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<br>Nice to see all the usual debate about the ground, the annual decrying of the quality of the championship races, but the standout Cheltenham tradition finally arrived today in the Racing Post.
Headline, page 5 –
"Pipe still to decide …."
Oh yes, the old ones are still the best!
AP
It’d be nice to see some Irish winners not draped in the Tricolour, poor horses. Don’t the Irish realise how boring they are with it?
Loved the quote from Paul Nicholls the other day.
Apparently he phoned Martin Pipe 5 minutes before declaration time to find out if he was running a certain horse in a big handicap. Weasel faces reply – "I haven’t decided yet" A sad loss to the sport – Not!
"Tweed jackets are popular with the men, along with garish ties and socks, coloured shirts with white collars, coats with velvet lapels, yellow cords – all topped off with a flat cap or a trilby".[BBC report]
"The Trilby Hat is Spring 07’s must have. Every guy wants to be seen in one".<br>[fashion web site].
lol…do you ?<br>…not the most flattering of apparel for a gent, in my opinion.<br>
Quote: from bear on 6:48 pm on Mar. 8, 2007[br]Loved the quote from Paul Nicholls the other day.
Apparently he phoned Martin Pipe 5 minutes before declaration time to find out if he was running a certain horse in a big handicap. Weasel faces reply – "I haven’t decided yet" A sad loss to the sport – Not!<br>
i think they were scraping for the title at the time.
SHL
Quote: from yeats on 6:44 pm on Mar. 8, 2007[br]It’d be nice to see some Irish winners not draped in the Tricolour, poor horses. Don’t the Irish realise how boring they are with it?<br>
Well I doubth if the horses are too bothered. Who knows…they might be quite nationalistic types.
But whats with this boring~??? What more do you want? Perhaps we could get a troupe of riverdance girls or an Oilean piper to escort them in, although I daresay the horses might rightly put the foot…sorry, hoof down with regard to that.
Boring?? The youth of today are so hard to please.
SHL
Quote: from SirHarryLewis on 9:46 pm on Mar. 8, 2007[br]
Quote: from yeats on 6:44 pm on Mar. 8, 2007[br]It’d be nice to see some Irish winners not draped in the Tricolour, poor horses. Don’t the Irish realise how boring they are with it?<br>
Well I doubth if the horses are too bothered.  Who knows…they might be quite nationalistic types.
But whats with this boring~???  What more do you want?  Perhaps we could get a troupe of riverdance girls or an Oilean piper to escort them in, although I daresay the horses might rightly put the foot…sorry, hoof down with regard to that.
Boring??  The youth of today are so hard to please.<br>
To be fair though if the English turned up at the punchestown festival draped in St Georges crosses singing swing low sweet chariot, how would the irish take it?!
Quote: from Aragorn on 9:36 am on Mar. 9, 2007[br]
Quote: from SirHarryLewis on 9:46 pm on Mar. 8, 2007[br]
Quote: from yeats on 6:44 pm on Mar. 8, 2007[br]It’d be nice to see some Irish winners not draped in the Tricolour, poor horses. Don’t the Irish realise how boring they are with it?<br>
Well I doubth if the horses are too bothered.  Who knows…they might be quite nationalistic types.
But whats with this boring~???  What more do you want?  Perhaps we could get a troupe of riverdance girls or an Oilean piper to escort them in, although I daresay the horses might rightly put the foot…sorry, hoof down with regard to that.
Boring??  The youth of today are so hard to please.<br>
To be fair though if the English turned up at the punchestown festival draped in St Georges crosses singing swing low sweet chariot, how would the irish take it?!
<br>Well we wouldnt find it boring.
SHL
CHELTENHAM TRADITIONS,
queing to get into car parks on arrival,
being badgered by ticket touts " anyone got any spare tickets buy or sell"
the sight and smell of the fast food outlets, salmonella for sale,
2 hours to get clear of car parks after last.
Barry,
I would of thought you would have flown in by helicopter?
Regards – Matron<br>:cool:
Quote: from SirHarryLewis on 9:48 am on Mar. 9, 2007[br]
Quote: from Aragorn on 9:36 am on Mar. 9, 2007[br]
Quote: from SirHarryLewis on 9:46 pm on Mar. 8, 2007[br]
Quote: from yeats on 6:44 pm on Mar. 8, 2007[br]It’d be nice to see some Irish winners not draped in the Tricolour, poor horses. Don’t the Irish realise how boring they are with it?<br>
Well I doubth if the horses are too bothered.  Who knows…they might be quite nationalistic types.
But whats with this boring~???  What more do you want?  Perhaps we could get a troupe of riverdance girls or an Oilean piper to escort them in, although I daresay the horses might rightly put the foot…sorry, hoof down with regard to that.
Boring??  The youth of today are so hard to please.<br>
To be fair though if the English turned up at the punchestown festival draped in St Georges crosses singing swing low sweet chariot, how would the irish take it?!
<br>Well we wouldnt find it boring.<br>
Id assume they got lost on the way to croke park.
SHL
Quote: from barry dennis on 10:17 am on Mar. 9, 2007[br]CHELTENHAM TRADITIONS,
queing to get into car parks on arrival,
being badgered by ticket touts " anyone got any spare tickets buy or sell"
the sight and smell of the fast food outlets, salmonella for sale,
2 hours to get clear of car parks after last.<br>
See you at Lingfield AW on the Friday Barry?
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