but he’s certainly an eye-catching declaration.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"My first visit to Salisbury Races was seeing Rousillon beat Chief Singer in the 2000 Trial
Yep, gone are the days I could manage those stairs two at a time.
Value Is EverythingI remember watching that race on ITV, Ginge. Gone are the days of the trials at Salisbury, sadly.
Salisbury has one of the best clerks of the course around, Jeremy Martin. None of this overwatering nonsense, most of the COC’s appear afflicted with in this country.
Didn’t Henry Cecil send a lot of his prospects over to Salisbury.
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