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Bill Esdaile is the man who reported Frankel's retirement last April. Gobshoite.

I've been at the track all day - rain eased a little in the afternoon, but didn't stop entirely. Parade ring and unsaddling enclosure completely saturated, and going closer to heavy than good to soft on course, I'd venture. Won't dry out much in the next few days, and will surely be called soft...

Bobby Beasley's autobiography the best I've read, unless you count oldies like Sods I Have Cut On The Turf (Jack Leach) or Men And Horses I Have Known (George Lambton). Both of those are top-notchers.

Well worth the watch. Sad that Rendall died so young, although watching this, you could see he wasn't going to end up pottering around the garden in his retirement.

Monsignor, although after another small setback, he may be roughed off for the season. All the old magic is still there, though, mark my words.

Confirmation of entries from 6th March, followed by final decs.

Spot on. Claisse admits that while they've managed to put some fertiliser down recently, it's of no benefit in the current conditions. There is natural rainfall forecast for next Thursday, and until that changes, the "rain gun" will be largely redundant (taps were actually on today to test the...

I was about 9 when my cousin Mary, in the heat of a particularly fiery argument, referred to the rest of her immediate family as a "shower of sour bastards". That phrase has yet to be beaten in my eyes, and gets a rating of 208. Brilliant, but not as good as Arkle.

Ballynagour has now got the same chase and hurdle rating of 143. That's a 21 lb rise, but he was marginally out of the weights at Warwick. On the subject of class, he wouldn't be taking much of a hike in terms of race class at all given the Warwick contest was a 0-150 event. Some of the races...

Does that mean if it gets chinned, you have all you have left on the orange jacket in the following event at Monmore Green?

Most cheating involves 66/1 shots, in fairness.

Not an arb, however....

Salden Licht, reported as retired earlier, had to be put down late last week due to injuries he incurred at Kempton.

His relationship with Hen wasn't one of mutual admiration despite the exploits of Edredon Bleu (did you know that mean "blue eiderdown" in Fench? Ho, ho, only kidding, big fella) and Best Mate. On the subject of Lewis' last horse, I believe both he and new wife Jennifer (what first attracted...

Navy Cut - that does bring back memories.

Mick Fitz's jockey angles are hardly astute (he dismissed the big Ffos Las winner as Choc Thornton wasn't riding, for example), and his lack of analysis to go with his C4 tips suggest strongly that they aren't even his selections. Is he still fronting up someone else's tipping service? Jim...

Old news - this was tried in March 1993 when Adrian Maguire wore an earpiece to ride Boraceva in a handicap chase at Sandown. It did not end well.

Highly unlikely. That's a truly dreadful line-up, with the inclusion of Williams, who was an embarrassment at the pre-Open Meeting event. He mentioned in a Paddy Power slot that Ladbrokes were 14/1 about Al Ferof, and when asked by an audience member if he could have a bet at that price...

Bog Trotter clearly a better prospect, imo. :whistle:

1998 Kim Muir winner In Truth, who'd enjoyed a long retirement at Steve Gollings' yard, died a few days ago.