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barham, welcome to TRF, really sorry about the spelling, was working the barrows instead of school, I apoogise.
Hi Barry,thanks for the welcome.
You were working the barrows,my dad used to beat me within a inch of my life and I used to get up half an hour before I went to bed!
Do you want to lay me 20/1 Denman doesn’t run this season to a pony?
Welcome the forum Bahram.
People who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones however, and your riposte to Barry contained two grammatical errors: "their" instead of "they’re", and a missing apostrophe in "that’s".
Thanks for the welcome BennyB.
You lot are a right motley crew.A barrow boy turned bookie and a professor of English!!
What next!
One piece of advice though BennyB.
Never ever stick up for a bookie.
I’m with you on that one Neil and I am another of these sad people who like the cross country races.
Makes three of us! I’ll be somewhere on the infield for this contest tomorrow, as sure as my botty points downwards. I’ll probably plump for somewhere near to the new "cheese wedges" obstacle, to see how they all cope with it.
Have always wondered how some of the top class eventers would have got on. Having seen Tamarillo romp round Burghley in the mud this year might not be without a chance in my opinion.
As part of the Auntie Beeb’s Grand National coverage one year over 20 years ago, the Aintree executive let a few eventing riders and horses have a hack round one circuit of the Grand National course. Sadly, however, Rodney Powell’s stalwart Pommeroy had a fatal heart attack after completing, and the exercise was not repeated.
Point to pointing starts a fortnight on Sunday as well, bring it on.
Ho yus! I’ve done Cottenham often enough in the last two years, so I’m already making plans to go to Black Forest Lodge on the 30th instead. Just the nine-hour round trip from Hertfordshire, but hey. 8)
Jeremy
(graysonscolumn)Jeremy I plan to be at Kingston Blount sometime during the season if for no other reason to see the lovely Red Kites flyining overhead and also have found a bus from Cambridge to Horseheath so might start of there on Jan 31st I am the little fat bloke with the grey raincoat glassess and a moustache if you are there. apart from that Charing, Northaw, Detling and Parham and possibly Godstone and Penshurst, here I come.
Noted, Bob!
Northaw always clashes with Hackwood Park for me, so I suspect it and I will have to remain strangers, like the Pope and Glasgow Rangers ((C)1990ish John Hegley).
Godstone was alright, but the viewing wasn’t the best I’ve experienced on account of the corrugated (for want of a better expression) topography and trees infield – further thoughts available in my review of one of this last season’s meetings there; http://www.jumping4fun.co.uk/jff/latest/review-2008-02-10-msfd-jg.htm.
I’ve not been to any of the other courses as yet, though, so let’s see if I can’t contrive a meet-up of some description this winter, eh?
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
will herecomesthetruth win the last? it jumped very well last time.
After today’s little brainstorm, it’s tempting to want to re-christen him Herecomesthesquiggle.
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
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