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Two major events in Tonga on past 4ths of June – independence in 1970 and the abolition of serfdom in 1862. What will they do for the hat trick? There has only been a small amount of action on course since the last update. Our chums down the road at Plumpton lost their Ladies’ Day…
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On this day in 1455 the Wars of the Roses were deemed to have begun, at the Battle of Stale Buns, which, as we all know, is the closing event in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 2. For those looking for a more contemporary reference, on this day in 1987 the first Rugby World Cup began,…
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Greetings from the undisputed chess champion of the bath field and the summer field. I have indeed united the belts (whatever that means), carrying my unbeaten run into the summer field defeating all the horses that have ventured my way. I have to say that the challengers took their defeats with good grace, apart from…
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Today (April 26th) would have been the 100th birthday of commentating legend David Coleman, inspiration for Private Eye’s “Colemanballs” feature collecting idiotic things said on television and radio. Enjoy these wisdoms: The season ended on a high with GOLD CLERMONT back in the winners’ enclosure. The ground would have been borderline for her but the…
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Apologies if this blog does not make sense. Suzy Wood went off on her summer holiday and just dumped it on me with the instruction “do the blog and don’t ruin it.” I mean, as a mission statement it is a bit vague and I have had to put up with Wait In The Wings…
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Today is 287 years since Dick Turpin was hanged in York. Not for highway robbery, but for horse theft. It would also have been Ravi Shankar’s 106th birthday, but he was not convicted of any equine related chicanery (as far as we know) but did record a song uncharacteristically titled “Dispute And Violence.” Still looking…
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Today is Transfer Day in the US Virgin Isles, commemorating events in 1917 when the islands were sold to the US by the Danes, for the price of $25,000,000 and the US ceding all interest in Greenland. Well, that’s gone swimmingly… Just the two runners since the last update, and neither made the frame, but…
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Indeed, on 17th March 1,846 years ago Commodus became Roman emperor, thus allowing, via an array of other consequences, Joaquin Phoenix to go completely bonkers on a cinema screen near you. But what of the recent performances by the horses? It vexes me. I’m terrible vexed. But we were able to display the four chief…
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The first runner since the previous update was the returned GOLD CLERMONT, who went to Exeter for the Devon National as she became unqualified for the Eider Chase due to Mr Vango declaring. We had to set off prior to the morning inspection, the existence of which was fairly good news, because splashing around in…
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Suzy Wood: How did your second hurdles run go? Monansunu: We should change the subject. The race was spoiled by our chesnut enemies. S: I checked the racecard and thirteen of the fifteen in it were bays. M: You would not believe the trouble that the other two caused though. S: The form book says…
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