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That’s ok then. I assume it’s only when they’re bay or brown. Trouble is I keep noticing grey tails now.

What colour is he? They were talking about brown horses with white tails on racing radio the other day and they reckoned that a lot of them were quirky.

Of course. I did actually know that at one time so my memory is going awol. I do remember thinking at the time, given that See More’s jumping was a bit iffy at times ( I remember him falling in a race once when I was getting ready to go out and was desperately trying not to cry which would have...

I’ve just looked up Hors la Loi’s race record. For some reason I’d always thought he was involved in the incident where See More Business was carried out but I was wrong. But looking at the races he ran in what memories it brings back. I’ve probably got most of his races on video because I used...

It means outside of the law. My second favourite French horse name next to my all time favourite Sabin du Loir. I never did find out what that meant; even asked a French student that stayed with us, but she didn’t know. Assume it is just a place name.

Just about to rewatch the last five episodes of King and Conqueror. Couldn’t get subtitles to work first time ( notthat the dialogue is all that great anyway) and the whole thing was disappointing. Factually incorrect, badly edited etc etc. But then it dawned on me that it isn’t trying to be...

Oh my life what an exciting race! Thanks Ian. American racing this year takes me back to that glorious year with the epic battles between Easy Goer and Sunday Silence.

Missed it. Set the alarm but fell asleep listening to a podcast about the lead up to 1066 and I’ve realised the sound of someone talking overrides the sound of the alarm clock. It did wake me but not instantly and by then it was too late…

I’d like to watch more of Hupperts films. I think the only one I’ve ever seen is The Lacemaker. It must have made quite an impression on me as it was decades ago but I still remember it.

Missed her! Have set the alarm in case I nod off before Sovereignty runs…

I did back him soon after the trainer said he had the best draw. Although I think, in recent years the winner has come from high and low. Can make a case for just about every horse in the race. When I could pick the winner of the race I always used to back 5 year olds from the bottom of the...

Trainer said he had the best draw of all of his runners so I don’t understand the drift.

Sounds more like Dave Swarbrick than Richard Thompson!

Eating was never part of my travelling experience in the days when I did venture abroad. It was always a case of grabbing something to eat quickly to give me the energy to carry on exploring. When we travelled round Europe in a Morris 1000 Traveller in the seventies we lived on packet soup and...

I think Faylaq has just broken down at Hamilton. I do hope I’m wrong…

Oh how the race has changed. During the years when I was quite good at picking the winner I remember arriving at the racecourse not knowing if the horse I had backed, Sesenta was actually going to run and being relieved to find that she was. At the bottom of the handicap and with a claimer on...

We learned to love MacDonalds when we took the kids on the grand tour one summer. Partly Eurocamp and partly using our own little tents we drove round Europe at a time when summers had only just started to become unbearably hot. We quickly learned things like always walking on the shaded half of...

Sad to hear about the ticket prices. It was really cheap to get in when we went. We also went the day before the Arc to get a feel for the place and I think if I wore a hat I got in free. Buses to the racetrack were frequent and free. Eateries all seemed to be packed and you had to wait ages for...

I think that’s schadenfreude (sp)? Please note. I failed German and in my German oral exam the examiner felt so sorry for me they told me the answers; I only took German because the German teacher played the guitar and was very nice. It was bad enough having two genders in French ( which I did...

…bit scary…think I’ll switch to Channel 44…