Kalology...1960s horse which i think may have been trained by one of the Stephenson brothers.
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Las Vegas - city in Nevada, USA, about 5000 miles from Liverpool as the crow flies.
According to Kate Miller of William Hill, if all the betting slips from the 2012 Grand National were placed end to end they would stretch from Liverpool to Las Vegas and back.
This is possibly the most useless comment in the history of bookmaking.
According to Kate Miller of William Hill, if all the betting slips from the 2012 Grand National were placed end to end they would stretch from Liverpool to Las Vegas and back.
This is possibly the most useless comment in the history of bookmaking.
Pippy - Wayne Rooney's first runner as an owner, finished last of eight (after a slow start) in a 2-y-o race at Chester last week.
Originally Posted by Big Dipper:
“Pippy - Wayne Rooney's first runner as an owner, finished last of eight (after a slow start) in a 2-y-o race at Chester last week.”
“Pippy - Wayne Rooney's first runner as an owner, finished last of eight (after a slow start) in a 2-y-o race at Chester last week.”
As did Fair Bunny, my tip at Thirsk last night.
Relic
Windermere Handicap Chase - a Red Rum 3-timer nobody ever seems to talk about.
The horse won this 3m race at Carlisle in the autumn of all three of his Grand National winning seasons.
The horse won this 3m race at Carlisle in the autumn of all three of his Grand National winning seasons.
Abernant....flying grey with an impressive record both as a racehorse and sire. Trained by the equally mighty Noel Murless.
Bonfire who finally runs in a Derby trial tomorrow after having been taken out trials at Chester and Lingfield.
Cow Sacrifice - Andrew Ward, author of Horse Racing's Strangest Races: Extraordinary But True Stories from Over 150 Years of Racing tells of a race meeting in Accra, Ghana, in August 1966 where the jockeys went on strike because the Turf Club refused to sacrifice a cow at a particularly dangerous bend in the course.
Gambling Debt....yes there really was a horse called this, again back in the sixties. I can't remember the trainer but it was a horse who landed a touch or two.
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