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"The weather was atrocious on Friday at home and at Cheltenham but Walkadina ran well enough in the conditional jockey’s handicap hurdle. Rian Corcoran gave her a good ride and produced her to challenge after the second last but she didn’t quite see out the 2m5f trip up the hill which she was...

New York City, 1974. Who was the photographer? It is somebody known for his or her interest in horse racing though not in the USA.

Mine is the same, and I cannot access the Irishracing.com site either. Hope it's fixed by Saturday.

The BBC online weather forecast for Newton-le-Willows shows minus 1 into Friday, a max of 4 degrees on Friday with rain starting in the evening and continuing into Saturday with a maximum temperature of 8 degrees.

9 250- Lemoncello (FR) 6,b g 10-12 Spider Flight (FR)-That's Nellie(Martaline) (261) d2 (David & Carol Shaw) Rated 114 Miss Venetia Williams Charlie Deutsch 20/1 Monday 17 November, Exeter 3:00, 2 miles 3f handicap chase. 9 runners. The 20/1 seems to be with Paddy Power only. Should do much...

Not bad. Have you considered a role as a television tipster?

I thought it was a bit odd too. Perhaps they wanted to pick the easiest looking race for his first run of the season, and thought that a win and going up a few pounds from a rating of 121 wouldn't be a disadvantage for something like the Welsh National. He also has an entry for Tuesday at...

Are you waiting to see whether Derek O'Connor is available to ride Aurea Fortuna again? ( Chase winner over nearly three miles at Punchestown last time, and a hurdles winner over two miles at the Galway Festival.) If I've got this right, the second - Java Point - and the third - Planned...

This short documentary on Barney Curley from 1989 has been posted by Simon Nott on YouTube today. Last weekend I watched all three parts of Busby, Stein & Shankly: The Football Men, presented by Hugh McIlvanney and made in 1997. Each episode lasts around an hour.

Nurse Susan ( 130 ) - 9th of 11 last Sunday at Carlisle in a 0-145 two and a half mile handicap hurdle when never put in the race. Only two runs last season - Cheltenham in March and then Ayr - but won the mares' handicap hurdle at the December Cheltenham meeting the previous season. Thought...

Almuhit is the only other one of hers that I know, but I looked at future entries and Paggane ( a six-year-old mare rated 147 over fences ) is in the Coral Gold Cup at the end of the month. 2nd in the Killarney National this May for Willie Mullins, and then 2nd in the Silver Trophy Hurdle at...

Thanks for pointing me in the direction of Miss Dolly Rocker which I included in a small combination forecast along with Castle Cove and Stressfree.

The British Horseracing Authority has informed 13 Flat trainers they will have their right to withdraw horses via self-certificate suspended for 12 months from April 16 as a consequence of their non-runner rates operating above a set threshold for the last year. Trainers were warned in August...

Trainers non-runners The BHA publishes tables showing individual trainer non-runner rates from the previous 12 months at the end of each quarter. The tables include those trainers that have had at least 100 declarations in the period under review. The BHA reviews the tables on a quarterly...

Jamada was treated for post-race heat stress according to the Plumpton Stewards report.

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Thanks for this. I wondered what had happened to Green Book. Intimate - a winner over fences at Uttoxeter on Midlands National Day when the ground was closer to heavy than the official good to soft - is one I expected to see discussed. I think there is a formatting error in your final posting...

Bucksy Des Epeires - rated 125 - ( 7/4 ) is Venetia Williams's first runner of the autumn in the 2:05 at Fontwell. I won't be having a bet on him this afternoon, but a good run should see him in better races later in the season. Her next entry isn't until Friday - Hunter Legend at Wetherby -...