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My own suspicion is that they might feel they have unfinished Festival business with Jagwar so I won't be surprised if he ends up 'disappointing' tomorrow.

Would it act on fast Australian turf? Apart from that, Those would be two races among several. He could do a Sergeant Cecil en route to Melbourne.

I agree that it is a serious issue but I also think CH should continue to run in hurdles races. There might be a very simple solution: Don't televise or otherwise announce his next hurdles race. Let him run without the media sideshow. If he falls again then it will be patently obvious that he...

Only five finishers and nearly a minute slow. That said, they were only clocking 22-25mph for the first two miles. Were the jockeys just being over-careful? I'm not surprised the first two (three if you count the unseat at the last) went away from the rest. It's almost impossible to make...

Captain Cody in to 6/1 tops. Might as well wait for the BOGs at 8am before going in again.

Let your imagination run riot, w/w. Imagine it's Lily James...

Honestly, Luke? None that I can remember. That's not to say I've not maybe objected to something you've said but maybe in the near-30 years I've been on here I can probably count on one hand the number of times I've even reported a post, let alone ask for someone to be banned. I don't ask for...

It isn't for me either. There's enough shite on social media.

I was planning to hold off until the morning to back Captain Cody due to the situation with the reserves but ended up fearing a potential gamble on it so decided to take a wee bit of the 8/1. I can always top it up tomorrow at shorter if the gamble does develop and if it ends up doing an...

I'm shocked because I had never seen it before but both horses in the picture looked dead on their feet going to two out. It looked like a total disregard for the welfare of the horses and fuel for the anti-racing zealots out there. It may be old but it came to me in a social media feed so it's...

The brother asked me about the race this evening. I replied: I don’t want to back anything that doesn’t need to go up to get into the Grand National so I’m wary of anything with an OR of 141 or more (since the UK handicapper will add about 6lbs). The entries for Aintree aren’t out yet so we’re...

I agree with nearly all of that, Luke, but there still have to be lines that shouldn't be crossed and I'm only being consistent - at least I think I am - in regard to this issue. I've used strong language on here myself, usually an indication pf frustration at what's happening in a race or...

This came to me this evening via a WhatsApp contact. I have to say I found it shocking.

Ended up watching an old favourite last night - Ball of Fire (Barbara Stanwyck, Gary Cooper) I never liked BS when I was younger. It might have been because she played some unsavoury characters (Double Indemnity, Stella Dallas, etc) in the films I saw but then I saw her The Lady Eve, Meet John...

I wasn't aware of the actual offence but have seen plenty of unsavoury stuff go unsanctioned to accept the ref's decision was justified with no need for VAR. I should maybe also add that I would understand if he stayed away. I played football at Primary, Secondary, Boys' Guild, university...

It occasionally comes up on FB re local terminology. I'm from just north of Clydebank, Mrs O is from the south side of Glasgow. The first time I referred to our bogeys as "oracles" (nobody has ever clarified the spelling but that's what we called them) she almost shrieked in disbelief and...

I'm in favour of Slim's sanction. You don't allow Cristiano Ronaldo or Lionel Messi off with yellow/red cards because they are superstar players. It can't be one rule for mortals and another for superheroes. I'm trying to be consistent in my position that just because it is a forum doesn't...

I was working my way round to that, Generous. There's a chance buyers of such houses could end up buying themselves a whole heap of problems. I have an acute aversion to houses in areas with a history of flooding. I think the government (regardless of hue) should not allow houses to be built in...

Three years' fun for a modest bank is not bad going, walsworth. I remember about 40 years ago we moved to a house with only one bookie within about ten miles and it was a small independent. It was too far for me to walk and I didn't want to drive any time I wanted a bet so I popped in one day...