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A sad day
For me his heroic effort in the Tote Gold Trophy will be the most memorable of all his performances – it was so refreshing to see connections of a top-class National Hunt racehorse not afraid of running him in handicaps.
Flat – Breeders Cup or Melbourne Cup
Jumps – Probably the Cheltenham Festival, although whether I’ll ever manage to get there without doing myself a mischief beforehand is debatable. However, my best recent day’s racing was undoubtedly the Hunter Chase evening there this year, although I nearly killed myself in the process.
Worst – any meeting at Newbury
On more than one occasion (most recently coming back from Huntingdon on Tuesday) I have been confronted with one HGV trying to overtake another HGV, only for the driver of the lorry that is being passed for some reason taking umbrage with this and speeding up so the other one can’t get past. The driver of the overtaking lorry is far too bloody-minded to drop back, leaving the two stupid buggers driving side by side for miles and creating a massive tailback of ‘proper drivers’ behind.
The worst ever case of this I have come across was going south on the A1 when we were driving home after Christmas. I don’t know whether anyone has ever seen the film Duel but this looked like a scene from that with a lorry that was being overtaken deliberately speeding up when another lorry tried to pass or slowing down when it tried to drop back. I’m not kidding, this must have gone on for about 15 miles, with me right behind leaning on my horn throughout. When the lorry finally managed to get past this maniac twice tried to ram him before careering rather alarmingly into a service station.
I made a mental note of the company concerned and when I got home drafted a suitably ferocious e-mail. Unsurprisingly, I never received a reply.
A good plan indeed – Towcester and Newmarket are great for me and the rest of the clan.
Probably best if I didn’t organise anything, as the proposed meet-up at Huntingdon that was banded around in the chatroom earlier this year didn’t come to anything!
May I suggest a January meet-up at Cottenham as well? A very pleasant day out (bring plenty of layers).
Off the top of my head I’ve met 16 forumites but there’s probably a few more I’ve forgotten and will remember when my hangover recedes.
This has been driving me crazy for the past few days!
Currently…Tin Soldier – Small Faces<br>Me And The Farmer – Housemartins<br>Ever Fallen in Love etc.. – The Buzzcocks<br>Nothing Compares 2 U – Sinead O’Connor<br>Eight Miles High – The Byrds<br>Paint It, Black – Rolling Stones<br>Ghost Town – The Specials<br>Louie Louie  – The Kingsmen<br>I Just Wasn’t Made For These Times – Brian Wilson/Beach Boys<br>Won’t Get Fooled Again – The Who<br>Three Minute Hero – The Selecter<br>Handbags And Gladrags – Chris Farlowe<br>Way To Blue – Nick Drake<br>Layla – Derek and the Dominos<br>Tracy Jacks – Blur<br>Video Killed The Radio Star – Buggles<br>Dizzy – Vic Reeves and The Wonderstuff<br>Happy Jack:biggrin:  – The Who
…..but is liable to change whenever my mood takes me.
(Edited by Happy Jack at 9:08 am on Mar. 30, 2005)
The forum will be a poorer place without his knowledge, humour and general love of racing and betting as a whole. A terrible, terrible shock.
Quote: from Grasshopper on 7:43 pm on Dec. 2, 2004[br]For extra ‘muso w*nker’ points, can anyone to tell me the name of the first single released by "The Special A.K.A.", after the release of "Ghost Town".<br>
<br>I believe it may have been The Boiler
Quote: from apracing on 3:37 pm on Nov. 2, 2004[br]<br>She says the going is heavy and if it stays the same, Best Mate won’t run in ‘his’ race in three weeks time.<br>
<br>The time (got it from the Sporting Life site so slightly worried it may not be accurate!) would certainly suggest that the going was very testing. Twenty-two seconds slower than when Edredon won on good ground last year and ten seconds slower than when Bellator won on soft in 2000.
If that is the case then it makes Azertyuiop’s weight carrying performance even more meritorious. Hard to see anything getting near him at levels judged on that performance.
Unfortunately Hann somehow managed to win on points.
Quote from Sunday’s RP:
QUINTEN HANN upset the odds in snooker’s Pot Whack grudge match when he outpointed Mark King over three two-minute rounds at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday night, writes Paul Kealy.<br>A capacity crowd was screaming for King, the 4-11 favourite with the bookies, but the surprisingly entertaining fight saw Hann bulldoze his way to glory with a series of stunning hooks, unheard of for a snooker pro.<br>After the fight, 2-1 shot Hann said: "I’ve got to respect Mark King. But I was never tagged in the fight."<br>The Australian reiterated his disdain for the rest of the snooker circuit who were apparently rooting for King.<br>But Hann’s shock supporter was snooker’s most popular player, Ronnie O’Sullivan.<br>The Rocket was in Hann’s corner for the three-round bout and afterwards he expressed his desire to get into training for a potential fight himself.
What’s next, Frank Bruno and Jim Bugner slugging it out in a best of 35 match at the Crucible?<br>
I didn’t say I watched it for entertainment value – it’s about making money and these reality shows can be goldmines if you are prepared to take more than a passing glance at them.<br>
Quote: from LetsGetRacing on 2:02 am on May 31, 2004[br]I watched I think for about 5 minutes and remembered I had to go wax my balls ÂÂÂ
<br>And you think I’ve got too much time on my hands? :laugh:<br>
Hi Kingmonkey, nice to see another Big Brother addict around here – tbere’s not enough of them, although I’m sure Daylight will be along shortly!
It’s difficult to have any confidence about any of them at this early stage due to all of the mallarkey they’ve probably got planned over the next few weeks. For example I wouldn’t be totally surprised to see at least two new faces join the house – possibly very close to the end. In any case, I’m not sure if the eviction system has been mentioned yet and it too could be completely different from previous years – i.e. the public may not have a say in some, if not all, of the evictions.
Anyway for what it’s worth here are my early thoughts on each housemate:
Ahmed<br>Seems a reasonably innofensive chap so far but in the pre-show gumf he did mention that he is extremely argumentative and wants to cause plenty of tension. Some of his opinions (homophope, for example) and his age will not endear him to the public and he is unlikely to last beyond halfway. Best price – 33/1
Daniel<br>Hasn’t said or done much as far as I’ve seen and appears to be rather aloof – he didn’t bother to welcome several of the housemates as they entered on Friday night. May grow on people as time goes on but at the moment looks very short in the betting for my liking. 6/1.
Emma<br>Loud-mouthed northern lass who probably goes around saying "I’m mad, me!" but obviously isn’t. Should provide plenty of comedy moments and has bonded well with several of the other housemates, she should hang around for quite a while. Possibly a shade too irritating to win, however.  7/1.
Jason<br>A laughable character. Obviously severely lacking in confidence if he thinks the only way to get noticed is by turning up in a posing pouch (padded, apparantly). A complete joke and should be at least fifty times his current price. 10/1.
Kitten<br>Racidal feminist lesbian who likes to think she will cause chaos but in all reality looks about as anarchic as a cream bun. Clearly mentally fragile and will probably walk out if not be kicked out. 40/1.
Marco<br>Mincing drama queen who makes former winner Brian Dowling look like Vinny Jones. Will have endeared himself to plenty after his laughable antics having entered the house first but equally as likely to have already irritated the s**t
out of everyone else. 10/1.Michelle<br>"Feisty", one-dimensional Geordie girl who appears to have annoyed at least a couple of her housemates for some reason or another. Found it necessary to mention that she loves "sex and porn" in her audition, which should get her some votes from News of the World readers. The novelty is unlikely to last long. 16/1.
Nadia<br>Would not look out of place on the LTA circuit and looks about as feminine as Brian Blessed in a frock. If Big Brother were so keen to but a transsexual in the house they could at least have put an interesting one in. Will only have a semblance of a chance if a national newspaper champions "her". 33/1.
Shell<br>Jolly-hockey-sticks Cate Blanchett lookalike. Looks to have plenty of steel behind that public school exterior and appears reasonably popular with the majority of housemates. Should be a calming force within the group and must have a major chance of scooping the prize. Problem is the bookies like her as well. 5/1.
Stuart<br>Extremely bland, good looking young chap who should get plenty of votes from the teenage girl watchers. Has a very high opinion of himself which may well get on the tits of his housemates from an early stage. May get nominated often but unlikely to get voted out and should stay for quite a while. 8/1.
Vanessa<br>Blonde, good looking and reasonably intelligent South African but hasn’t really done anything of note yet. However, is likely to be pretty popular both in and out of the house and should be still there well beyond halfway. 9/1
Victor<br>Re-writes the dictionary definition of the word arrogant but has stamped himself as a popular contestent within the house. Is probably seriously disliked by Jason who is clearly trying (and failing miserably) to be the centre of female attention. As long as his bravado doesn’t turn nasty and obnoxious he could go a very long way and 16/1 looks too big. 16/1.
Christ, I’ve got far too much time on my hands.
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I voted for Goodwood.
a) It’s the only one I’ve been to more than once<br>b) It didn’t have any votes and I felt sorry for it