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since my previous post on saturday I’ve got a hold of 22 tickets, I’m 2 tickets short of sorting these people out.
If anyone has one or two spare tickets for thursday at ffos las can you e-mail me or text me
Colinjones47@yahoo.co.uk
07506350637as long as it’s within a days drive i’ll come and pick the tickets up
Cheers
ColinNice card tomorrow. One of my horses runs there – Sandys Ledgend in the 2nd last race. I cant make it, but if anyone who does go, put your views on here please, i would like to attend a raceday there in the near future
How poetic is it, for Nicky Henderson to have prepared Ffos Las Diamond specifically for the opening race?
I’d love to hear some thoughts too.
The track is quite conventional from above. Is the course generally flat?
How poetic is it, for Nicky Henderson to have prepared Ffos Las Diamond specifically for the opening race?
For "poetic", read "sure to be trained to the nanosecond".
Ffos Las Diamond, in case anyone isn’t aware, is owned by Ffos Las mastermind Dai Walters. Hard to believe his charge won’t be ready to run for his life in order to give the boss fella the first ever win on his own course.
The track is quite conventional from above. Is the course generally flat?
As the proverbial pancake. Think Worcester, or Newbury – that sort of flat, galloping, fair left-handed oval.
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Nice card tomorrow. One of my horses runs there – Sandys Ledgend in the 2nd last race. I cant make it, but if anyone who does go, put your views on here please, i would like to attend a raceday there in the near future
What share do you have in that then?
Pity the ATR coverage is inevitably going to clash with Tipperary so the first ever race from Ffos Las is likely to be shown on a split screen unless they opt to put the Irish meeting behind the red button.
A report on Ffos Las as made its way onto the Wales pages of the BBC website at …
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/south_west/8104725.stm
I note that the video report goes to some length to draw attention to hopefully how the Irish could well positively respond to the existence of Ffos Las.
For those who may be interested “Ffos” is the Welsh language equivalent of the English noun "Ditch / Trench" and I understand relates to the fact that area was previously an open-cast coalmine while “Las” is the colour Blue – so make of that what you will.
I’m sure Roddy will be giving the course his seal of approval after Quattrocento’s victory.
Be interesting to read the feedback,certainly looks good on the TV.
Only watched a couple of hurdle races both of which appeared to turn in to something of a sprint up the straight – kept waiting for McCoy to show a little initiative on Captain Crackers but he never did. Did the other races appear to favour speed over stamina?
Impressed. A flat and fair galloping track with well made stout fences. Newbury, Wetherby and old Haydock spring to mind, which is compliment enough. And scenically situated in a natural amphitheatre.
Did have the thought that the dread-spectre of fence ommission due to low sun may introduce himself at 8.50 but thankfully none of the fences seemed head on into it.
Well done to all at Ffos Las
Only watched a couple of hurdle races both of which appeared to turn in to something of a sprint up the straight – kept waiting for McCoy to show a little initiative on Captain Crackers but he never did. Did the other races appear to favour speed over stamina?
The jockeys stated that the going was riding very, very quick, so i would imagine it suited the speedier horses.
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