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Sweet William , each way , might grind some doubtful stayers down if Trawlerman not there . Still got some life in him after fresh up win.

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Hes 16 runs 8 wins but there are a few races he left on table , Deauville last year and Keeneland last time out , he is a fantastic horse and great to see him this year , does he keep NS and Opera Ballo apart ?? .

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Notable Speech , looked very very unlucky at Keenland last time , but that would have been good pipe opener

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Sandown
Kempton
Lingfield
Windsor
Fontwell
Newton Abbot
Exeter
Taunton
Wincanton
Stratford
Towcester
Huntingdon
Beverley
Yarmouth
Uttoxeter
Newbury
Fakenham
Cheltenham

Plus point to points
Cottenham
Little Windsor
Badbury Rings

Outside Uk

Leopardstown

In OZ

Randwick
Rosehill
Sunshine Coast
Cranbourne
Moonie Valley
Flemington
Caulfield

In NZ
Riccarton
Rangiora
Timaru
Ashburton
Omoto
Kumara
Reefton

Asia
Kranji
Happy Valley
Tokyo

Few big ones i want to get in UK before i hop the twig , ive got to see a Derby at Epsom , ive been gallops at Newmarket and Sales but never the races , not sure why tbh but have to tick that off . Hexham and York another two i want to get to .
In OZ I might try give Birdsville a go but too old for the boxing booths night before races .
Sha Tin and more of Japan on my list too .
Royal Bangkok Turf club looks quite good for somewhere different , and at least one in States , Santa Anita the main one i want to go there .
Seen some great horses in my years on track since 83 , Desert Orchid thru to Winx ,Jockeys from Piggot thru to Davy Jones , had a few bad days on punt but never ever an unenjoyable day oncourse , have the same binoculars my Dad brought me when I was a kid and kept every racebook from everyday i was on track , box loads ready for my wife and kids to bin in skip when iam gone .

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I don’t think it’s a minority who care about fatal injuries , I think there are some like me hate to see it , who wouldn’t really but accept it as part of a sport with 500 kgs moving at pace , if I got so bad it really upset me id move on to punting on sport . I think racing does it’s best .
I get cheesed off horses that continually go round as no hopers appearing on the list , or horses that are getting on and have earned their corn plus some,I in those cases have sympathy for horse not connections so much .

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Weekly trainer , owner combo are producing horses with potential to go with proven stars . One after another , looking forward to seeing how they all progress , and really hoping Calandagan does target the Cox Plate , at Flemington he’s got it in his favour . I cannot see anything getting close to him bar Sir Delius .

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Mr Waterville does the job , 2nd Tuesday at Warrnambool and just won the Champion Novice today , bolted up . Looked decent bet after Tuesday , jumps slickly .
Interviewed part owner on TV after , he said after Tuesday and today’s decent prize they are only about one and half million behind on him !! .

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Mullins is a true genius , and appears to be a gent.I was at Caulfield about 10 years back , they were saddling Siminon in Herbert Power Stakes , he was happy to have a yarn with punters as they watched the horses saddle up and was relaxed and friendly , as is Chris Waller when it comes to chatting in saddling area .
As for Coolmore and Derby Trials I watch for the also rans to see who’s coming to OZ , Iam waiting on Swagman from last year to get out , at Waterhouse / Bott yard .
And Mr Waterville gets out over the sticks tomorrow
Few ex Ballydoyle in most weeks .

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There are quite a few ive noticed over the years ex Martin Pipe lived to decent old age , Deanos Beano another who ended up living to 28 .

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Looking at his last win , Pipe also had the favorite Out Ranking , ended up 20 wins , and Runaway Pete ended up 21 wins , 56 wins in total the 3 of them , tough horses .

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Totally agree Gladiator , why not go out on a high with a gallant warrior like Edwardstone , I fully expected to read that he was retired on write up after race . They should look at what happened in race , look at what he has earnt , see he is 13 next Jan and probably be thankful . It’s the age old story , owners know they will never find or breed one so good so cannot let go .

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Brian the Snail , cracking name for a racehorse , and done a cracking job , good to see some of these old timers retire healthy .

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Up there with Frankel , beats allcomers , traveled to OZ and beat horses that would give Asfoora windburn as they breezed past , and just made Satono Reve look like he was glued to floor without breaking sweat , . Horses are not machines , but he is .

Romantic Warrior goes in a hour , hope old Royal Champion gives him a decent race .

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Mr Waterville had a walk around under lights at Pakenham tonight , he is getting slower , must be a few goes over hurdles soon then surely they give up .

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Hes all over the show , was talking Ebor few weeks ago , then 0 to 100 in next few weeks , concerned about ground on the horse but took up to week or so before Champion Hurdle to rule out a kamakaze racehorse out of a Champion Hurdle on biggest stage . Then spoke to Moore and decided to spell him . So Ryans training him ?? . Honestly the diverring is quite funny .
I really hope though he comes out and bolts home whatever race he goes in , whenever that may be .

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Hes unbeaten at 6f so July Cup out sadly , way too risky .
Hes a wonderful horse , i look forward to his races , but blimey i remember See You When but he did have glass legs , this is unreal .

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Good decision , he ran too often over jumps and lost his unbeaten record as a result , dont make same mistake twice , unbeaten on AW flat and turf flat , must be a November conditions race on all weather , preserve that unbeaten record .

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