Sunday, January 28th, 2007
I See You Juliet
I see you, Juliet, still, with your straw hat
Loaded with vines, and with your dear pale face,
On which those thirty years so lightly sat,
And the white outline of your muslin dress.
You wore a litte fichu trimmed with lace
And crossed in the front, as was the fashion then,
Bound ...
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
I am not sure that the weekend’s racing has helped to clarify the Cheltenham picture too much. The Irish are clearly going to hold a strong hand in the Champion Hurdle. Can Detroit City, Afsoun or Straw Bear keep the title at home?
It is also difficult what to make ...
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Sunday, January 28th, 2007
Hussard Collonges (Video Rock - Araine Collonges [Quart de Vin]
25 March 1995
Bought as a 4 year old at the Goffs sales at St Cloud for 120,000 Francs he won his only point to point in Ireland at Inch in April 2000. He was then acquired by Peter Beaumont for ...
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