Racehorse trainer Sussex
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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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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