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Pep talks. “One last push, come on, we can get this over the line…” Day Four dawns fresh and a little grey. Rare sighting of high clouds, and it actually rained for about 20 [...]

“May remove their coats….” Thankfully, nothing more. Coats. Not Jackets. Potatoes have jackets… Panama hats aplenty. Fans fanning. Heavy air. Hotter than Panama [...]

A gatecrasher. Party pooper. Uninvited guest. Wrecking ball… Yesterday’s Gold Cup “Duel On The Downs” was torn asunder by an uninvited guest. A dull interloper in the form [...]

A beautiful hill. Sussex’s Garden Party… Gentler than Ascot. Breeze off the Solent. Sussex by the sea… Day One. Duels on The Downs aplenty through the week… Starting off [...]

Of rain. In southern parts and atop high Downs… Rain yesterday in Sussex. Fleeting. Short and sharp and wet. But several furlongs away from being ground changing… The Sunday before [...]

Spins you around, rips at the heartstrings, tears at the emotions, punches you hard in the solar plexus… Roll with the punches. They say… Whoever “they” are ?! A [...]

Rogues… Good fun to be around. Sometimes in small doses. Exhausting if you have to deal with their whims and vagaries on a daily basis… I have used this analogy before… If MARSH [...]

“The crew member who does not row but directs the boat….” Apt. Our new man at the BHA helm, Simon Cox, will not be riding novice hurdlers down to the first at Cheltenham or [...]

Did BHA Chairmen….?! It appears that they do…. “Former Brewery Boss Simon Cox is set to be announced as BHA Chairman…” “Announced” by plenty of media [...]

What a gathering of Legends is called ? A legacy of Legends ? A folklore of Legends ? A mythology of Legends…..? Another Legend gathered. Kevin Keegan. One of the greatest goalscorers of [...]