Category: Blog

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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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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I appear to have retired from racing, although I have no recollection of making that decision. {You did drop some hints – Ed.} Monty’s Award also had the same experience when passing the blog over to me. There is clearly some type of sinister conspiracy at work, and I look forward to hearing Mel Gibson’s…
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Hello world at large. I will not wish you a happy new year, as horses celebrate new year on 28th August. No idea why, nor why steppe horses in the former Soviet republics do so on 17th September instead. Anyway, you are very cold at the moment, and I am continuing to hole up in…
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Had a run. It was dank and dreary, a bit mucky. The least said, soonest mended, although I was not inconsiderably insulted to find out that the race was a seller, and I was the outsider of four. {No offence intended, but that might be something where you can control your situation. – Ed.} All…
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Referring to my previous blog on malingering, I had an experiment with the idea last month and managed to get out of running at Plumpton, which was nice. As it turned out to be a damp and dreary day, I was even more pleased that my plan worked. Obviously being back in the hurdling game…
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I was supposed to be going to Windsor today, but those very kind humans all around me decided that lugging through the mud is not really necessary for me. I will remember their kindness, but probably only until something else exciting or mad occurs. Horses do not put aside much room in their brain for…
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The bad news since the last blog is that Hesbehindyou, my loyal sidekick who came with exemplary references from Monty’s Award, has retired and departed Shovelstrode. This is a problem, as I am not sure any one of the other horses can live up to his efforts in sidekickery. When you ask specifically what he…
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Hello all. I slightly delayed my work on the August blog, because I was tipped off that there was some big news to come in the horse world. Nothing Olympic (side thought – why do the riders and not the horses get gold medals?). Nor was it that Ripon was living up to a Yorkshire…
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After a spell of unrelenting positivity since I took over the blog, things have gone a bit off of the rails this month. Firstly, I did not get to vote in the election. I presume my postal voting card went astray. We horses are not committed voters and any time the candidate list exceeds four…
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