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Suzy: You are being quite hard to get hold of this month. Mickey: Been out in the field. No signal or anything. S: Which field? M: Head for the A264 and first one over the river. There is a public footpath through it, so we get to see lots of people. S: Lots of treats?…
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With a Clondaw Robin element to the update, it seemed appropriate to comment what would have been the late Jonah Lomu’s 50th birthday today. Two runners went to the season finale ay Plumpton, and two very pleasing, but also agonising, efforts were accrued. First up was FLEMEN’S TIPPLE, who bounced back splendidly from his burst…
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We only had the one runner over Easter, but LA DOLCE DOLLY was able to tackle a £30,000 race at Plumpton, having earned a shot with her two recent wins. Inevitably with the prize on offer, it was a very competitive race, but she was able to lead until the second last, and then hang…
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Suzy Wood: I have been on holiday… Monansunu: Yes. We noticed. And it is not even summer yet. SW: …I have been on holiday and greatly enjoyed it. As much fun as all my Shovelstrode colleagues are, even Shaw’s Cross… M: He has retired. SW: Good for him. Has he taken up the traditional, nowadays,…
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Let’s all shout “Yaaayy!” for a second straight win for LA DOLCE DOLLY, this won at Wincanton. {pause…} Hopefully everyone has finished with their Yaaayy! now. Rather like Plumpton, she opted not to turn the race into an imperious stroll, but grinding out with grim determination is probably going to be her style of racing.…
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Let us start with a calming picture of the Shovelstrode gallops in very early March. On the runners front, things have been in and out since the last update – out initially and in more recently. The win of LA DOLCE DOLLY at Plumpton was the highlight. After a good run at Market Rasen, where…
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Time to hand over to my replacement blogger. I am going to completely disregard the advice of my predecessor, as I have found it to be historically unhelpful, and pass it not only to two horses, but to relative youngsters. What could possibly go wrong? The first new blogger is Suzy Wood, known in the…
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Let us celebrate Michael Bay’s 60th birthday with some dramatic news on arrivals. Explosions abound, and one or two horses that have been on the easy list are hairy enough to pose dramatically in front of a wind machine while someone rams a horsebox through a huge pile of crates inexplicably filled with chicken feathers.…
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This update is to commemorate the 1,276th anniversary of the Abbasid Revolution. Nobody at Shovelstrode was to blame for starting it, although Finnegan’s Garden may have been involved on a small scale. On to the recent runners… A mixed bag since the last update. The best outcome was at Bangor, where a long trip was…
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Yes, it is the 900th anniversary of the death of Borivoj II. He is of interest because his predecessor and successor were the same man, Vladislaus I, but his father was Vladislaus II. However you look at it, this does not make much sense. Our first runners back after the run of abandonments were on…
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