RACING POST SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3rd RACING POST 2013
WEEK MONDAY JANUARY 28th TO SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3rd 2013
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RPSUNDAY ALWAYS GOOD AS WELL.
DONT FORGET TO READ WILLIE MULLINS FEATURE IN TODAY''S RACING POST
RPSUNDAY ALWAYS GOOD AS WELL.
PUNCHESTOWN (IRE) ATR SUNDAY FEBRUARY 3rd |
GOING: HEAVY (Fresh ground on the hurdle track; using inside straight on the hurdle track for the first circuit only; finishing on main straight). (Light rain)
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PAUSE FOR THOUGHT
DAVID'S SATURDAY MUSINGS
02.02.2013
Posh sort of top, very impressive I must say - a Super Bowl, Super Star of sorts obviously …..
Having no idea about Super Bowl whatsoever other than this photograph. A mighty
looking man indeed.
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
"Don't
despair - salvation lies in the Superdome"
David's
snowman not only lost 'his rather nice carrot nose' but has melted out of sight.
This week we have a pic of Monster Man,
Ray Lewis "You wouldn't want to run
into Ray Lewis, especially an a football field."
"IT'S
one of life's great puzzles. What to do when racing's abandoned? It's a tricky
one and, over the years, various approaches have been tried, none of them
altogether successful.
"Experimenting
with other sports is a popular route and last Sunday, while trying to decide
whether to watch Nordic combined skiing or indoor hockey (the super sixties
premier division finals), my eyes alighted on an event at Hopton-on-Sea, in
Norfolk, on BBC2. "Bowls. singles. Rishi Persad presents live singles
action from the world indoor championships at the Potters Leisure Resort."
"Come
on, Rishi, what do you know about bowls? But there he was, in front of an
enthusiastic crowd, filling us in on Stewart Anderson and Paul Foster, the
finalists. I wonder if Persad knows who won the championship in 1982, after
Davis Bryant had won the first three events? Or who has won the tournament the
most times? As you probably know yourself, it was John Watson and Alex Marshall,
respectively.
"Funny
enough, on my way to crack walnuts with a sledgehammer, a man asked me to join
the Cirencester Bowls Club, tempting me with the information that, first, it's
in Ashcroft Road, second, it's the only sport where I'd be below the average
age and, third, I could join them on their annual trip to Torquay, which was
where they were setting off for. It's tempting.
"Of
course, Persad can't compete with the ubiquitous (a great word) Clare Balding,
who spent Saturday afternoon covering the racing from Cheltenham for Channel 4,
the evening hosting a game show on BBC1 and Sunday morning saying "Good
Morning Sunday," on Radio 2. It's the Super Bowl tomorrow ... no, surely
not.
CH4 Horseracing Team a balancing act.
Rishi Persad perhaps his talents are best described as an ‘in between person’, not in the Equus Zone, more in the People’s Zone . Clare Balding who has worked with Rishi before
clearly has great confidence in him, that is the main thing. The key issue here is how best to bridge the gulf to bring the Equus Zone and the Peoples Zone together so as a true understanding between the two, may best be reached. Another work of art in the mix to aim for, which has proved throughout hiistory to be more than tricky, virtually impossible so far to date. A challenge indeed .... wondering if we can achieve this?
"It's
amazing what people will do. Some of you may remember a racing journalist
called Nick Reeves, who was working for the Sporting Life when I joined in
1990. Nick a great guy, endlessly good
humoured, later moved to France, where he works for the Agency France-Presse. A
few years ago, when I asked him what he was doing, he said he was covering
Ping-pong. Ping-pong! Last summer, at the Olympics, Nick covering rowing, among
other things, and, at the moment, he's in Africa
for the Africa Cup of Nations, football now being his speciality, although he
did return to racing for last year's Cheltenham Festival, with an enormous
punt. It lost, so some things don't change.
"Every
cloud has a silver lining (what a stupid saying that is) - witness the
abandonment of Taunton
"Every cloud has a silver lining ….Every cloud could be full of torrential rain, or full of fluffy white snow, maybe we could even find David’s nose less snowman again, he is sure to stand out from all the other snowmen … easy to pick out one would expect… he would be the only one without a nose. David did specifically mention his snowman had a particularly nice carrot nose, obviously it was that bookmakers tired horse, noticed yawning, who grabbed the snowman’s nose before he went off to have his nap. I digress.
"WHAT have my seven-year-old Ford Focus and a seven year-old racehorse got in common? When they break down, the bill's enormous. So that ruled out another popular alternative to
racing, shopping. It’s never worked for me, possibly because there never seems to be anything I want, apart from another book and a chocolate flake. Anyway, shops are on the move in Cirencester, There’s a new Coral, to add to the old Ladbrokes, but Blacks Leasure (tents), Thorntons
“If racing’s off tomorrow
(incidentally, meetings full of bumper races don’t count, as I’ve discovered
from watching one), salvation’s available late in the day from the Superdome in
New Orleans San Francisco
WALKING TO NEW ORLEANS (song)
“If you don’t know much about
American football, Colin Kaepernick, the 49ers quarterback, is spelt Kaepernick
and is a bit like an outstanding novice chaser who is favourite to win the
Cheltenham Gold Cup. Ray Lewis, a Ravens’ linebacker, is the one they’ll keep
talking about. He is 37, in his 17th season, all with Baltimore
“Either Kaepernick or Lewis will be
on the winning side. I’ve no idea which.”
Observed
Looks like a tough guy's sport, lots of rough looking skirmiches going on. Interesting headgear and colours.
The lights went out for half an hour.
More later
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49ERS CAN STRIKE GOLD AGAIN SUPER BOWL PREVIEW
Ray Lewis, Baltimore Ravens claim
Super Bowl XLVII
- Around The League Editor
- Published: Feb. 3, 2013 at 11:21 p.m.
- Updated: Feb. 4, 2013 at 02:07 a.m.
SPORT Live NFL: Super Bowl Sunday 3 February
Sky Sports 1 10.30pm NFL: Super Bowl
Baltimore Ravens v San Francisco 49ers
Steve Wall brings us info: BALTIMORE RAVENS v SAN FRANCISCO 49ers
do battle for the Vince Lomandi Trophy in the 47th Super Bowl in New Orleans
Observed
Looks like a tough guy's sport, lots of rough looking skirmiches going on. Interesting headgear and colours.
More later
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