Rough Diamond

Thanks for the interesting reply, Isinglass - what luxury, and not a sheikh in sight! I can see a teeny horse in the foreground but didn't realise who it was - I might need something more the size of Jodrell Bank on that picture! Your namesake certainly sounds as if he lived the life of an indulged little prince all right. Good on him!
 
Oh watched Midsomer Murders last night while sitting up foaling and had to mute it everytime the wife and daughter came on the screen moaning about how their holiday had been ruined by some stupid person going and getting themself murdered,you think they'd be used to it by now!
 
:lol: They must be the two most self-fascinated women on screen - every time poor old Barnaby trundles away from a WI fete, amateur play or Morris dancing to attend to someone who's been stuck with a garden fork, they get the hump as if it's just SO inconvenient to their lives!
 
Easy to watch, lots of horses, very uncomplicated storyline. Absolutely perfect for a Sunday night after a busy weekend. Bring on the next episode. B)
 
Amazing how much the programme gets slagged off on this forum but clearly the very same people have obviously watched it!!!

Desperate stuff. :D
 
but they have to make things like this watchable for people who know nothing about racing or horses.

Its TV for gods sake - on a Sunday night most people want to sit down, and look at the telly without having to concentrate too hard on the content. Its blatently not goign to be panorama!!!!

(For the record, I started laughing at the syncronised door opening and didnt stop all the way through - but Im buggered if Im goign to rip it to shreds.)

and I want the girls cob!!
 
It was a grim fascination that made me watch it - won't be watching again! It wasn't just the bits with the horses, it was the twee, fake plastic storyline. Wish I'd plucked the hairs out of my head one by one instead...
 
The review in the newspaper said the horse is a brilliant actor but I didn't watch it.
 
It was purely lighthearted entertainment. It gave me the same feeling I had when I watched Follyfoot or Black Beauty a few years ago. Completely harmless and nice to see some horses gracing our screens on a Sunday night. It makes for a pleasant change for me anyway.
 
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I am missing Bay Hawk immensely, Diminuendo. :( I am going to see him this week. I have made tentative arrangements today for him to come and stay near me, so he can get plenty of TLC from his Mum.

If racing isn't going to be his long term game, I will put him forward for an acting career along with Barney. They would make a great double act.
 
The horse was great - an equine Brian Blessed if ever there was! I watched it and thought it'd be quite a decent wee tale for horse-mad girls. The characters don't come painted in broader brush strokes in cartoons, but as a sort of televisual Mills & Boon, it's okay, if you like Mills & Boon.

Okay, picky-picky time: a Pelham with a Grakle with a running martingale for the cob? Jeez, talk about over-aided! Rough Diamond is being lunged, is left in a halter, and then a wee while later in walks the Troubled Teen, and the horse (little genius that he is) has put himself into a D-ring snaffle bridle. Brilliant! Why can't all bonkers horses be this savvy? It'd save ages on tacking-up, and if he could just shove the broom around a bit, the filthy yard might get cleaned up, too.
 
Dunne's Bookmakers are a disgrace to the industry. Every betting shop I have ever worked in (probably in excess of 50) has a pad of "Lost Ticket" forms. The manager's "no slip, no winnings" policy is an outrage.

If trainer chappy hadn't found the slip, I would definitely be advising Jonah to contact IBAS.
 
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I wonder what non-racing folk make of the programme? It's quite a prime slot on a Sunday evening so they must think there is a chance it will be fairly popular.
 
Wait til the next episode,the posh daughter with the cob is actually an aspiring jockey and keep an eye out for the filly constantly referred to as "he".I watched the first out of curiosity,only caught end of 2nd as someone else was watching it.Apologies for liking taking the piss out of something but thats my perogative!I will not be sitting in or missing Top Gear for it from now on.
 
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