BUTTERFLIES….
Aplenty. For those with Classic dreams and aspirations… Months of planning. Gallops. Work mornings. Veterinary opinion. Nerves raging… Does Aidan get nervous on mornings like this ? [...]
AT THE POST….
At Wagga in middle Australia. Which looks very country… And which used to be called Wagga Wagga. But is now only Wagga. For whatever reason. Home of the famous Picnic Races. Which I like [...]
RAFTERS….
Raised… If there were any to raise… Up The Town. Full House. Floodlights – kind of… Farnham Town 2, Berkhamsted 1. The Away Fans in the fabulously named Pepperami Stand. [...]
CHAIRMAN’S NOTE….
The gist of it… “Biggest night in the Club’s 120 year history….” Farnham Town. Southern League Premier South. Play-off Semi Final… A sell out. No replay. There [...]
BROODING…
Black skies. Swirling behind Epsom’s “Cruise Ship” Grandstand. Dark and threatening but skirting by right now. A razor sharp rainbow spearing the middle distance…. Epsom [...]
ONE….
Hour… Fifty minutes and thirty seconds… Absolutely remarkable. A sub two hour marathon. Sebastian Sawe coming up with a Roger Bannister moment in London yesterday. Historic… You [...]
PEAS….
And soup. Up the A3 and around the M25. In thick fog… A red sun struggling… And then prevailing. The stolen hours of dawn. When most folk with any iota of sense are still deep in [...]
PARCHED EARTH…
Drought conditions…. In Tamworth. New South Wales. Their website tells me that they have manicured lawns and rose gardens. I hope that they have been well watered because the centre of the [...]
DECKS….
Shuffled…. The cards that we are dealt. Some good, some bad, some ordinary… The worst part of this ridiculous job is the passing on of bad news. The moment when the bubble is burst [...]
SOCIAL MEDIA….
Unavoidably part of our lives. Unavoidable. A promotional tool on occasions. A medium for abuse and vitriol when a favourite gets beaten. Ducks and water and backs… There are some racing [...]
