Racehorse trainer Sussex
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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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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It is also the 1,658th anniversary of the Alemanni leading a confederation of tribes over the Rhine into the Roman Empire and sounding the effective death knell of the western half of the empire, assisted by a few decades of Roman internal bickering, assassination of competent officials by ambitious but talentless rivals, and general self-destruction.…
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Merry Christmas to all our readers. And there are a couple of other notes. We took a couple to Fakenham for the last jumping before Christmas. FLEMEN’S TIPPLE finished a solid third, proving that it will be worth the early start to go back there on New Year’s Day for the excellent prize money on…
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Yes, to further cloud the miasma of mystery surrounding the origins of various Christmas legends, St Nicholas’ Day is actually December 19th, not 24th. Maybe two rounds of present giving and dabbling in drinks untouched for the rest of the year is in order. Merry Christmas to all our readers, whichever day(s) you choose to…
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Since the last update the theme of the runners has been to perform quite well, without turning it into a win. GODOT was third in a staying hurdle at Kempton, SHAW’S CROSS ran really well on his comeback at Lingfield until lack of a recent run told in the straight and LA DOLCE DOLLY put…
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This being the 250th anniversary of his death, an update that is largely Plumpton-centric seems appropriate. No need to explain how. Anyway, it was off to Plumpton last Monday, where ongoing lack of rain, and an apparent distrust (in certain yards) of the track’s ability produce properly good ground led to small fields all the…
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We had three runners last week at Plumpton and they all acquitted themselves well, without delivering the rewards hoped for. CLONDAW ROBIN had ground a bit on the quick side, but he needed a run and is not an enthusiastic horsebox passenger, so Plumpton it had to be. He managed to stay to the fore…
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