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The trainer who uses Jackdaws Castle, Jonjo O Neill, was once described to me on the Neigh Forum many years ago as being the biggest gangster in Irish racing.

That takes some doing.
 
I was only going to post on this thread to congratulate Danny on his wonderfully articulate post and to say do not put yourself down it was a truly good post IMO. So looking forward to meeting you at Chaddesley.
I consider myself as a caring person who if I can help anybody I will and get self satisfaction from doing so. However when you try to help someone over a period of time and find out that there there is an underlying motive to the relationship and that you are then dropped quicker than a hot coal because you will not assist them in something that you personally think is not right and can not support them it is annoying, not hurtful but in essence frustrating that with hindsight you were actually being groomed or gaslighted to an end result without realising it. At those times you are so grateful to those around you family and friends who support and back you to the hilt even though they go on to get the same treatment. There are definitely those in life who get corrected or even rejected who respond like a spoilt children.
I have one very good friend on TH and another who I do care about everybody else in all honesty is just a name on the screen and I would never be outright nasty to any of them I may politely dissagree with them thats what a Forum is about surely. I only have one person on "ignore".
Now Danny this is a lesson in BAD articulation
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This is one story I heard on how the great one got started...
1978, after many stuttering attempts the great one was facing the abyss.
The game was up, the story over.
He met a old school mate, a recently retired jockey /horse trainer who told him of a mare in his care who was a dead cert for a Bumper and whose owners were not punters , rather a syndicate of pleasure seeking race fans.
Anyways Baby Isle won at 9/1 and the wheels were back on the bike .
A few years later the great one bought a bumper winning filly off the trainer , related to a multiple winning Festival hurdle runner up.
c£23,000 cash was handed over , the price retrieved when her first foal got the famous "balls of steel " ride at the mid 90s Festival.
 
edgt said:
This is one story I heard on how the great one got started...
1978, after many stuttering attempts the great one was facing the abyss.
The game was up, the story over.
He met a old school mate, a recently retired jockey /horse trainer who told him of a mare in his care who was a dead cert for a Bumper and whose owners were not punters , rather a syndicate of pleasure seeking race fans.
Anyways Baby Isle won at 9/1 and the wheels were back on the bike .
A few years later the great one bought a bumper winning filly off the trainer , related to a multiple winning Festival hurdle runner up.
c£23,000 cash was handed over , the price retrieved when her first foal got the famous "balls of steel " ride at the mid 90s Festival.
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I'm deeply unimpressed.
 
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edgt said:
This is one story I heard on how the great one got started...
1978, after many stuttering attempts the great one was facing the abyss.
The game was up, the story over.
He met a old school mate, a recently retired jockey /horse trainer who told him of a mare in his care who was a dead cert for a Bumper and whose owners were not punters , rather a syndicate of pleasure seeking race fans.
Anyways Baby Isle won at 9/1 and the wheels were back on the bike .
A few years later the great one bought a bumper winning filly off the trainer , related to a multiple winning Festival hurdle runner up.
c£23,000 cash was handed over , the price retrieved when her first foal got the famous "balls of steel " ride at the mid 90s Festival.
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See I always find these stories less impressive than regular successful punters, as much as I enjoy the barney curleys etc, it is a lot less impressive lumping on big on something you know has been sorted to win a race for you than finding something yourself and having your money on. Similar to Patrick Veitch and Stuart Williams
 
ReggieM said:
See I always find these stories less impressive than regular successful punters, as much as I enjoy the barney curleys etc, it is a lot less impressive lumping on big on something you know has been sorted to win a race for you than finding something yourself and having your money on. Similar to Patrick Veitch and Stuart Williams
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Patrick Veitch is the greatest betting mind of our time.
 

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