When Zico moved to Udinese he kept hitting the bar in training when practicing his free kicks, so he went to the groundsman & said “something is up here, I always score these.” The groundsman measured the goal frame & it turned out it was 3” short of regulation size.
Andy & Gemma Brown Dispersal Summary:
Caldwell Potter €740k - Paul Nicholls
Fil Dor €620k - Gordon Elliott
Pied Piper €570k - Gordon
Staffordshire Knot €510k - Gordon
Mighty Bandit €420k - Warren Greatrex
Firm Footings €330k - Gordon
Sa Fureur €330k - Gordon
Imagine
“I wouldn’t get out of bed to do a preview for that amount!”
“Ok, how about if you just do the preview from your bed instead?”
“Deal.” 🤝
You’ve got to love
@JohnnyDineen
@1Fubar
Like saying that because you didn’t have to use your life jacket, there wasn’t any chance your plane could have landed in water.
It was a contingency measure. The fact we didn’t need it is a good thing for fucks sake.
Peter Bowen is set to strike while the iron is hot and aim his Grand Sefton Chase winner Mac Tottie at the Randox Grand National next spring 👀
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My Grandad died today. A proud Donegal man, I always thought he looked like a mix of Samuel Beckett and Lester Piggott — with the capacity to be as obtuse as both of them as well. For some reason, he supported Forest & only ever seemed to back odds on favs. Anyways, Up Donegal.
"Races like the Grand National are cartoonish in their cruelty"
Ben Newman from
@AnimalRising
and
@kevinblake2011
debate calls for a ban on horse racing after protests interrupted last year's Grand National
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📺 Sky 501 and YouTube
My girlfriend and I welcomed our daughter Sophia into the world on Monday, I’ve spent most of the last few days sat staring at her & her mother, in awe of them both. Send your Cheltenham Festival good things, I’m now punting for two.
@RacingPost
You’re right about the cost of living crisis
@chamberlinsport
— I know plenty of people who are very concerned about it that were cheered up no end watching a millionaire, friend of the royals, win on a horse his dad bought him for 6 figures.
A story we can all relate to.
“Well, I’ve just been informed by the clerk of the course that the air down here has carbon dioxide in it, as well as oxygen and nitrogen. Now I don’t know how much you know about carbon dioxide but it can be very dangerous in the wrong quantities. We’ll wait and see.”
You put your horses in, you pull them out, in, out, in, out, Unibet blog about, you do the Hendo Cokey and you turn the horse box round and that’s what it’s all about.
The fact that rival supporters sit next to each other at the NFL tells you it’s not a real fan culture.
Ascot had to hire 600 extra stewards to keep the Shishkin & Energumene fans apart for the Clarence House Chase.
If you’re offended by Constitution Hill being called a weapon/machine/tool after his Fighting Fifth performance, you wouldn’t want to hear what my Dad called Not So Sleepy when he carried Silver Streak out at the first a couple of years ago.
I’m so bored of this drivel and it’s the first week of January.
CH somehow getting beat in the champion hurdle would be the best thing for the horse and the sport.
We might then see some actual campaigning of him.
😬 Nicky Henderson tells
@StellingRobbie
he has "reservations" running CONSTITUTION HILL on Trials Day at Cheltenham.
"He's gone from the Christmas Hurdle to the Champion Hurdle without a race, and he did the same the year before with the Supreme.
"I'd like to run him if it
Gambling gets a bad rap, but, few places I’d rather be than in a bar in Donegal discussing greyhounds with my Dad & my uncles. It’s not just a pastime or a hobby, it’s a way into a way of life. A connection with family and friends.
@SirJaysonWaller
@PoliticsForAlI
No it’s not, it’s about two things:
1) Belonging
2) The opportunity to push back against authority & maybe hit a copper.
These “protests” are always full of bewildered and slightly desperate people who want to feel part of something and to have a purpose.
Run the baby a bath every evening and when my girlfriend asks if it’s ready I give her a going report: “It’s good, good to warm in places and I’m putting 5ml on just to maintain.”
Current odds of her deciding to end her mat leave early: 8/13.
Merry Christmas to all the fellow horse racing fans. We all love having a pop at
#RacingPeople
but I follow some great ones on here. Some are genuinely lovely, some tremendously insightful and if you’re neither, but I follow you, it’s cos you’re a funny fucker. Enjoy it 🍺 🎄 🐎
@AnimalRising
You acknowledge in your tweet that running on the track after the race had started compromises the safety of both horses and riders and yet you did it anyway?
You endangered the lives of animals and humans just to get attention. Publicity is more important than animal welfare.
Being reported upon like it’s the Iranian Embassy Siege this.
I’m surprised Jim White isn’t wearing a blue bulletproof vest saying “PRESS” and a hard hat.
AP always had that ambition to ride 300 winners in a season, tonight it looks like he’s trying to block 300 accounts in one night.
Never stop setting goals for yourselves folks.
Pyledriver looks overpriced to me in the Great Voltigeur, happy enough to forgive the Derby run, think York will suit him better than Epsom, and on ratings hes 20lbs higher than Roberto Escobarr but twice the price. If all eight run I think he’s a fair e/w bet.
If you are ever in doubt about what cunts the Daily Mail are, their supposedly heartfelt condolences about Giovinco (something I’ve never seen them do for any other horse, which is suspicious in its itself) is followed shortly after by this tripe trying to stoke the culture war.
When Stradivarius goes off to stud I hope the advertisement is just a poster of him in various parade rings with his appendage out, big bubble writing slogan “Born Ready.”
None of this Coolmore-esque psychobabble about a great mind and being able to solve the Sunday crossword.
How many years until we start getting a Cheltenham Festival Preview Preview?
Someone pops on YouTube and marks you card about which pundits are worth listening to and which panel has produced the most winners over the last decade.
#RacingPeople
love to pretend it’s vocal antagonists like PETA & Animal Aid that threaten the future of horse racing when, in reality, the biggest saboteurs are those already inside the tent. Most of them born into it as well for good measure.
@AtTheRaces
@MCYeeehaaa
This really is clickbait nonsense. Mark Todd knows more about horses and horsemanship than any of the clowns on Twitter accusing him of cruelty and ‘violence’ against an animal.
@IsTheNext94
I’ve heard it’s a licensing issue Ter, Luke Morris wanted six figures for them to use his unorthodox whip style. They weren’t prepared to pay it but don’t want to make a game without him trying to hail a cab as soon as he sees the Kempton cutaway.
It’s a shame for us true fans.
Ryan Moore with the demeanour of someone directing a funeral, a Charles Byrnes gamble and owners calling in from the Cayman Islands.
ITV racing doing its upmost to attract new people to the sport with an excellent advert featuring all the best characters.
Just seen a video of Lily Pinchin riding Snow Leopardess over the banks at Cheltenham, 25s for the XC atm and plenty of iffy horses above her in the market 🤔.
Went to Cheltenham for the first time today, and it’s special, warrants all the hype.
Despite more seconds than Pavarotti I had a great time, very impressed with the facilities.
Idea for a reality TV show, people who come on twitter to say you can feed a family of 7 for 34p should have to live on Universal Credit for 6 months and their only top up is a share of the winnings from a team of horses trained by Rodway and Millington in the Racing League.
APPEAL!
Jockey Robert Havlin is to appeal against a 21-day ban handed to him by Lingfield stewards on Wednesday for failing to take all reasonable and permissible measures to obtain the best possible placing.