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So, Farewell Then
Matthew01
‘Dettori/Fallon/Moore/Hills/Hanagan/Murtagh (delete as applicable) is the greatest/worst (delete as applicable) jockey ever’
That was your catchphrase
Alas, your pocket has fallen silent
After enlightening us with its witty banter.Twitter=@PGHenn
So don't run, just like the others always do
Conundrum is too upset right now to comment but has asked me to pass on his tears.
Blackbeard to conquer the World
UPDATE
In a first ever case of it’s kind I’ve rescinded Matthew’s ban having reviewed the evidence. While Matthew has stretched me to the point of exasperation he was subjected (not for the first time) to some very unfair and targetted personal attacks from another member (themselves now teetering on the edge) which I hadn’t spotted earlier. While Matthew’s outburst would normally warrant a ban I’ve taken the view that the mitigation was significantly weighty.
I feel it only fair, in light of that, to give Matthew one more chance should he wish to stay with us.
(I’d be no good on one of those BHA tribunals would I – they’d all be getting off scot-free)
My thread was totally out of character so I apologise to anyone it may of offended, thank you David for realising what that goes on though.
M
which thread matthew? i enjoy your posts,well most
i would like to read your rant i had a good rant at work today and nearly got fired 
was yours as ood as mine?which thread matthew? i enjoy your posts,well most
i would like to read your rant i had a good rant at work today and nearly got fired was yours as ood as mine?Haha. No i got upset by someone having a go at me’ for enjoying a few winners at the races ‘it’s a rare thing’ and i had a go back. Racing is about passionate and enjoyment, without that you might aswell have a day at the library.
Racing is about passionate and enjoyment, without that you might as well have a day at the library.
Tsk. Tsk. For the record, I’m a chartered librarian of 12 years’ standing, and I’m so passionate I positively
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gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
…and there was me thinking peace and harmony had been restored to the forum this week.
B….cks! I missed all the action. Though, on second thoughts perhaps my absence from the fray saved my bacon.
I’m certain there will be further opportunities in the not too distant future. But perhaps I’m getting old and the fight has left me.
I now find my relationship with Matthew is a bit like arthrititis…I’ve just got to grin and bear it…part of life’s trials and tribulations.
When the jumps season gets properly under way we’ll probably see a bunch of new apprentice jockeys riding.
Every one of them with ambitions to achieve the highest accolade in racing….a place on Matthew’s Roll of Honour.
K
I can’t wait for the NH season , winter is my favourite time of year, the thought of going to Cheltenham’s December meeting, really gets me’ going.
My thread was totally out of character so I apologise to anyone it may of offended,
The borough of Epsom and Ewell has some fine hostelries, many of which I staggered round following Golden Fleece’s ’82 Derby. Hope you too enjoyed the postprandial crawl old boy
Keyboard, like coitus, is best delayed until the morning after
What three things does drink especially promote?
…nose-painting, sleep, and urine. Lechery, sir it provokes, and unprovokes;it provokes the desire, but it takes away the performance
I’m a chartered librarian of 12 years’ standing, and I’m so passionate I positively
throb
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gc
I’m a chartered librarian of 12 years’ standing, and I’m so passionate I positively
throb
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gc
Actually, I’ve just sent Mr. Grayson a video that I’m sure will make him throb even more positively than usual!
(Don’t worry – it’s just last Sundays Quakenbrueck Lake Race!!).
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Racing is about passionate and enjoyment, without that you might aswell have a day at the library.
I second
graysonscolumn
‘s utter horror at this statement. A time there was, self-unemployed and hence unable to afford a day at the races, when a day at the library gave me the opportunity to lose myself in such classics as Roger Mortimer’s peerless tome
A History of the Derby Stakes
, honing my own style and improving my knowledge at one and the same fount.
Passion and enjoyment in abundance, I assure you. You should read it: you’d discover that there is nothing new under the sun in our own Racing’s day and age.
P.S. I’m now incredibly successful and possess my own copy of the book. Thanks to libraries everywhere: they are the touchstone of civilisation.
Thanks to libraries everywhere: they are the touchstone of civilisation.
Hear, hear
Libraries, art galleries, museums: the great Victorian legacy
…sation or …zation Pinza?
Actually, I’ve just sent Mr. Grayson a video that I’m sure will make him throb even more positively than usual!
(Don’t worry – it’s just last Sundays Quakenbrueck Lake Race!!).
Received with very grateful thanks, Darren – splendid footage! Slightly easier test than the lakes at Hamburg and Bad Harzburg, isn’t it, with the water not coming up to the horses’ chins, but no less intriguing for that.
Something of a Cartmel vibe about the meeting, I thought, in as much as they hardly ever race at Quakenbrueck and both the quality of racing and facilities is a few rungs down the ladder, but the place routinely packs in 13,500 or thereabouts notwithstanding.
One day I’ll finally get me to a small German meeting.
One
day…
gc
Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.
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