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Recent books:
The Life and Legacy of Himself – Sean Magee
Racing Post’s 100 favourite racehorses
Sir Peter O’Sullevan’s Racing Heroes
From the 80s:
Always Back Winners – Stewart Simpson.
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He will generate interest for a short time, His ( and his wife’s) sole motivation is gaining fame in America – oh, and there’s the small aspect of money too, of course.
The game they refer to as soccer now has more particpants than any of so called household sports like baseball, football and basketball anfd the national team is 8th in the Fifa rankings – so the game is doing nicely, with or without Beckham’s arrival.
Great players like Pele, Cruyff, Best, Carlos Alberto and Beckenbauer suceeded in promoting and generating interest there during the seventies.
Sadly, the increased attendances and razzmatazz were short lived. Like Beckham, those players were attracted by the lure of big bucks and attention, and were no more interested in the future of American soccer, than Victoria Beckham is in maintaining a low profile during their stay in the good old US of A.
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It is no coincidence that most bookmakers situate their shops next to, or close to a pub.
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Have you tried google?
I have, and here’s what it says.
"As a noun, a distaff is a tool used in spinning. It is designed to hold the unspun fibers, keeping them untangled and thus easing the spinning process. It is most commonly used to hold flax, and sometimes wool, but can be used for any type of fiber.
The traditional form is a staff, typically mounted as an attachment to a spinning wheel. It is placed next to the bobbin, where it will be in easy reach of the spinner. The fiber is wrapped around the staff, and tied in place with a piece of ribbon or string. More recently, hand-spinners have begun using wrist-distaffs to hold their fiber; these are made of flexible material such as braided yarn, and can swing freely from the wrist.
The term distaff is also used as an adjective and is used as a descriptor for a female grouping (e.g., the "distaff side" of a person’s family refer’s to the person’s mother and her blood relatives). This term developed in the English speaking communities where a distaff spinning tool was used often to symbolize domestic life. The term distaff has fallen largely into disuse in recent times, although its antonyms of sword and spear to describe a male grouping are even more obscure.
One still-recognized use of the term is in horse racing, where the American Breeders Cup run by the National Thoroughbred Racing Association where fillies compete in a separate race referred to as "The Distaff."
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The very wonderful Adamant Approach (13 years young) has done rather well this year
and is declared to run in tomorrow’s feature race on the first day of the Killarney festival – go on boy!!Looks ready to win again by all accounts
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The term is used exclusively to describe the period of estrous in female mammals – meaning that they are ovulating and capable of becoming pregnant for a period of time. In many mammals this cycle causes a change in the physical actions of the animal to promote reproduction and enhance the chances for survival of the species.
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I thought Peeping Fawn won fair and square, though judging by Henry Cecil’s post race comment, the reverse in Epsom form with his filly was down to ground conditions. I think he fancies Light Shift to win if they meet again on good ground.
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Mandesha is still quoted in most ante-post lists.
I know three year olds have not had a very good winning record in the last 10 years or so, but Authorized and Soldier Of Fortune (if he runs and the ground comes up soft) must have outstanding chances.
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The Arc is my favourite flat race. It brings together the best middle distance horses in Europe. Very few avverage horses have won this prestigious race. I look forward to it more than any other. I’ll never forget how I felt when Sassafras defeated Nijinsky back in 1970. I was absolutely distraught.
It looks wide open this year and I shall wait until nearer the time brfore selecting one.
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Bring back Brough Scott and the Lord Oaksey. Those were the days.
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Peeping Fawn touching 11/4 on the exchange… ‘Big’ firms Hills and Coral going 11/8!
What price now with Fallon not riding?
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Very minor interference that you see a few times everyday, it just so happened that on this occasion Eagle Mountain stumbled and Fallon fell off.
The way I saw it, the inreference caused Fallon’s mount to stumble.
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I have seen the race. Pasquier’s manoeuver looked quite deliberate and intentional.
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As already mentioned, Sonny Sommers. He is joint oldest (and latest – Lingfield, 28th Feb 1980) to win a race – at the grand old age of 18.
The oldest horse to take part in a race in Britain was was actually Creggmore Boy, who ended his career by running fourth in a handicap chase at Cartmel on June 9th, 1962. He was 22 years of age at the time.
* The last race he won was six years earlier.
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I don’t see the need for swearing on a horseracing website. To me, it’s a bit like betting in a 29 runner, 5 furlong handicap – totally pointless and unnecessary. A similar restraint must be shown.
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I did fancy Light Shift to confirm the form, and although Henry Cecil considers his filly to be in great form, he also thinks that by running her on heavy ground, she will encountering "no man’s land" – so then maybe from a punting point – discretion really should be the better part of valour.
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