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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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Suzy (whispering): There is a new horse down my end of the yard. Mickey (whispering): Why are we whispering? S: Because I don’t trust him. M: Why don’t you trust him? S: Dunno. Just a hunch. M: He has a hunch? S: No, I have a hunch that he is up to no good. M:…
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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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Suzy: We are a bit behind this month as the helper monkey kept forgetting to download one key element of the text. Apologies. Mickey: Turns out I was right. S: Well, that gets us off to a doubly bad start this month. M: Oi! I was talking about the end of a nice summer out…
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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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Mickey: I have a bad feeling that I am soon to be removed from the field and put in a stable. Suzy: As we speak, the weather forecast is horrible, so your instincts might be right. Time to think about racing again. M: Ahead of you there. I have consulted our guru of all things…
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Suzy: How are things at Shovelstrode? Mickey: Pretty good. Our big hole is coming along nicely. S: Big hole? M: The one we are digging in paddock next to the gallops. S: Ooooohhh, kayyyy. M: Aren’t you digging one? S: No. M: Why not? S: Don’t need one. Really don’t understand why you need one.…
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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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Suzy: You are being quite hard to get hold of this month. Mickey: Been out in the field. No signal or anything. S: Which field? M: Head for the A264 and first one over the river. There is a public footpath through it, so we get to see lots of people. S: Lots of treats?…
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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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