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- Tonga Day Updateby AdminTwo major events in Tonga on past 4ths of June – independence in 1970 and the abolition of serfdom in 1862. What will they do for the hat trick? There has only been a small amount of action on course since the last update. Our chums down the road at Plumpton lost their Ladies’ Day…
Read more - Wars of the Roses Day Updateby AdminOn this day in 1455 the Wars of the Roses were deemed to have begun, at the Battle of Stale Buns, which, as we all know, is the closing event in Shakespeare’s Henry VI, part 2. For those looking for a more contemporary reference, on this day in 1987 the first Rugby World Cup began,…
Read more - End Of Jumps Season Updateby AdminToday (April 26th) would have been the 100th birthday of commentating legend David Coleman, inspiration for Private Eye’s “Colemanballs” feature collecting idiotic things said on television and radio. Enjoy these wisdoms: The season ended on a high with GOLD CLERMONT back in the winners’ enclosure. The ground would have been borderline for her but the…
Read more - Dick Turpin Day Updateby AdminToday is 287 years since Dick Turpin was hanged in York. Not for highway robbery, but for horse theft. It would also have been Ravi Shankar’s 106th birthday, but he was not convicted of any equine related chicanery (as far as we know) but did record a song uncharacteristically titled “Dispute And Violence.” Still looking…
Read more - Transfer Day Updateby AdminToday is Transfer Day in the US Virgin Isles, commemorating events in 1917 when the islands were sold to the US by the Danes, for the price of $25,000,000 and the US ceding all interest in Greenland. Well, that’s gone swimmingly… Just the two runners since the last update, and neither made the frame, but…
Read more - Commodus Day updateby AdminIndeed, on 17th March 1,846 years ago Commodus became Roman emperor, thus allowing, via an array of other consequences, Joaquin Phoenix to go completely bonkers on a cinema screen near you. But what of the recent performances by the horses? It vexes me. I’m terrible vexed. But we were able to display the four chief…
Read more - Jaz Coleman’s Birthday Updateby AdminThe first runner since the previous update was the returned GOLD CLERMONT, who went to Exeter for the Devon National as she became unqualified for the Eider Chase due to Mr Vango declaring. We had to set off prior to the morning inspection, the existence of which was fairly good news, because splashing around in…
Read more - St Scholastica’s Day Updateby AdminApparently St Scholastica, the founder of the Benedictine order of nuns, is traditionally invoked against storms and rain. The message from early 2026 is that she might have taken her eye off the ball a little in that respect. On to the horses. The next runner to appear after the last update was MONANSUNU,…
Read more - Saint Devota’s Day Updateby AdminToday’s update commemorates Saint Devota, who is the patron saint of Corsica and Monaco. Her body was being transported from Corsica to North Africa for burial but the boat ended up in Monaco, so she ought also to be the patron saint of poor navigation. A barmy few days at Shovelstrode since the last update.…
Read more - Lead Belly Day Updateby AdminToday would have been the 138th birthday of folk blues pioneer Lead Belly, in the unlikely event that he were still alive. YASMINA makes it into her second update of the week. We sent her to Windsor as she had come out of her previous race in tip top nick and there was a hefty…
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