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I never cease to be amused with the difference between our stalls handlers and the French ones.
Whilst ours coax and cajole the horses into the stalls, the French seem to rely on employing ex-bouncers and heavies to almost carry the horses into the stalls. Ours by contrast look to be small and dinimutive by comparison.
Watching Equiano planting himself before both runnings of the l’Abbaye you just knew it was going to be an unequal battle.
It was hard to tell with the outfits they were wearing this year but was the huge grey haired handler there this year – he always looks as though he could get the horses loaded single handedly!!!
Indeed – I think Willie Carson referred to them as ‘heavyweight wrestlers’.
He did indeed but might just be me but they do seem to take forever to get them loaded.
Indeed – I think Willie Carson referred to them as ‘heavyweight wrestlers’.
He did indeed but might just be me but they do seem to take forever to get them loaded.
I agree – they seemed to take forever. Very poor especially as most of the horses I saw were not being awkward in any way.
An amusing moment I thought, caught on camera by the overhead shot of Zarkava as she exited stall 1, was the hand of one of these mysterious overweight gentlemen, audaciously reaching in from behind, and slapping her on the left buttock just as the stalls opened.
No wonder she was a little startled, as all good ladies of breeding would be, and nearly careered into the fence.
I noticed that too UM – assumed he’d been instructed to do so after her tardy start last time
Well bred fillies dont like being treated rough. I agree that the french too ages too load horses who are pretty expreinced and should have been a doddle too load.
Having watched French racing allot more since Cat started running over their and british betting shops started showing it I have noticed the french take an age too load their fields.
In fairness though if you watch allot of maioens here the amount of underschooled horses their are who take ages too load is shocking.
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