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[Grimes]

Here’s my two penn’orth:

Perfect ground for him.

He’s on the way up; they’re on the way doon.

Nevertheless, it wasn’t the Gold Cup, so none would have been at their peak, presumably.

A brilliant jumper, too. Taken to the well too often for his constitution, last year against other good horses.  

(Edited by Grimes at 1:30 am on Dec. 30, 2006)

I should have said, "treading water" or "on their way doon".

Beef or Salmon may have improved a little this year, but I think it’s likely to be a kind of brief, swan-song improvement, like an old sprinter, (whose name escapes me at the moment), who posted a faster time than ever this year, before dropping down the race-grade hierarchy.<br>

(Edited by Grimes at 8:28 pm on Dec. 30, 2006)

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