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Now I am twelve. Things are pretty much the same as they were when I was eleven, except that it is colder out. I am yet to deduce whether it is me or the weather that is responsible with this situation, but I have never been at fault before, so the smart money is on…
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This is really the “After Plumpton Update”, where we had a good day, but it so nearly achieved epic status. The difference between good and great came in Zoe’s memorial race, where BIRDMAN BOB finished second. He got outpaced at halfway and stuck at the back as a consequence, where he narrowly avoided being tripped…
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Happy New Year to all our readers. Boxing Day was a little bit quieter than expected as a few of the possible participants appeared elsewhere the week before, but we got a really good run from CLONDAW ROBIN at Fontwell. In testing conditions he shaped as if a success was a possibility coming off of…
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Highlight of the week, (mostly) crushing all the agonies of Monday, came twenty-four hours later, when GOLD CLAREMONT comfortably won the long distance handicap chase at Fakenham. Her love of soft ground was accommodated by the Norfolk weather on raceday and Sean gave her a very canny ride to avoid the most chopped up parts…
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Was it only this time last month that the weather seemed quite reasonable for the time of year? Is this the right time of year for rhetorical questions? We took a couple of runners to a very windy Market Rasen, where the going was not the glutinous mess that the advance report implied, but was…
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The horses that the club can now be revealed. All those who have been waiting with bated breath can now safely unbate. The trio are: Devious Dicks Dame – a winner and a runner-up for the club last season Queen Among Kings – new to the club and twice a runner-up at Plumpton last season,…
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