Category: Blog

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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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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