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I cannot recall Yabir pulling and failing to settle recently , more the opposite sitting out the back and finding the line too late . He hits the line hard enough in his races when on song , brother won 3 mile hurdle at Clonmel in heavy so family stays . Seems like perfect horse to at least give himself a chance to run home hard in last furlong .
I’ve had a little each way interest on The Grand Visir . Been round in these types races for years , liked his
Chester Cup run , drops a few pounds and reasonably fresh after light year or so , might sweeten the old fella up .
One of the last of Frankel’s first crop still going round .I will have a go with Yibir ,has had pipe opener, can drop in relax then come past them with his turn of foot he can produce from the back .
Thanks AP racing , glad the horse Big Speil was not a false memory although quite clearly my memory of his alleged ability is slightly warped
Love the old races you post up on you tube Espmadrid , end up scrolling through and an early night becomes a late night . Brilliant work .
A few people seem to do it , Vintage horse racing is good too .
Always look forward to your new uploads .I have not looked at the horses form but id guess the other aspect of it with the OZ connections , and stables success down under the horse will get a decent rating if he comes down. Therefore better chance of making the cut into decent Saturday races and/or decent supporting Spring carnival races , or the many country cups at the time .
The Aussies seem to follow the European ratings pretty closely when an import arrives. A horse like Extra Elusive came in high off I think it was a Windsor group 3 , dropped kilos in 6 months .I read Willie Mullins was talking about a go at the Melbourne Cup after last years Cheltenham win with Vauban .The Ebor is the set up race for a lot travelling down , Max Dynamite had similar profile .
The scans required now may have put him off that idea .Not wrong about Charlie Chans Ian .
Hackney Dogs was rougher though .
Harringay was good , banger racing was good night out there but i think it was stopped after small bits of old Ford Cortinas kept getting found on the dog track making it pretty dangerous .
Raymond Tusk down 4 from last years race up 2 from last run , liked the look of the Newmarket run and has always given me a decent run for some each way money , iam going to give him another ew go , should be 25s ish .
The Stow was at the time the whole destination package of course , Charlie Chans for a watered down drink and spin on the dance floor after the last if you had any cash left .
I think the top Kennels at the Stow in 80s were Mullins and Savva , memory is bit hazy on it .
Along with East 17 , what a group , The Stow features in Walthamstows other great contribution to music history with a few photos in the CD cover of Blurs Parklife.
The famous frontage is preserved .
Real Estate values i think done for London dog tracks , so many gone . Rye House held on a bit i think but is it just Romford now ? , Harlow London ish ,plenty of Mockneys there so London enough .Had many many nights at The Stow as kid , and as an adult , always a good night but those days well gone for Greyhound racing , the atmosphere was great when Scurlogue Champ raçed there .The rivalry between Ballyregan Bob was superb .
I think it was the Chandlers who owned the place for years . Only bad memory there i have is when i smashed my head on the sea saw , had to hold hanky to head wound to stop the blood while my Dad watched 8.06 race , then off to hospital , still have the scar . Greyhound racing imho will be the first to go west .Syndicator who races in Australia has really hit the mark finding the right Shadwell cast offs .
Targets maiden or 1 win horses at Tatts HIT. They have found some good ones from Shadwells French stables . Over half the 20 or so they have brought from Tatts last 6 or so years ex Shadwell . They send them to Chris Waller , he runs them through the grades , midweek City and provincials picking up money , into Saturday City and big money every race . Gets too hard in Sydney they go up to Queensland to cash in some more in easier races .
Alward almost got into Melbourne Cup few years back , Al Aabir ex Gosden yard maiden last season has now won 5 since August 2022 and about 150k in UK money . Out for a spell now and plenty more to come .
Even a horse like Sayl , they have onsold and is earning a bit up in Toowomba .Bang on Ghost , thats it !!! Klute , i think it was named after film or film character .
I cannot find it on googling but iam sure in 80s a QH either raced a TB at Epsom as a gimmick or it was on its own trying to break the land speed record . Iam sure I saw it as a bit on LWT news or BBC London .
Stone of Folca ran 53.69
From what I can make out the QH record over 440 yards is 20.274 , the 1100 yard trip seems a rarity but at Sam Houston the record is 58.34 . Dirt v downhill grass I know .Brondesbury was sent to stud in OZ , no champions I can find in his offspring but he produced a tough horse called Toybury , ran from 92 to 99 , 58 runs for 16 wins and 13 seconds . Mainly ran at provincials in Victoria and city class Adelaide . Won from 5 furlongs up , somehow they stretched him out to win at 10 furlongs at Morpheteville one day . Staying power from dams side is my gut feeling .
