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Words cannot describe, what a day.
i was screaming riposte home i am absolutly delighted for connections seems only right they had a winner at ascot this week but i wasnt blubing there was something in my eye honest
i was screaming riposte home i am absolutly delighted for connections seems only right they had a winner at ascot this week but i wasnt blubing there was something in my eye honest
Funny that TJ. I also had something in my eye at exactly the same time !
I wasn’t crying though …..or was I ?
What a bloody great result !Fantastic day with "Sir Henry" and Her Majesty having winners. Racing needs days like this, just brilliant and so emotional.
Fairytale stuff and all within the space of an hour. Credit goes to Lady Cecil and her staff, Michael Stoute and his staff but ultimately they couldn’t have done it without me. By
not
backing either of the horses involved, I ensured that these magical results were possible. Your Majesty, if you are reading this, don’t thank me via the awards list, hard cash will be fine
Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.
It was a fabulous afternoon yesterday with both Riposte and Estimate – you would need to have a heart of stone not to have been moved by either.
A couple of snaps I took yesterday
http://www.ors-racing.co.uk/Images/Festivals/Ascot/2013/Ascot130620RiposteSmall.jpg
http://www.ors-racing.co.uk/Images/Festivals/Ascot/2013/Ascot130620Estimate002Small.jpg
http://www.ors-racing.co.uk/Images/Festivals/Ascot/2013/Ascot130620Estimate003Small.jpg
It’s great to see racing making the front pages for all the right reasons today.
Now the real fairytale finish will be for Disclaimer to win the Vase
It was a fabulous afternoon yesterday with both Riposte and Estimate – you would need to have a heart of stone not to have been moved by either.
It’s great to see racing making the front pages for all the right reasons today.
Now the real fairytale finish will be for Disclaimer to win the Vase
And Joyeuse to win the Albany.
They’ve just announced on the local news that there will indeed be a memorial service at a later date to celebrate Sir Henry’s life following a private service here in Newmarket earlier today.
I hope nobody minds me resurrecting this thread, but I heard a tale about Sir Henry yesterday that made me smile. I was chatting to my barber whilst getting sheared and told him that I’d been out for a ride on my bicycle earlier in the morning. I mentioned that I stopped at a popular little local village store for a drink en route.
This particular shop has become something of a legend locally for a quite incredible revival of the oft lamented old village shop. Alongside providing really top quality local produce they run a sort of Parisian style coffee shop with tables and chairs set out on the paving outside the shop. It is amazingly popular and the tables outside are frequently full even in the middle of the week. Quite a few of the racing fraternity get along there and I often see a trainer or two stopping there for a coffee and a copy of the RP.
Anyway, The little village where the shop stands is named Moulton, which, as people with knowledge of the Newmarket area will know is only a mile or so away from Warren Place. Sir Henry occasionally had a coffee there and a crafty ciggie and by all accounts he also had a passion for sweets with Jelly Babies being a favourite. One afternoon he stopped for a coffee and bought himself a large bag of Jelly Babies, presumably looking forward to a few blissful minutes of peace and quiet.
Before he’d had chance to settle the village school had turned out and many of the mothers collecting kids stop for a chat and a coffee at the shop. Within no time at all the tables and chairs were alive with nattering mothers and kids running around. Sir Henry apparently made the kids gather round while he shared out his bag of Jelly Babies, soon having only an empty paper bag left!
My barber reckons he stood up to leave and with typical Sir Henry charm he engaged the throng of rabbitting ladies and wagged an admonishing finger at them while telling them:
" I really think you ladies should know better than to let your children take sweets from strangers!"
Love that story Hammy!
"this perfect mix of poetry and destruction, this glory of rhythm, power and majesty: the undisputed champion of the world!!!"
They’ve just announced on the local news that there will indeed be a memorial service at a later date to celebrate Sir Henry’s life following a private service here in Newmarket earlier today.
From sirhenrycecil.com
Sir Henry Cecil – service to be staged in Ely Cathedral
A SERVICE to celebrate the life of Sir Henry Cecil will be held at Ely Cathedral at 1.30pm on Monday, September 16.
The service will give Sir Henry’s owners, staff – past and present – and the many friends he made during his career the chance to remember him.
Lady Cecil said: “Since Henry died it has been our intention to hold a service where his life could be celebrated.
“He touched so many people’s lives, something that was made very clear by all the wonderful correspondence we received after he died and also the kind coverage across the media.
“We feel Ely Cathedral will make a fitting venue for the service. It is a magnificent building and one that Henry appreciated himself.
“He enjoyed telling people that it could be seen on a clear day from the Newmarket gallops.“
The details of the service are still being finalised but it will include appropriate tributes and memories of Henry’s life and career.”
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