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I can't quite believe that such an erudite forum has never had a thread on this, one of the greatest weeks of the year.
I shall give my considered (pinched from someone else) opinion on this as time allows. The inevitable precession of winners at favourable odds to follow.
I shall give my considered (pinched from someone else) opinion on this as time allows. The inevitable precession of winners at favourable odds to follow.
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Precession?
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I look forward to this. I presume the festival is in the third week of March as usual..?
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Will these be winning horses or hats? I am so much better at predicting the latter.LGTrotter wrote:The inevitable precession of winners at favourable odds to follow.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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Why isn't Sizing Europe more fancied? And Sprinter Sacre has rather overshadowed the rest of the field.
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I'm going to sell all of my Real Vinicola 1983 and put every penny on Desert Orchid.
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I sincerely hope that more than one person on this forum knows something about horses.
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Oh, wasn't it the best, the only...DRT wrote:I'm going to sell all of my Real Vinicola 1983 and put every penny on Desert Orchid.
Apart from Arkle.
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I owned horses from the age of 19 to 35, but never had more than four at one time. I assisted the birth of one of them, James Herriot-style, up to my armpit in horse at 4 am on 28th April 1988.djewesbury wrote:I sincerely hope that more than one person on this forum knows something about horses.
I am also one of the few people on the planet who has left a racecourse with more money than I went in with. Once. I won £400 from £50 at Musselburgh about ten years ago whilst there with some friends from work. I did the right thing and took them all for a curry and some drinks, which cost me £500.
I am as close as you are going to find here to being an expert in horses.
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One of them will not be me. No really, never believe a word I say about horses.djewesbury wrote:I sincerely hope that more than one person on this forum knows something about horses.
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Shergar tasted better.LGTrotter wrote:Oh, wasn't it the best, the only...DRT wrote:I'm going to sell all of my Real Vinicola 1983 and put every penny on Desert Orchid.
Apart from Arkle.
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Ooh. He's playing you Derek. Be very careful.LGTrotter wrote:One of them will not be me. No really, never believe a word I say about horses.djewesbury wrote:I sincerely hope that more than one person on this forum knows something about horses.
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I once made a lot of money at the Irish Derby but I used to prefer the dogs. Lovely evening out.
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And it was less money than I made by correctly predicting the Labour majority at the 1997 Election, at 16-1.
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Ah, all those nights in Great Yarmouth, happy days.djewesbury wrote:I once made a lot of money at the Irish Derby but I used to prefer the dogs. Lovely evening out.
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Harold's Cross in Dublin was wonderful. Ballyskeagh in Belfast was fun too before they knocked it down and built a new one and turned it into a "fun day out for all the family".
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Surely a step down in class from Whippet racing at Wallyford or Trotting at the Appleby Fair?LGTrotter wrote:Ah, all those nights in Great Yarmouth, happy days.djewesbury wrote:I once made a lot of money at the Irish Derby but I used to prefer the dogs. Lovely evening out.
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Don't know what you mean I'm sure. It's a gentleman's sport. Are you finishing that Woodbine?DRT wrote:Surely a step down in class from Whippet racing at Wallyford or Trotting at the Appleby Fair?LGTrotter wrote:Ah, all those nights in Great Yarmouth, happy days.djewesbury wrote:I once made a lot of money at the Irish Derby but I used to prefer the dogs. Lovely evening out.
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I have known many people in the dog/horse racing game. "Gentleman" is not a word that readily springs to mind. Is that a Sovy ring you are wearing?djewesbury wrote:Don't know what you mean I'm sure. It's a gentleman's sport. Are you finishing that Woodbine?DRT wrote:Surely a step down in class from Whippet racing at Wallyford or Trotting at the Appleby Fair?LGTrotter wrote:Ah, all those nights in Great Yarmouth, happy days.djewesbury wrote:I once made a lot of money at the Irish Derby but I used to prefer the dogs. Lovely evening out.
"The first duty of Port is to be red"
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I was wearing it. You appear somehow to have swallowed it.
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I'll give you it back tomorrow.djewesbury wrote:I was wearing it. You appear somehow to have swallowed it.
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Yeah no bovva. Jus run it under the tap. Sorry baht yer teef.
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That sounds like Geordie to me, or perhaps Cockerny. Or possibly Bangalore.djewesbury wrote:Yeah no bovva. Jus run it under the tap. Sorry baht yer teef.
Am I close?
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I forgot. You don't go south of the river.
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Do you mean saaaaff of the river?djewesbury wrote:I forgot. You don't go south of the river.
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