Paying More – For Nothing!
The arrival on my desk of an increase in the levy for the import of horses completely knocked me out.Thankfully Ricardo was on hand with some smelling salts to revive me
17th March 2015
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The arrival on my desk of an increase in the levy for the import of horses completely knocked me out.Thankfully Ricardo was on hand with some smelling salts to revive me
I am getting my blanket, growing my beard and throwing all alcohol out of my house as I will be cheering home Afghanistan in all their might and glory
I am off to Australia to the Melbourne Premier Sale on Wednesday to have a look and see what is going on over there. Do we call it the real world?
A small field and a walking pace turns the Gr3 Chairman’s Cup into a mockery of a staying contest – yet, amazingly, the 18 to 10 favourite still somehow manages to come out on top
If that is the best we can conjure up, then the country is pretty close to a crisis and we should not be sleeping well at night, suggests Joey Ramsden
Feature race time is slowing down for a few weeks but we have a couple of nice ones still to come in the always competitive Prix du Cap and the Chairman’s Handicap. Sadly, staying horses down here are as rare as the rain is at the moment. I wonder if the race is actually going to stand up
The only let-down on Met day, I think, was the excessive security. I kept looking above me to see when Air Force One might be arriving and Barrack Obama stepping out. Security really was way over the top and caused unnecessary frustration
He is a comeback kid of note. A cat with ninety nine lives. The legend is back and rides a heavy odds-on shot for Joey Ramsden in the third at Kenilworth today
It doesn’t get much better that two top yards clashing in one of South Africa’s great classic races. It is the clash of the unbeaten lightly-raced Aussie versus the established local star going for seven in a row. Sound like a one-sided affair? Don’t be fooled…
No comparisons to Variety Club, but this flyer’s cruising speed could have them all running for cover early on
On the racing front, the J&B Met betting market appears to have stabilised and recovered momentum after the disappointing withdrawal of the original favourite, Legislate
