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It was good that the North had a few winners when you consider that the racing bigwigs want everything down south and to dumb down the North with poor quality racing
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Perhaps you ought to address this with the Haydock management, who are presumably northern ? Perhaps also look at the often remarkably low prize money on offer at your premier jumps only track…Wetherby?
it was my 1st festival to attend, the highlight for me was Inglis Drever by a long way, the gold cup was such an anti climax after 6-7 fences i knew Denman had it, even though i was on Kauto Star there was IMO a real lull in the crowd after it, the most visual impressive display was Master Minded, and my highest win was Finger on the Pulse came back with more money i went over with so very good Festival in my eyes even though getting a drink took 30mins……
the dull handicaps where the winner comes from whichever trainer has managed to defraud the punters the best that year by hiding the true merits of his horse.
Could you give some examples of horses who won Festival handicaps this year who’s trainers hid their true merits? I didn’t see any, on the contrary I though horses campaigned openly and honestly fared better than the so-called "plot" horses this year- how much more honestly could horses like Ballyfitz and Mister McGoldrick be campaigned?
I only saw a few of the races this year online, but still managed to have a few tears in my eyes at some of the performances. ALL Cheletenham festivals are exciting and emotional to watch because of the stories around the races, the build up, the clashes, the hope, the joy; there’s so much at stake with each and every race, plus you get to see the best race horses around with hugs hearts and huge talents.
How can anyone not be moved by it all?Yes you could see Kauto wasn’t going to win very early on but that didn’t stop it being a spectacle to watch and didn’t stop me being impressed with Denman’s performance. Inglis Drever was the highlight for me though, but I just think the whole event is wonderful!
And hats off to the powers that be for saving the event from disaster by rescheduling the races at such short notice.
Freetown? Lenny Lungo &………..don’t know!
Nope. Next guess!
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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.
Heh-heh, it had to be a poster with a Guesty connection who got the answer!
I don’t know if you’re privvy to all the goings-on at Carburton, MP, but have they called time on Our Armageddon now? He’s shown little on his two runs back from a second long layoff, and I note his Grand National entry was rubbed out at the first opportunity.
It’d be a shame if that’s the case, as to my mind he travelled and jumped well enough to be a serious Topham aspirant (I know he was ante-post favourite for this two years ago before treading on a stone at home). Mind, having won a Cathcart, a Singer and Friedlander (the last runnings of the race on each occasion – spooky!) and a stack of smaller races he hardly owes connections anything.
Jeremy
(graysonscolumn)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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