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I have shared a link to your wonderful comments on this post with Brian's wife Val and his son James, who not doubt will be very proud.

What very nice tributes to Brian. Some of you may know that we have been friends for over 30 years. Thank you Colm for creating this thread. I have been speaking to Brian's wife Val about floral tributes and she would prefer to have donations made in Brian's name to The Royal Marsden Hospital in...

I have experience of both sides of the business. Generally a rule with employment agengies is the smaller they are the better the service. I have recruited managers, and to be frank everyone nowadays wants someone under 40 with an MBA for management positions, so the market is age and...

It used to be a marvellous paper in the days it was owned by the Beaverbrook family. My first job was at the Daily Express in Fleet Street where I worked for 6 years. I still have some good friends who still work there!! Unfortunately I do not read it today as if I need to read light hearted...

I used to use Norton but after many problems I have changed to Avast which is free. You can downlowd it for free from www.avast.com, it is great. I use ZoneAlarm as my firewall again free and Mozilla Firefox as my web browser rather than Internet Explorer which has too many holes in it and is...

NB - Wantage Road is in Division 1 of the bumper at Newbury tomorrow!!!!

I used to travel to Northern Ireland regularly doing business when "the troubles" were taking place. The people there are marvellous and very resilient. As always it is a small majority on both sides that try and spoil it for everone. I did business with all religions and this was fine and...

Did anyone take the hint?

Barbers Shop is entered in the bumper at Wincanton today!

I think after today that the English runners with real chances are depleted. Both Pepporoni Pete and Wichita Lineman are said to be going to Aintree rather than Cheltenham. Both these horses looked magnificant in the paddock but once again we have a bumper in the UK run at a ridiculous pace...

I have been with Orange for years and have found their service excellent. They upgraded my phone immediately, for no charge about 3 months ago, when I asked them to and sent it through the next day by special delivery. Kathy try speaking to someone else at Orange, I am certain that they can...

Paul has now said that PP will go to Newbury and will bypass Cheltenham and go to Aintree instead. So if you fancy backing an English winner then Kicks for Free will be Paul's entry at Cheltenham for the Championship bumper.

The UK bumper form of Paul Nicholl's Pepperoni Pete was again advertised on Monday when Alan King's Pangbourne won the Folkestone bumper by 20 lengths under a penalty. Since being beaten by PP he has now won his next two bumpers. I expect PP to run again before Cheltenham and this will give a...

The UK bumper form of Paul Nicholl's Pepperoni Pete was again advertised on Monday when Alan King's Pangbourne won the Folkestone bumper by 20 lengths under a penalty. Since being beaten by PP he has now won his next two bumpers. I expect PP to run again before Cheltenham and this will give a...

The money taken on course for the bumper at Leopardstown on Sunday was 400,000 Euro compared with a total of 2.5m Euro in total for the 8 races. We went into the ring to take a price and had to go through punters 10 deep to reach the rails bookmaker and get the price we were looking for. I was...

The first championship bumper at Cheltenham was run in 1992.

Of the last 16 winners of the Gold Cup how many different horses started their careers in bumpers? I think you will be surprised at the answer, I certainly am. Most trainers consider bumpers in the UK as a stepping stone for future chasers and they are normally run at a crawl with a sprint in...

The Irish challenge has certainly been seen with excellent performances from Ballytrim and Equus Maximus from the Willie Mullins stable recently. I hear that Scotsirish could also be very good. The best IMO that we have seen over here have been Roll Along from Mark Pitman who will probably not...

The code for the USA is 001. If you are in Atlanta go to Buckhead to shop and if possible stay at the Ritz Carlton. This is the worldwide training hotel for Ritz Carlton and the service is absolutely superb, you can also stay there reasonably if you phone and request a special rate. The hotel...

I consider we must address certain key issues on this thread. I went to a school where, if you presented yourself at assembly with a button missing from your blazer, you would be sent to see a mistress to have the offending button dealt with. Anyone presenting themselves incorrectly dressed...