And so it did…
Storm Claudia. Claudia is a sweet name. Storms should have harsher names than Claudia…
How far down the alphabet will we go this winter…??
Colder weather around the corner – allegedly. Always good to knock any lurking gremlins and bugs on the head…
Cheltenham in squelchy ground yesterday. Attritional stuff – and it won’t be any easier this afternoon assuming the course survives an early inspection…
Nothing “squelchy” about the ground in Bahrain for yesterday’s Group 2 Bahrain International Trophy. A decent renewal. How much closer yesterday’s race takes the Bahrain Turf Club to fulfilling their ambition of Group 1 status for the race, I don’t know. But they will get there for sure. An impressive rise given the nascent nature of international racing in The Kingdom…
Finalising our Winter plans. Those busy Programme Books…
The Paddy Power Gold Cup at racing’s HQ this afternoon. Was thisThe Mackeson or The Massey Ferguson Gold Cup in the distant past when I first got hooked on this bonkers sport…??
The mists of time – but I vividly recall several old friends…
Fifty Dollars More, Half Free, Bradbury Star, Very Promising, Pegwell Bay, Challenger Du Luc, Combs Ditch, Senor El Betrutti…
This is almost certainly just me hankering for better days – but the quality and lustre of these great chases seems to have dropped off in recent times. That is probably absolute rubbish and the ratings will tell another tale. But I’m sure that some great races that have had name changes held us in greater thrall in those “good old days….”
Jeez, I’m sounding old…
Don’t feel it. Promise……!!
Peter O’Sullevan taking us back down the decades…
