RACING POST SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17th 2013
WEEK MONDAY FEBRUARY 11th TO SUNDAY FEBRUARY 17th 2013
REVIEW YESTERDAY'S RESULTS
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DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
BRITISH HORSERACING
CHELTENHAM JUMPS TURF CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013
EQUUS ZONE- JOIN UP - PUNTERS ZONE
Cheltenham Festival Betting Odds
Britain
DAVID'S SATURDAY MUSINGS
16.02.2013
DATES FOR YOUR DIARY
BRITISH HORSERACING
CHELTENHAM JUMPS TURF CHAMPIONSHIPS 2013
EQUUS ZONE- JOIN UP - PUNTERS ZONE
Tuesday March 12 to Friday March 15
BRITISH POLITICAL AND LEGAL JUSTICE SYSTEMS
CENTURIES OUT OF DATE AND TIME
J Margaret Clarke Turfcall comment
BBC 1 Andrew Marr Show this
morning .
Interview Duncan Smith
Guest presenter Eddie Mair is joined by singer Sinead O'Connor
http://www.youtube.com/watch?NR=1&v=gZ2tluarzZs&feature=endscreen
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwS66Xq811o
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lwS66Xq811o
Interview Duncan Smith
Focus
Ian
Duncan Smith and the British political system.
British
political system funded by the rich and privileged, to suit only the rich and privileged,
with a British Legal Justice System to match up.
PS. Get better soon Andrew we all need you.
PS. Get better soon Andrew we all need you.
PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
DAVID ASHFORTH
Saturday's musings from a retired racing enthusiast.
Saturday's musings from a retired racing enthusiast.
David Ashforth:
twice voted journalist of the year
PICTURE: Dan Abraham twice voted journalist of the year
"£400,000
accumulator scuppered as Plumpton abandons meeting.
Pic
Francis Arinze: 80- year-old papal candidate
"AN INTERESTING week
for the retired (sedentary division, armchair branch). Sunday. On Racing UK , and presumably at Exeter
"Another cattle man,
Colin Tizzard, also scores with Theatrical Star ridden by his son Joe. I expect
Joe was milking in the morning, he certainly used to. At Southwell, Kabbaas
wins a 7f race by 20 lengths at 2-12. An easy £10,000, if you've got £120,000.
I wonder how much you'd have been able to get on? And how, good question David. John (Mac) McCririck punters champion wiz kid on all punter betting info, past and present will know these key facts past and present another book Mac? Another book David? "Untold Punting Stories " Punters Zone maybe?
Cattle man Colin Tizzard (snr) and Joe Tizzard (jnr) right on CUE last Saturday with CUE CARD the best horse the Tizzards have at present Joe tells us.
Cattle man Colin Tizzard (snr) and Joe Tizzard (jnr) right on CUE last Saturday with CUE CARD the best horse the Tizzards have at present Joe tells us.
"Monday. How lucky. How unlucky
can you be? I was desperately close to winning 400 grand, thanks to a £10 win,
seven-horse accumulator -Definite Ruby, Ohio Gold, Perit Ecuyer. Kuilsriver,
Gandalfe, Prickles and Chill Factor - and then Plumpton was abandoned.
"It's difficult to
get over a setback like that but at Catterick, Rapidolyte De Ladalka ( not many
of those around) supplied a mild distraction, partly by being trained by Simon Shirley-Beavan
(Simon and Shirley are a rare combination in one person) and partly by being
well beaten and then winning easily (also a rare combination) in the same race.
"I don't know what
Rapidolyte De Ladalka traded at on the exchanges when last and struggling, but
it must have been a very long price. Knight Valliant, trained by Barbara
Butterworth and ridden by Liz Butterworth, finished third at Catterick, which
makes me wonder whether they are related to Peter Butterworth, the comic actor
and member of the Carry On Team.
"Butterworth escaped
from a prison camp in Germany during the second world war, but was recaptured by
a member of the Hitler Youth, prompting him to declare that he would never work
with children again, I don't suppose they are related.
"At Wolverhampton,
Graham Lee, recently returned to the fray, rides his first winner in 2013 on
Dashwood. Good. If you've got any sense (you may not have) you'll follow him.
"Tuesday. Extraordinary news. I was
completely wrong. I thought when a Pope resigns, candidates to succeed him has
to be at least 80 years old, but they don't. One of the favourites, Francis
Arinze from Nigeria , is 80
but Marc Ouellet, from Canada ,
is only 68 and Peter Turkson, from Ghana
"Even more
extraordinary news. Peter Boddy's abattoir in Yorkshire has been raided in
connection with the horsemeat saga. It was Peter Boddy, also from Yorkshire,
who drove the horsebox carrying Flockton Grey, the infamous ringer, to Leicester racecourse in 1982.
"Peter Boddy
(abattoir) and Peter Boddy (horsebox) would be about the same age. Are they one
and the same? Further investigation reveals yjat the answer is (life is full of
disappointments) no. The former Boddy is Peter Francis whereas the latter Boddy
is Peter Ernest. Different bodies. Pity.
"There is another
horsemeat connection. A few days earlier, Stephen Potter, of Bishop
Sutton-based abattoir Lawrence J Potter, appeared in the Racing Post (February
6) to comment on the horsemeat situation. At that abattoir in 1978 the ringer
In The Money was killed.
"Graham Lee rides a
24-1 double at Southwell.
Wednesday.Another shock. The Grand National weights are
unveiled and Tom Segal, alias Pricewise, considers Tidal Bay
"Unfortunately, he
has overlooked the temporarily dormant kink in Tidal Bay's brain which, when
faced by the Grand National course, albeit much modified, will reawaken to see
him sulk and slouch at the back until pulled up. Also, the fact he is about to
be injured.
"Southwell is covered
in snow. The snow must go on! (I know, terrible). Alpha Tauri and Point North
cut each other's throats, metaphorically speaking, going fast to start and,
consiquently, slow to finish.
"At Kempton, there
are two dead-heats - one between Landesherr and Spirit Of Gondree for third
place - and the other between Katy Spirit and Indian Affair for first place.
How rare is that? (Very).
"Thursday. Off to London to see Rowen
Atkinson in Quartermaine's Terms. Kick-off is 2.30pm, just before the BetVictor
Morebattle Hurdle at Kelso. The play lasts two and a half hours, which sees off
almost everything at Kelso, Thurles, Maydan, and the first at Kempton. I don't
suppose they'd consider scrapping the interval, which would just bring the Rock
Of Cashel Handicap Chase at Thurles into play? Life will go on, I suppose. Yes, yes yes, very good cheer up medicine. The amazing talant of comedians Rowen Atkinson, Frankie Howard, the Two Ronnies, how do they do it?
"Friday. Think what to write.
Write this."
Racing Crazy: The Best of David Ashforth [Hardcover]
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