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I rolled my eyes at that too, not just because of the banality of what he said but he said it in a tone of voice as if he'd just uncovered some great unique angle and was letting us all into a secret.

Meant to add, Victoria Pendleton is completely unnecessary too, her only saving grace is that she's not on as often as Fitzy. Yesterday she was incapable of remembering the first rule of Interviewing 101 - ask your interviewee one question at a time, not three in one convoluted sentence.

Generally I think ITV are doing an okay job this week - Ed Chamberlin is a decent anchor, AP isn't afraid to give his opinion, I've always rated Richard Hoiles as a commentator and even Matt Chapman isn't as annoying as I feared he would be. I've enjoyed hearing about the various bookies'...

Still being treated out on the course, screens have been up for an hour now.

Got a cracked rib and partially collapsed lung but optimistic of riding at Cheltenham.

Vautour, Don Cossack...

I glanced at that and thought "WTF is Sting doing at a Cheltenham preview evening?"

Guy Disney, who was granted a licence to ride in 2014 after having part of his leg blown off in Helmand Province, had his first success under Rules today in the Royal Artillery Hunt Cup at Sandown. Amazing achievement.

Re RTW...what the hell were Giggi expecting to happen after he won the world's biggest handicap steeplechase which has had its own handicap system for a few years now? You either want to win it - accepting the commensurate risk that if you do, your winner WILL go up in the handicap generally...

At this stage my long list consists of Foxrock, Cause of Causes, Definitly Red, Ucello Conti, Vieux Lion Rouge and O'Faolains Boy.

Elliott said when interviewed immediately after the weight reveal that Outlander will not run.

They need to rethink the format or timing of this if they want to continue streaming it in real time - the live feed is 80% Ed Chamberlin trying to shush pi$$ed up diners/drinkers. No one is listening and it's hard to hear some of the panel comments. I'm relying on Twitter's updates instead.

Great writeup Colin, thanks. I don't know how many 2yos Tough As Nails has but as a 2yo winning son of Dark Angel out of a two-time juvenile winning daughter of a Middle Park and Flying Childers winner, he could be the dark horse in a contest decided on quantity not quality if he has the numbers.

Yes, this. I spend a fair bit of time defending racing to people who don't understand aspects of it, and usually I feel comfortable doing it. Even a broken leg - it can happen anywhere, the horse has veterinary attention with it within minutes, etc etc - but I struggle to defend this and it...

Fuckit. Sometimes I hate this game.

Had the artist been reading Terry Pratchett's Discworld novel Mort? "Death once tried a skeleton horse after seeing a woodcut of himself on one - Death is easily influenced by that sort of thing - but he had to keep stopping to wire bits back on."

So 15 fatalities in total across the 12 fences in the list under 5'0", and 20 at the 5 which are 5'0" are over. Starting to make that 'bigger fences make the jockey jump it better' theory look a little misguided. I imagine the reason Becher's is the worst fence for fatalities has more to do...

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_equine_fatalities_in_the_Grand_National

Did you also notice that the gates through which you were peering are dedicated to the equally incomparable Sir Henry?

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