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I get a lot of horses mixed up and I hadn’t realised Envoi Allen wasn’t a 3 mile horse although I’ve always remembered how upset his lass was when he was moved from Gordon Elliotts. It has left me feeling very flat after thinking that fatalities had been drastically reduced recently. At least Adams horse did well in the Triumph; am going up to Mikes place over Easter so I’ll hopefully get to see him. I don’t know how the stable staff get over things like this. I’m still struggling with the death of Endo the Blind who I’ve followed for years on facebook.
I love the photo of Golden Miller with my other hero, Mick the Miller ( is that in the book?).I’d love to have been around when horse racing and the dogs was part of everyone’s lives. It was like that when I was a child but was coming to an end when I got back to racing in my thirties. Even twenty years ago dog racing wasn’t frowned upon the way it is now; the WI used to arrange trips to Nottingham. Being nocturnal myself I can relate to Dorothy Paget but sadly without the riches.
I’ve been meaning to buy that book for years being rather obsessed with the Golden Miller years. Just worried it will end up on my shelf of unread racing books that I couldn’t resist buying.
I agree.The first time it happened was when Willsford ran a race and we were told he was going to be retired afterwards. I can still picture him pulling up. Then Rust Never Sleeps trainer was interviewed prior to the National and said all he wanted was for him to be back in his stable that evening munching an apple. There was another horse that broke a fetlock in his much publicised last race; Eric’s Charm I think. My heart sinks when I know it’s a last race before retirement.
I liked the way Heartwoods owner had a dig at those owners who take the reins of winning horses from the stable staff and lead them in. It always annoys me and I rather hope the horse will tread on their feet…
If Minella Study wins no matter where you are in the country you’ll probably hear me screaming him home. Bit worried about all this rain though.( However have realised he was bred by Ms Rausling who tends to breed soft ground horses, and he does paddle in the sea each day)
Not really making excuses for him but there’s something about something about someone being on your property that makes even mild mannered people ( like me !) see red. Things like someone parking in your parking space etc does make the blood boil. And how many arguments are caused by garden fences ( the only argument I ever had with my neighbour of 50 years was about a fence that I thought was mine but was hers).
He used to do a lot better with his bumper runners when Timmy Murphy was riding for him ( but that was a long time ago).
“WD everyone who is going to claim they backed Martator after the result has been announced”.
I did my little system on the race and he was third on the list along with Jason de wotsit. When I saw it was Venetias and the ground was now good I thought that was a waste of time but when I looked on oddschecker it said he’d won on good ground. Really chuffed for Venetia who is one of my favourite trainers. ( had to top up my account as I was down to £1.95 and wanted enough in it to have my numerous 3p ew bets).Wilts. I had a last minute bet on Chicker when they said the going was now good and looking on oddschecker it said he’d won on good. Fergal used to do quite well at Cheltenham, too. It was worth a punt.
And people on another form I’m on that have criticised Starmer right from the start and even a couple of weeks ago were calling for him to go are now admitting that they’re actually glad to have someone like him as PM at a time of crisis.If they’d had their way we would be in the middle of a leadership contest now.
Holloway Queen was blue across the board on oddschecker before the race. I couldn’t watch the race ( W Hill weren’t showing it). I think King of Answers didn’t get a good start and made a mistake early on? He’s my favourite horse in training at the moment so maybe it’s a good job I only got to listen to the race on racing radio.
I’ve always liked the LibDems and have even campaigned for them in the past. But I’m afraid I’m fed up of Ed Davey constantly sniping at the PM and telling him what he should and shouldn’t be doing. Has he not learned from the tuition fees debacle that it’s easy to say and do the right thing when not in government. He’s acting like Badenoch these days, criticising for the sake of criticising and political point scoring all the time.
I America Murdoch is out to get Gavin Newsom. We somehow need to stop the press from controlling the electorate.
