Monthly Archive: January 2016

My youngest spent a fleeting minute enjoying quality time with me on Saturday afternoon, in front of Channel 4 Racing of course, before finding a piece of fluff on the floor more interesting and disappearing with that look on his…
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It takes a big man to stand up and say “I was wrong!” Today, I sort of half rise from my chair and mumble “I might have misjudged it slightly”. The subject on which I now stutter towards a gradual…
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The two icons of our chasing calendar (Grand National aside, of course) sit 100 miles and 12 weeks apart, yet they are inseparable as landmarks in the continuum of our jumps season. In between them lay the hopes and aspirations…
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Happy New Year to all my loyal followers! I hope you had a good Christmas. However, if you thought that this blog would shuffle meekly off stage to lurk in the shadows of the past, accompanied by the fading smile…
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