Archive for April, 2006
Sunday, April 30th, 2006
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Remember me when I am gone away,
Gone far away into the silent land;
When you can no more hold me by the hand,
Nor I half turn to go yet turning stay.
Remember me when no more day by day
You tell me of our future that you plann'd:
Only remember me; you understand
It will ...
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Sunday, April 30th, 2006
Of the horses mentioned in Saturday’s preview 10 won and 3 were 2nd.
Only 3 runners catch my eye on Monday’s cards and they are all at Windsor.
Espartano won nicely over course and distance on his debut and is taken to follow up in the 2.00. ...
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Saturday, April 29th, 2006
It was an eventful day in the racing world with the shock announcement by Martin Pipe that he is retiring and handing over to his son David.
From a personal point of view the day could hardly have gone better. There were 5 winners from the list to follow ...
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Friday, April 28th, 2006
. Macs Joy won for the list to follow in the Irish Champion Hurdle. I thought that he had a good chance of getting the better of old rival Brae Inca in the prevailing conditions. He deserved his success.
Well, the curtain comes down on another jumps season tomorrow ...
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Thursday, April 27th, 2006
The answer to yesterday’s quiz question is that Banjo Patterson wrote to words to Waltzing Matilda. Sadly the horse of the same name failed to waltz home in the 6.25 at Yarmouth but we did have a few winners nonetheless.
Sir Gerard, our only other flat lister won at 13/8 ...
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Wednesday, April 26th, 2006
It has been a good week for the list to follow with 3 more winners on Wednesday from Zowington (11/1), Lennon (9/1) and of course War of Attrition. I was also pleased that my tip for Just Dust came in at 6/1, and we also had a winner with the ...
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Tuesday, April 25th, 2006
There were a couple of wins from the list horses on Tuesday thanks to Celtic Carisma (12/1) and Missed That (4/1). Of the other horses featured 7 came 2nd!
There are two runners from the list to follow in the 1.50 at Epsom, High Reach and Zowington. High Reach has ...
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Monday, April 24th, 2006
I mentioned 10 horses when previewing Monday’s racing. Zomerlust won at 16/1 and we also had a number of placed horses, incluing Otelcaliforni 2nd at 33/1.
Moving on to Tuesday , Compromiznotension is proving a test to my keyboard skills but I hope he will repay me with a ...
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Sunday, April 23rd, 2006
The flat season has been a bit slow to get going generally and our flat list to follow has suffered from a bout of seconditis. Degas Art (14/1), Gandalf (9/1) and Obe Brave (12/1) have all finished runners up, plus a few others. Still, in the words of Bob Dylan ...
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Friday, April 21st, 2006
I am still suffering from the virus so please make allowances if there are more than the usual numbers of spelling mistakes.
There are lots of meetings over the weekend with quite a few runners from our list to follow in action.
I will start at Ayr where Monet’s Garden ...
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