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Horse racing can put a smile on your face - this short YouTube clip did just that here in the Racing Office. It's the Barney Curley gamble we did NOT go with. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cbpCM2zulr0
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CLAIRE VOYANT’S 2015 GRAND NATIONAL... ‘They’re crossing the Melling Road and it’s Rocky Creek and Godsmejudge that continue to dispute it; three lengths back to Shutthefrontdoor and a running-on Goonyella then comes Monbeg Dude. These are clear of a loose horse and the chasers headed by Soll. ‘They’re into the straight and facing up to the last two fences. Rocky Creek is edging ahead and is going to rise first ahead of Godsmejudge with Shutthefrontdoor still three lengths away in third. It’s five lengths back to Goonyella. Monbeg Dude is now four lengths back in fifth but he is closing steadily. The leaders are over safely. On touching down[...]
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A light hearted Blog written by Spy one of my close associates who has a way with a pen, a strong opinion on many subjects and a hearty disregard for authority! Like many of us gamblers eh? I hope you enjoy the banter! All the best Bob FRIDAY/ SATURDAY NOVEMBER 21ST/22nd: Some of you with unlimited patience may be expecting this to contain tips for Saturday. It might do. If it’s all right with you, I’ll see how it goes. What follows might be such a good piece that there is no need to spoil it by suggesting readers back three losers tomorrow. So how has a confirmed Flat[...]
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Sometimes you just have to check the date to make sure it is not April Fools’ Day. Today was such a day. It seems someone has decided it might be a good idea to tinker once again with the Derby. You might recall that until twenty years ago it was run on the first Wednesday in June. Times were different then. Swathes of London used to shut, allowing the proletariat to pack a hamper with beer and sandwiches and meander to the high point of Epsom Downs, from where they could pick out a Yankee-full of horses, picnic in the centre of the course and doff their hats to[...]
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The heading would have been unthinkable two years ago; now that the precedent has been set it seems safe to assume this time next year we will be seeing a normal program of racing on a day that was once regarded as sacred. So does it matter? Probably not; after all those that wish to observe Easter as a religious occasion are free to do so. And if the big high street stores, the supermarkets and the DIY chains can open their doors, why should there not be racing? That is a compelling argument. It is unfortunate for stable staff, even for jockeys that they can no longer rely[...]
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On Monday, with typical journalistic timing, Channel 4 sandwiched the somewhat inflammatory-titled How to Fix a Football Match in between Australia v Spain and Cameroon v Brazil. As programmes go, some may have found it more interesting than the matches that it followed and preceded. Dispatches were responsible for this piece in which, rather like the websites that instruct would-be terrorists on the complexities of assembling a bomb, they revealed the vital components required to fix a football match. As with bomb-making, the message has to be: Don’t try this at home. In any event I am not sure how much practical use this programme will be to the[...]
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an advance look at the Festival (also appeared on Free Tips page a week ago) That will be a week tomorrow then. I mean Cheltenham of course. The day jump racing fans have waited for like no other. Cheltenham is about to emerge from the mists and monsoons of a wet winter. Somehow, despite Nature’s best efforts (or maybe She is toying with us), this little island has not sunk into the sea. There is a glimmer of hope from the clouds. Forecasts indicate the rains are likely to roll away in time for the Festival – although, perhaps to prevent complacency, apparently they will linger this week. But[...]
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So he won. Like the name or not, Australia seemed acquainted with the script and delivered his lines. A good-looking but sparsely made chestnut; he was not every one’s idea of the paddock pick. Most observers would have opted for True Story, but then this was horse racing not a catwalk. Despite not coming down the hill too well and finding himself shuffled wide on the entrance to the straight, once he levelled out Australia was back on the bridle and eating up ground. In what was generally acknowledged as a quality Derby, he and Kingston Hill fought it out, although Australia was always that little bit too strong.[...]
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ENGLISH RACING FAILS TO COMPETE SUNDAY MAY 11TH On the day of the French 1000 and 2000 Guineas at Longchamp, and when Leopardstown were responsible for the Derrinstown Stud Derby Trial as well as two other Group 3 events, the best we could come up with on these shores was Plumpton and Ludlow. Of course some of you may have been rejoicing that the jumpers (who never actually go away these days) were back. In essence, the French were at it again – stealing our thunder, something Paris was not devoid of on a damp Sunday. To an extent the weather did its best to dampen proceedings. It rained;[...]
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COPING WITH A LACK OF RACING You might have noticed there has been a lack of racing recently – at least racing to warrant betting interest. No wonder Sprinter Sacre’s heartbeat is normal. Apart from his welfare – of course we all wish him well – there hasn’t been much to occupy the mind on the racing front lately. That is unless you include weather forecasts and Blissful Park, where the going is always good, all the races are handicaps (I heard a Ladbroke commentator refer to the top weight in one such event the other day), and there is never a non-runner or a slow-starter. Sound blissful? Not[...]
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