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Ballysax Hank 500ew Grand Annual Chase 14/1 PP Thanks Faye

Jump Allen County Hurdle 40/1 £500 ew PP/Skybet

Try the All weather; it worked for Constitution Hill.

Pricewise Segal has put up three Ballysax Hank in Grand Annual (agree there) Koktail Divin 2m4f handicap Novice chase (hope he runs Brown Advisory _) Sander Clegane (Kim Muir ) fourth Festival, always runs well.

Great post . Welcome to the forum. Stayers fascinate me as they have to go through a succession of pain barriers to succeed , or else have to feel good in themselves to enjoy extreme racing. Changes can give a horse fresh impetus which may be a reason as to why trainers hate losing horses to...

Cracking Rhapsody looked on great terms with himself yesterday. Hoping he does it to give good example to his younger half sister, due to debut in Kildorrery p2p yesterday. She didn't ,luckily, as the winner Darby Hill looks a right machine, winning by 20L with her mouth open. By Yeats ex...

Moscow Flyer ran in the Charity race at Punchestown Festival end, breaking the course record if memory recalls. Even Arkle won a flat maiden (Darkie Prendergast said he'd win a Cesarewitch off top weight, given the chance.) Cottage Rake, Hatton's Grace, Knock Hard, Alverton all high class flat...

Nearly 100 years ago Steve Donoghue rode Champion Hurdle winner Brown Jack to win at Ascot. "Keep him on the flat ,he is too good for hurdling " Steve told the owners. They did, now hardly anyone remembers Brown Jack as a Champion Hurdler. Just wondering what Oisin will tell Ml Buckley ..

400 posts for a horse about to run in Southwell AW . Says it all......

Jump Allen did it nicely today in Up The Yard challenge. Rated 133(UK), no penalty, WPM has used a route often used by Gordon (Carlito, Labaik) to sweeten one up.

Indeed Ouzo, 1971 if I recall correctly. Slip Anchor won there as a juvenile and needed oxygen after his exertions I believe.

Two days after his beloved Patricia was buried, Eddie joined her as he did in the nursing home when her dementia reached a stage where she needed full time care. Eddie was some character , full of wit and mischief though he was never fond of an iffy story or non parliamentary language. When...

Stopped clocks are right twice every day.

The meek shall inherit the earth , or at least were meant to before "blonde ambition " took over .

Most likely because "The Dazzler " rode the runner up ! Added the Philip Robinson ridden Hala Bek thought he was a Carousel horse for a few strides near the post. (Off topic but couldn't resist)

We have a constitution where the rights of the person over ride everything else. Every club and organisation has to abide by the rights of the person; if found to have done otherwise the organisation is in trouble , especially when given a grant/subsidy from the public purse. Squash clubs...

The Fair Salinia/Sorbus Irish Oaks disqualification and appeal of 1978 followed by the Kings Lake/To Agori Mou saga of 1981 Irish 2000Gns brought the might of the legal eagles into Turf Club inquiries and there was no going back. Memorably (to me at least) a Phoenix Stakes stewards inquiry and...

John Oxx refused to run Sea The Stars in the Irish Derby 2009. His reasons; top class horses get bottomed unnecessarily as they try too hard, ruining their future prospects. Camelot running in the race 3 years later was a case in point; it exhausted him and left it's mark on the remainder of...

Literally it means what it says. The suction/gluey effect of the heavy ground made it difficult for the horse to jump. Slower jumping, ears back, head to one side, making more effort than should be necessary. Lossiemouth's performance at Leopardstown last Sunday was a case in point, both for...

He had his quirks for sure but when on song could pass the most of them . My first memory of him is defeating Night Nurse 15L in 1976 Fighting Fifth Hurdle. One Bula Hurdle,( it must have been 1980) off a trotting pace Andy sent into a clear lead only to stop to a trot turning down the back...