Gallery
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Repton, with Anna, Sue and Graham
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Zigaura
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Mossy Morning
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Mr Vitality
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The Racehorse Sanctuary – Graham with Second Paige
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Moorcroft Boy with Graham
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Gold Cup day at the Cheltenham Festival
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Uttoxeter. Busy.
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Caroline Cook
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Bloom winning the Battle Of The Bands final
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Cleeve Hill Lad going to post
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One that I backed – jumped a bit wooden
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Jockey Will Kennedy acknowledges Shantou Magic’s performance in the Novice Chase
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The perfectly formed Market Rasen
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Black Narcissus
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The view from The Royal Box
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A hardy and largely hatless crowd at windswept Wetherby
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Gabrial wins the Lincoln
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The 25/1 shot I backed in the last race being led back in
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The bookies receive a vicious beating at Southwell, just not from the punters
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Spain meets Essex in a European con-fusion
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The Scrabble System lets me down in the fourth race at Wolverhampton
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Simon suffers severe trauma and ends the day a drooling imbecile after colliding with an unmarked beam (note – Simon’s coat has been artificially altered to protect his identity)
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Triple Chocolate doesn’t win the 2nd race
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Borguy walking back in after his fall in the first race
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The set menu
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Folly
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The cash machine that is the lovely Tanerko Emery
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A beautiful but hypothermic day at Aintree for my first Grand National
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Fontwell – a course where you can get close to the action and hear the hooves pounding
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Yes, this really is part of Ayr racecourse!
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The Bray Royale – possibly the finest way of entering a racecourse I’ve yet encountered
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Roy Rocket wins the second race at Brighton. “You can see the sea – it’s over there between the land and the sky!”
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The beautiful rolling vista of Epsom Downs
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The now even lovelier Tanerko Emery wins the handicap hurdle
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Richard is walking between all the racecourses over 13 months – lunacy, but for two very good causes
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AP comes back in for the last time
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The sunny and spacious Nottingham
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The ‘Around The World In One Raceday’ at Sedgefield promises the pinnacle of international cuisine, such as…..a jacket potato with tuna mayo
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Illuminate streaks clear to win at a vibrant Salisbury
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A buzzing atmosphere in the parade ring before the 2000 Guineas
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A mutant talking daisy gets the better of me at beautiful Beverley
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Alright Benny leads from pillar to post in the handicap chase at Fakenham
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The indomitable Chester crowd huddle under umbrellas on tarmac because there is literally nowhere else to go
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Two Ivans and I visit Worcester – the scene of a crime some 17 years ago
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The stunning view of the action from the the Ludlow roof
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The only mixed meeting of my journey at Haydock, combining both jumps and flat racing
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The runners at Towcester approach the finishing post, or is it the greyhound track?
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Richard at Wincanton
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Bath, a racecourse with an array of clever ideas for efficiently using space
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Squirrel
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York, one of the finest racecourses in the world, I would humbly suggest
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A big winner!
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A packed, pissed and rowdy crowd at Thirsk
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The small but perfectly formed Mon Beau Visage at the small but perfectly formed Redcar
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Newcastle is lovely! Why aren’t there more people here?
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Almost glorious Goodwood
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Flying into Edinburgh for Boogie Night at Musselburgh races
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The runners pull up after the 5th race at surprisingly nice Catterick
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A fine panorama from the roof of Kelso
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Cartmel is slightly crazy, but you just can’t help but love it!
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They say that Hexham is “Britain’s Most Scenic Racecourse!” and they’re right
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Hamilton – a lovely racecourse to spend 32 minutes
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Okay, it is a wet Tuesday afternoon, but the wonderful Newcastle racecourse deserves better support than this
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The majestic Langley Castle
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The late and truly great Kauto Star