Racehorse trainer Sussex
Inspired and motivted by his next door neighbour’s success at Kempton, TROPICAL SPEED showed that he could match it with a front running success at Lingfield on Thursday. The easing ground was a bit of an unknown with him, but it did not prevent Tropical Speed from gradually wearing down the opposition and seeing off…
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A very nice 80/1 winner at Kempton on Monday! EVERYONESGAME was having an experimental attempt at three miles, and that experiment went very well thank you. Always on the heels of the leaders, he surged ahead from the last, unflustered by the extra distance. Freddie reported that the horse was a very straight forward ride…
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Yes. November 19th – World Toilet Day! Who knew? It is also the anniversary of the end of the Finnish War, ended in 1809 by the splendidly named Convention Of Olkijohki. There was dancing in the streets when that concluded. On the subject of merry dances, Plumpton on Monday, with TROPICAL SPEED in the now…
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Yes, today marks the 64th birthday of Ralph Macchio, best known for starring as the Karate Kid, but quietly exceeding that excellence when playing Eugene Martone in the film “Crossroads” and Bill Gambini in “My Cousin Vinny.” Which brings us neatly to the subject of triumph against adversity as yesterday at Plumpton BIRDMAN BOB won…
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We have had a smattering of runners since the last update. The best of them has been new pupil TROPICAL SPEED who was a very game second under topweight at Newton Abbot. The winner really pinged the last two in a way that Tropical Speed did not and it may have been a different tale…
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No activity on the racing front to report since the last update, but we are hoping to run FLEMEN’S TIPPLE in the stayers’ race at Plumpton on Sunday. The ground looks a bit quick at the moment, but we have plenty of faith that Marcus and his team will get it to be good by…
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Dom Perignon is reputed to have invented champagne on August 4th 1693, an anniversary that is only slightly tarnished by the doubts that the date was just one arbitrarily selected in the approximate vicinity of the event, and the significant suspicion that he did not invent it at all. Whether this is a shambles or…
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Only a brief addition today as the only runner since the last posting was FLEMEN’S TIPPLE finishing third at Huntingdon’s final meeting of spring. He ran solidly and only narrowly missed out on second, but the winner really burst into life for the race and there was probably not anything that he could have done…
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With a Clondaw Robin element to the update, it seemed appropriate to comment what would have been the late Jonah Lomu’s 50th birthday today. Two runners went to the season finale ay Plumpton, and two very pleasing, but also agonising, efforts were accrued. First up was FLEMEN’S TIPPLE, who bounced back splendidly from his burst…
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We only had the one runner over Easter, but LA DOLCE DOLLY was able to tackle a £30,000 race at Plumpton, having earned a shot with her two recent wins. Inevitably with the prize on offer, it was a very competitive race, but she was able to lead until the second last, and then hang…
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