This week I received a call from someone at the BBC, asking if we had any old racing objects, preferably with an interesting story behind them, that needed fixing.
“Of course,” I said, “we have an old Grandstand…”
Continue readingThis week I received a call from someone at the BBC, asking if we had any old racing objects, preferably with an interesting story behind them, that needed fixing.
“Of course,” I said, “we have an old Grandstand…”
Continue reading →There’s a reason why 43 bottles of Scotch Whisky are exported, to countries all around the World, every second.
Quite apart from the fact that it’s a captivating and delicious reflection of the beautiful Scottish landscape: it purifies the mind so that we forget stuff. And life is so much richer when we forget…
Continue reading →Apparently God planned to use wasps to pollinate all the flowers on Earth, but eventually he had to settle for plan Bee…
Continue reading →The UK’s leading confectionary companies have come together to create a compendium of tips that will help families to “Keep Treats Special”.
Most of them appear to be about chocolate, but quite a few are transferable to that other fabulous family treat – a day at the races…
Continue reading →The Herring Queen Final being a novices handicap for mares, the weight allocated to all runners will be key to their chances – we can’t wait to see if there are any jokers in the pack when entries are published on 1st April…
Continue reading →One of the big questions that has arisen since the pandemic is: Where did all the workers go?
Having taken a few days off this week, I’m happy to report that I’ve found them…
Continue reading →One of the greatest strengths of horseracing in Britain is the diversity of the racecourses. There are left-handed ones and right-handed ones, flat ones and hilly ones; they can be urban or countryfied, grand, scruffy, modern, ancient, huge, small, spacious, fun, intimate, awe inspiring or combinations of all the above…
Continue reading →bet365 Morebattle Hurdle Day: a gleaming elixir of undiluted horseracing tonic for the soul.
Continue reading →I gave my friend an elephant for her room. She said thanks, but I said, “Don’t mention it.”
I keep reading that prize money is the most important thing, and that there isn’t enough of it, but that’s not the whole story…
Continue reading →Several young racegoers left the races today with a great collection of autographs. It’s not the first time that I’ve been asked to sign a racecard – but it is the first time that I’ve actually signed my own name…
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