Tag: Harchibald
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‘Also-rans’ cause carnage carving up the field
It’s actually very fitting that what you will read hereafter is being produced so close to St Stephen’s (Boxing) Day. For the day after Christmas itself was the occasion on which Gavin Sheehan cajoled a truly rousing rally out of Hewick which nabbed the King George in most unlikely fashion for ‘Shark’ Hanlon’s (temporarily Tara…
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They did it their way!
“Don’t ever f*****g tell me how to ride a horse again”. There’s not many lines of work in which one could so vehementally rail against instructions dispensed by an employer and hope to survive such a skirmish. You couldn’t exactly imagine WP Mullins or PF Nicholls or AP O’Brien reacting as serenely as the berated…
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Would You Like To Buy My Books?
Over the last couple of years I have written and published two books – “Heroics And Heartache” and ” Rolling Down Memory Lane”. Details about both and how you can purchase them are contained within.
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ROLLING DOWN MEMORY LANE
ANNOUNCEMENT It gives me great pleasure and no little pride to announce that my second book Rolling Down Memory Lane is hot off the presses and available to pre-order now. This book is the product of the first Covid-19 Lockdown of March 2020. With the world at a standstill, something had to be done to…
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Gordon and Gavin targeted in Panorama witch hunt
They say timing is everything. So it would be hard not to feel there was an ulterior motive at play with the timing of the broadcasting of the recent Panorama programme on BBC entitled Racing’s Dark Side. Coming as it did in the lead up to both Gordon Elliott’s return from suspension and the Galway…
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Lack of a gallop leaves Anderson searching for fluidity and answers
March 2005, Cheltenham. Day one of the Festival. The race that’s not only the highlight of the day, but of that entire year for us that are hopelessly devoted to jump racing. Or maybe many years. Hardy Eustace, the venerable old Massey Ferguson 390T, the old dog for the hard road, turns for home with…