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HJ or GC – are either of you going to Marks Tey on Saturday?
I’m not and James is looking for a stop watch holder if you are available.
I may be at Higham on Sunday 50/50 at the moment.
Adrian,
It’s a case of "to be confirmed" for me at present – still waiting to hear whether I’m required for race-reading anywhere else.
Mark’s Tey is the only East Anglia course I’ve not visited yet (apart from the always-clashing-with-Hackwood meeting at Northaw), so I’m quite keen to take in a visit. We’ll see.
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Confirmed as not needed elsewhere on Saturday, Adrian, so 99% certain to be at Marks Tey now. Hope this helps!
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
GC, ideal – go and find James (usually hovering around weighing tent) before racing and you can join him in the commentary box.
I think Scott will also be there covering for Mackenzie and Harris.
GC, ideal – go and find James (usually hovering around weighing tent) before racing and you can join him in the commentary box.
I think Scott will also be there covering for Mackenzie and Harris.
For what it’s worth, I’m heading for Godstone tomorrow.
Enjoy, Bob – and try to resist the temptation for a go on that octopus!
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Enjoy, Bob – and try to resist the temptation for a go on that octopus! 8)
gc
Annoying thing Jeremy, the big blue Octopus was not there but the mobile tote was. A very good day’s sport at a lovely if a wee bit eccentric track that is worth the journey to visit. Bee an Bee did the job again, there was a dramatic Ladies and all forum members keep an eye out for LETTERMAN in a later season hunter chase, Absolutley skooted home in the conditions race under Nick Pearce. See my thread on the Jumping for Fun site and Simon’s report which will appear later in the week.
Yes, Letterman was very impressive, as was Iphar in the Restricted.
The Last Optimist looked as if he could have gone round again after winning the second division of the Maiden, though he probably didn’t beat much.
On a sadder note, the rider of Scare Lotte was extremely distraught after the mare was put down after sustaining a triple fracture when falling at the last in the Ladies Open.
I hope the grey who was pulled up very quickly in one of the early races is ok.
Some of the bookmakers on the left hand of the line didn’t look as though they really wanted to be there, judging by the embarrassingly poor prices they were offering.
Yes, we heard about Scare Lotte when the duty race-reader texted it through to us at Marks Tey halfway through the day.
Alluding to horses’ demise is a tickly subject for some, and had the crowd been full of once-a-year Bank Holiday racegoers rather than simply comprised the hardcore faithful (there weren’t a lot there, truth be told), we might have kept our counsel on the matter.
However, as Scare Lotte was a tremendously popular mare in the East Anglia area, commentator James decided it would be appropriate, and appreciated, if the news on her was broadcast at an opportune moment.
And as far as I’m aware it was appreciated – I’m not aware of anyone coming over to give him any stick over the matter. I think generally point-to-point people are grateful for the transparency where losses of horses are concerned.
I can well imagine that Clare Hobson and family would have been absolutely in bits at Scare Lotte’s demise, given that they had already brought her back from the brink once – she fractured a pelvis on the Cambridge Road Polytrack at Newmarket just under two years ago, but had been nursed back to health so well that she was able to go very close in a Huntingdon hunter chase and bag a point or two last term.
A very sad loss, all in all.
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
Yes, Letterman was very impressive, as was Iphar in the Restricted.
The Last Optimist looked as if he could have gone round again after winning the second division of the Maiden, though he probably didn’t beat much.
On a sadder note, the rider of Scare Lotte was extremely distraught after the mare was put down after sustaining a triple fracture when falling at the last in the Ladies Open.
I hope the grey who was pulled up very quickly in one of the early races is ok.
Some of the bookmakers on the left hand of the line didn’t look as though they really wanted to be there, judging by the embarrassingly poor prices they were offering.
On the subject of that grey that was pulled up quickly, Venusian. As i report in my results thread in the JFF forum, I spoke to one of the stewards as I was crossing the course at one time and he said the horse was alright. It was the rider having her first race ride and apparently she was knackered. What kind of comment McKenzie and Harris will make of it hardly bears thinking about.
Aye, but it’ll be great fun finding out, Bob!
Remains to be seen if we get any such comments from the Marks Tey meeting – we had a couple of riders persevering for too long in the novices’ riders event (the "I will complete if it kills me" merchants), but neither of them were pasting their mounts. Probably Parkinson’s seemingly terminal souring would be most likely to be remarked on.
gc
Jeremy Grayson. Son of immigrant. Adoptive father of two. Metadata librarian. Freelance point-to-point / horse racing writer, analyst and commentator wonk. Loves music, buses, cats, the BBC Micro, ale. Advocate of CBT, PACE and therapeutic parenting. Aspergers.
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