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What about Katabatic ? I loved him, maybe not an all time great but one of my favourites anyway. I loved the way Peter O’Sullevan used to pronounce his name in that deliberate style of his Kat-a-ba-tic. Great coulours too, the bright red of the Pell-Mell partners I believe.
Quite right Grassy, apologies for that comedic oversight. I’ll try harder when it comes to re-enacting the campfire scene :o
This thread reminds me of a scene from Blazing Saddles.
Crowd Scene.
"Harumph Harumph Harumph Harumph"
"Hey, I didnt get a Harumph outta that guy" !
"You give the governor a Harumph" !
"Harumph" ! (meekly)
Will those claiming the moral high ground in this thread (the harumphers) please cool their jets ! Okay, so the horse shouldnt have run in the race and it looks bad but as has been pointed out his fatal injury has nothing to do with the fact it was the Game Spirit and not a point or a seller, merely an unfortunate coincidence that injury should strike at that time. For racing’s PR it would be better to keep blatantly out of their depth horses out of big races but let’s cut the drama and moralising and accept that is not the reason VO is no longer with us.
I agree he was beaten by the better horse but to my eye he didnt make as good a fist of it as I expected. I think if the Game Spirit had been run that day at Cheltenham he would have run a bit better, not enough to win but a bit better.
I agree he was beaten by the better horse but to my eye he didnt make as good a fist of it as I expected. I think if the Game Spirit had been run that day at Cheltenham he would have run a bit better, not enough to win but a bit better.
I remember Godolphin using the bounce as excuse for Byron running deplorably in the James palace after finishing a close up 3rd in the french guinneas, I had to laugh it was a gap of 8 weeks for god sake.
<br>Utter nonsense, since when was the French Guineas 8 weeks before Royal Ascot ? 3-4 weeks at best.
The ‘bounce’ factor clearly exists but it exists in degrees. For example I would suggest that there was a hint of a ‘bounce’ about Ashley Brook on Saturday. Having run a blinder over hurdles on his first run back after a long break he may have still been feeling the effects asked to race again within a fortnight. He didnt run terribly badly on Saturday but he just seemed a little flat and went out quickly when under pressure. If he had not run at Cheltenham then perversely he may actually have had a better chance at Newbury – although even at his best he would have struggled to beat the superior Well Chief.
I remember Godolphin using the bounce as excuse for Byron running deplorably in the James palace after finishing a close up 3rd in the french guinneas, I had to laugh it was a gap of 8 weeks for god sake.
<br>Utter nonsense, since when was the French Guineas 8 weeks before Royal Ascot ? 3-4 weeks at best.
The ‘bounce’ factor clearly exists but it exists in degrees. For example I would suggest that there was a hint of a ‘bounce’ about Ashley Brook on Saturday. Having run a blinder over hurdles on his first run back after a long break he may have still been feeling the effects asked to race again within a fortnight. He didnt run terribly badly on Saturday but he just seemed a little flat and went out quickly when under pressure. If he had not run at Cheltenham then perversely he may actually have had a better chance at Newbury – although even at his best he would have struggled to beat the superior Well Chief.
Dear Zome,
I wish to ask your advice on a particularly delicate piece of social etiquette.
I was at work yesterday when I sensed that "Mr Brown was at the window". I duly popped to the gents to allow him to leave. On entering the gents I went into Trap 1 only to find it bereft of bog roll so swiftly exited and went into Trap 2 where there was plentiful bog roll.
As I conducted my business I heard someone else come into the gents and they appeared in a hurry judging by the haste with which they entered Trap 1 and apparently couldnt get their belt and zip undone quickly enough. There followed a dramatic 10 seconds of explosion and splatter followed by a giant sigh of relief from Trap 1. At this point I remembered that I rejected Trap 1 on account of there being no bog roll and if ever a man needed bog roll it was this guy. Sure enough I heard his tutting and huffing of frustration as he searched in vain. For a moment I thought of passing a wad through to him under the partition but I didnt and he didnt ask for any. He simply stood up fastened his trousers and squelched off, presumably to another toilet !
The question is, what should I have done ? Had I passed him some paper I may have embarrassed the poor man. It’s not the done thing to converse with a man while he is dropping a log is it ? By ignoring his plight I made sure he had some skid marks that night but at least he retained his dignity right ?
Oh I don’t know, it’s too difficult for me, I’m torn !
Please help
Cheese Toasties<br>Cheese and Ham Toasties<br>Hitting a great golf shot (* please note the subtle difference between this and just playing golf!)<br>Sunshine Sheilas (the scantily clad beauties who descend on our streets at the first blink of summer sunshine).<br>The freckled fox who plays Gwen in Torchwood.<br>Lost<br>Watching a great fight (in the boxing ring)<br>Cheltenham Festival<br>Royal Ascot<br>Pigeon Racing (in particular long distance pigeon racing)<br>Cute girls in glasses<br>Books on tape <br>Getting up early<br>Scrubs<br>Green Wing<br>Pan fried scallops in lime butter<br>Silly comedy movies<br>Great Music (not manufactured cheese – proper bands with proper instruments)<br>Long walks<br>My I-pod<br>Travelling by train in a half empty carriage<br>Roger’s Profanisaurus
The first winning bet of my life, the 1984 grand national. I was only a nipper and my dad let us have a pound on a horse each. Our budgie was called Dandy so I think my brother and I both selected Hallo Dandy. I can still see him crossing over to the stands rail and getting up 22 years on ! Great stuff !
Just wish I had stuck with coincidence bets rather than getting engrossed in all this form nonsense !
I knew you’d be on my case about that one GC but each to their own. I take your point that there may be a place for it but seeing horses walking home (while occasionally uplifting to see such guts and courage) is just not for me and thats what I associate with Towcester. I wince at the combination of Towcester and heavy ground.
Think you’re right there GC, not seen her out this season so presume she is off to the paddocks. Bizarrely she was a close relation of Rooster Booster, he must have got her share of the family speed !
I would get rid of Sandown from the flat calendar. It’s a great track for jump racing but for some reason the flat races just don’t "look" right there. Always seems to be a lot of bunching in the straight on the flat track and the sprint track is awful. For the stature of the race the Eclipse and the Brigadier Gerard Stakes always seem to be slightly soulless affairs (on TV anyway), compared to the Prince of Wales, King George, International and Champion stakes. I cant think of more than a couple of flat races that will live long in the memory from Sandown but an incredible number of jumps races from the same venue. Can’t say why exactly but it’s just a place suited to jumps racing bit like Chepstow (the difference is there are no big flat races wasted on Chepstow).
Of the jumps tracks I would be delighted to say farewell to Towcester – that uphill climb doesn’t show racehorses in their best light. It’s like watching the Olympic 1500m champion who looks awesome on a track and then looks a mere mortal when splashing and slopping their way round a cross country track, doesnt seem right to me.
Not particularly bothered re the AW track.
Apologies for cheating but I think a distinction neds to be made between the top class horses and the odd ones that I developed an affection for who were of limited ability.
So on the flat I will nominate Harayir as the class horse that will always stick with me. I backed her for the Guineas and was distraught when Carson chose Aqaarid over her but she won anyway :biggrin:
My less famous flat horse that I will always remember was a plodding old grey stayer called Coleridge. He was a veteran when I worked in Ladbrokes but he brightened up the winter running in all weather handicaps between 1m6f and 2 miles usually runing well without winning.
Jumps: Class horse One Man and less famous, the loveably slow but game KittenKat<br>
Gizmo, ah I’ve no doubt I’d have Davina gurning like she never gurned before, I may even do a bit of gurning myself depending on the severity of the knee trembling but Mr Floppy is not in this script !!
Davina is indeed an annoying piece of work but continuing the central theme of my life of being attracted to inappropriate women I want her in the worst way. I would like to see her up against a wall not to be shot but so that I could take her in knee trembling fashion against the wall !
All the others listed so far can go as far I’m concerened, especially Jeremy Kyle, Keith Chegwin and Ian Wright.
I’d like to make special mention of Kerry Katona for her irritating portrayal of a chav mumsy housewife in the Iceland adverts. Please stop making them, if you need some money go and get your wallopers out in Nuts or Zoo and keep your festering gob shut.
Arcade Fire or were they 2005, not sure but bloody great anyway.
Sigur Ros – Got their album recently, not sure, but think it was a 2006 release. Anyhow, they are Icelandic and I haven’t a scooby what the feck they’re on about but it’s a beautiful sound.
Can’t have this bad mouthing of the Arctic Monkeys, that album is still sounding great despite me playing it to death.
I like everything I have heard from The View but that only amounts to 3 songs so far…..very promising start.
