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Old 21-05-2012, 06:42
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Old 21-05-2012, 07:12
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Haldon....the name given to the Devon and Exeter also referred to both now and in the past as Exeter racecourse at about the same time as other racecourses had their names changed for seemingly no particular reason; Musselburgh for Edinburgh and Brampton for Huntingdon.......the mind boggles as to why!
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Old 21-05-2012, 10:19
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Il Palio - race with a long history that takes place around the town square in Siena, Italy, in July & August.

The winner is the horse that passes the post first irrespective of whether or not the jockey is still aboard.
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Old 21-05-2012, 10:22
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I'll Have Another who cost a mere $11,000 as a yearling and $35,000 as a 2yo followed up his Kentuck Derby victory with a win in the Preakness and goes for the Belmont Stakes in a bid to become the first US Triple Crown winner since Affirmed in 1978.
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Old 21-05-2012, 12:29
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Old 21-05-2012, 15:18
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Knight Pass-trained by Warren Greatrex who is giving up his salaried trainer role and going it alone at Fred Winter's old stable.
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Old 21-05-2012, 15:40
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Old 21-05-2012, 17:03
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Mr Chippendale - won a point-to-point somewhere in 1994 but got chucked out by the stewards because his rider failed to weigh in. After a walkover.
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Old 21-05-2012, 17:47
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Old 21-05-2012, 19:27
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Old Tom-early/mid60s horse, trained I think by Harvey Leader, with whom I was offered the chance of interview as an apprentice but never took it up. Lawd knows how many times Old Tom was at or near the top of the betting for both the Lincoln and the Cambridgeshire.
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Old 21-05-2012, 19:48
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Pontefract - afternoon meetings here used to start at the (then) unusual time of 2.45pm simply to allow local miners just off shift to get there in time for the first.
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Old 21-05-2012, 20:12
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Old 22-05-2012, 00:29
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Rothwell - market town 10 miles north west of Pontefract.

The journey takes about 15 minutes so if you leave Rothwell at half past two you should just make the racecourse by quarter to three.
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Old 22-05-2012, 06:48
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Old 22-05-2012, 07:28
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Twenty lengths.....the distance by which Frankel beat Bullet Train in a serious piece of work prior to the Lockinge.
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Old 22-05-2012, 10:04
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Old 22-05-2012, 12:42
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Von Der Recke, Christian - 16 times champion trainer in Germany.

27 winners from 156 runners in this country between 2002 and 2008 including an £80,000 Grade 2 chase at Kempton with Fiepes Shuffle.
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Old 22-05-2012, 14:23
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Windhoek...just won at Nottingham
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Old 22-05-2012, 15:16
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X - wins from X starts notched up by Frankel as we speak.
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Old 22-05-2012, 16:00
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Old 22-05-2012, 16:09
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OZZ - 25/1 winner of a £10,000 race at Chester a couple of weeks ago.

The filly's only previous runs saw her start at 40/1, 100/1, 33/1 & 20/1.
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Old 22-05-2012, 19:04
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Aunt Edith....super filly.
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Old 22-05-2012, 20:18
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Boat Race - early American slang expression for a contest with a number of non-triers and so fixed for one horse to win.
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Old 23-05-2012, 06:50
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Old 23-05-2012, 07:59
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David Jack - Brian Meehan trained 2yo who will have to go some to emulate his 1960's namesake.
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