Nick Alexander
@kinneston
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I train racehorses, used to be mainly slow ones but things looking up!
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Lake View Lad fine after a heavy fall at the first in the GN
@AintreeRaces
- not our day but both horses coming home bright and well and 2 good 2nds
@NewcastleRaces
- thanks everyone for all the messages
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Donny Boy up on his feet to a great cheer from the
@KelsoRacecourse
crowd. He was running a great race and was very unlucky to be brought down at the last but we are just relieved to have him home safe
@itvracing
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Delighted to say Lucy is home from hospital, I have posted an update on our website along with other news at
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Our team have had to endure weeks of rain and gales and now they get this, I keep saying it but everyone who enjoys racing is hugely indebted to the unsung heroes who graft every day to keep the show on the road
#studandstablestaff
@RacingPost
@BHAPressOffice
@itvracing
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A glimpse of evening stables tonight at Kinneston via the cctv, atrocious weather, staff working hard keeping the horses cosy in their barns before a tricky drive home - time for everyone who loves racing to give a shout out for all the hard working staff keeping the show on the
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Lake View Lad bright as a button this morning as he makes a splash cooling his legs. Thanks to everyone who has followed and encouraged his roller coaster season - grass now and back in November all being well
#kinneston
#racehorses
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Not our day with Lake View Lad, poor start and drying ground meant he never landed a blow but it’s some journey he’s taken us on and I’m really proud of him and Team Kinneston, home safe and we live to fight another day
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Well that’s it folks! Very proud of Clan Legend who retired today
@ayrracecourse
- 4th generation homebred won 11 of 44 starts and £106k, bounced off the lorry fresh and sound tonight in his return to Kinneston - thanks old boy, trainer’s hack now!
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Very proud of Lake View Lad yesterday, a brave 3rd off top weight in an ultra competitive 24 runner handicap
@CheltenhamRaces
- home 1am, ate up, sound and bright this morning- a tough and brave horse
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What an extraordinary day for the team with five winners
@ayrracecourse
- I might get the credit but it is all down to their hard work and the support of a fantastic bunch of owners - thank you everyone
#kinneston
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Broadway Joe, injured
@perthracecourse
in May, he won’t race again, his future is uncertain yet he still has his feet oiled, temperature taken etc, receiving the same level of care as if he was racing next week. A little nuts? no, it’s what I love about our Team - they care.
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Pleased to report Elvis Mail and Lake View Lad both fine today, Mhairi and Charlotte arrived back with them after midnight and were meant to be off work today but thought they would pop in and say hello, here’s Mhairi interrupting LVL’s afternoon nap
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Don't want to be boring but total prize money for Newcastle's jump fixture on Tuesday is £43.9k compared with £75k for same fixture in 2023, a reduction of 41.5%. The feature 0-130 chase is £11.7k down from £18k and the mares 0-120 handicap hurdle £7.7k down from £14.5k. I
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Home safe and trotting up sound, so proud of these two today
@AintreeRaces
and deeply grateful to our wonderful team of owners and staff who make this happen- thank you
#kinneston
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The Paddy Premium, 22yo, he had been rehomed but last year we were asked to take him back, of course we did and as at his age a bit tricky to ask anyone else to take him on so he will stay here, he gave a lot of people a lot of fun so it’s the least we owe him
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Extremely sorry to report that we lost Always Tipsy today when he broke his shoulder at the 3rd last hurdle
@MusselburghRace
today, he will be sorely missed by the team here and our condolences to his owners. He jumped his last hurdle in front with his ears pricked.
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A horrible day
@MusselburghRace
today with the sad loss of the kind, gentle and talented That’s a Given. Devastating for his patient Owners, all the team and Briony who cared for him as well as any horse could ever be cared for 💔💔💔
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Horses cooling off after exercise - they nearly all seem to enjoy this and it is now an important part of their routine
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Sorry, here I go again... with the unfortunate abandonment of Sandown's Premier fixture tomorrow
@itvracing
are switching to Newcastle. Whilst we mustn't focus on the negative this fixture is being run for £54.6k, a reduction of 37% on the 2023 prize fund of £75k. This is a bad
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Elvis Mail absolutely fine after his fall
@AintreeRaces
this afternoon, so is Conor, I’ll settle for that.
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Very shoddy journalism
@paddyvb
@TimesSport
@thetimes
today missing Lucy Alexander from list of female jump jockeys having ridden 163 winners, most of any UK based female and remains only female champion conditional in UK
@CorneliusRacing
@RacingPost
- why?
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The mighty Ted Veale this morning, update - with amateurs being stopped from riding due to Covid
@kit_alexander1
retired him sound and in best of health - ran at a high level flat/hurdles/fences winning £287k - privilege to train him for twilight of his career - well done Ted!
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Disappointing that the stewards
@PerthRacecourse
racecourse chose to give young jockey Jack Andrews a two day ban for failing to ride out a tired horse for 8th place at the end of 3 miles - what is this sport coming to
@BHAPressOffice
? Horses come first? - hardly!!!
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Dubai Days home safe and tucking in, as is Donny Boy thank goodness! A roller coaster of a day if ever there was one but it ended with the most perfect result. Thank you
@KelsoRacecourse
@itvracing
@bet365
and well done
@brucelynn0
@kimwalker_x
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Delighted to have this chap back where he belongs on our gallops this morning - Lake View Lad, fresh and bright
#kinneston
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Absolutely delighted with Lake View Lad finishing 7th under top weight in the Scottish National under top weight
@ayrracecourse
this afternoon. Great to see a Scottish trained 1-2 for this big prize
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Which racecourse is looking splendid in the autumn sunshine today?
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Ok, so I'm confused. Making entries for next week it is clear that prize money for mid week jumps fixtures is being cut to the bone. This is being blamed on "Premierisation" and today we have the first "Premier Fixture" with 47 runners across 7 races. At the same time
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I may never train a Derby winner and unlikely a National or Gold Cup winner but I’ve had a hole in one at the 11th hole on the Old Course! Many thanks to caddie Alan who ably proved that an old selling plater can have his day in the sun if he ends up in the right hands
#holeinone
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No words… his 11th and most valuable win at 11yo giving 3 years plus to the rest of the field - Clan Legend
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Wakool might have forgotten how to race but at least he’s remembered how to dance
#kinneston
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Wakool is being wound down now for his summer break, something he seems rather pleased about!
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Ted Veale (Kit) cooling his limbs after work, a legend named after a legend, winning almost £300k in his 70 races including Cheltenham Festival and placed in Ebor, Galway Hurdle and Irish Cesarewitch- privilege to train him in his later years, he loves his work and we love him!
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Elvis Mail and Bruce Lynn absolutely fine after parting company at the first in the Coral Cup, unfortunate but home safe and will be back another day
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Horrendous exercising horses this morning, heavy rain and strong gales, hugely indebted to our team of staff who have mettle to battle on led by stable jockey Lucy in her fisherman’s suit! Never forget tthat who keeps the show on the road
@itvracing
@chamberlinsport
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Very sorry that we lost the handsome Kellerman in the last race
@kelsoracecourse
today, fractured his canon bone on the flat early in the race. Hard to process after two wonderful winners, Up Helly Aa King defying his years to win the feature chase and Atlantic Dancer winning the
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Wakool having a well deserved lie-in this morning after his top performance
@haydockraces
yesterday 👏👏👏
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Don Poli fends off former stablemate Killer Crow to win the Men’s Open at Alnwick, where would these ex Gigginstown horses be without point-to-pointing
@pointtopoint
@BHAPressOffice
@RacingPost
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Pleased to confirm that Lake View Lad will remain in training here at Kinneston, Trevor Hemmings has been the most fantastic supporter of NH racing and reasons for his cutbacks entirely understandable- here is LVL enjoying himself this morning 1/2
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Sorry, can’t resist, too cute, 9 day old filly by Blue Bresil ex Little Glenshee arrives home
#kinneston
#racehorses
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Wow! Over the moon with Lake View Lad winning the Rowland Meyrick
@WetherbyRaces
this afternoon, very luck to train such a talented and honest horse
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Newcastle plumb new depths this week with £10.7k for a 0-140 hurdle on a Saturday afternoon. We won this race last year and it was worth £15.4K, we will NOT be making any entries for it this year.
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Very pleased to see this fellow this afternoon, old warrior Jet Master who broke a rib in his heavy fall
@newcastleraces
last month, resulting reluctance to move caused him to colic last weekend, transferred to excellent care of
@TheDickVet
- thank you, back home bright and well
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In the gloaming, job done. Lake View Lad
@NewcastleRaces
after winning the £70k Rehearsal Chase, a fabulous result for the team, thank you everyone
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Umm, if zoos are now open surely owners should be allowed go racing to watch their horses run, staying outside at all times and socially distanced, why not?
@RacehorseOwners
@BHAPressOffice
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Lake View Lad going over the scales before leaving for
@AintreeRaces
today, 507kg compared with 514kg when he left for
@CheltenhamRaces
- spot on or over the top? Hopefully find out on Saturday
#GrandNational2019
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The recently retired Clan Legend showing the young upstart Wakool who is boss here at Kinneston this morning
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Lake View Lad heading home this morning after work, couldn’t be happier with him ahead of his trip to
@AintreeRaces
tomorrow so 🤞🤞🤞for some luck in running and home safe please
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That’s all folks… Stainsby Girl being ridden this morning for the last time with Jess on board, if all goes to plan she will never have a saddle on her back again- makes me feel very wistful 😕
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A galant 4th for Lake View Lad in a gruelling Rowland Meyrick Chase
@WetherbyRaces
this afternoon. Honest and determined though never really travelling and jumping as he can on the holding ground, could do with the handicapper giving him a chance as he turns 12yo.
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Elvis Mail this evening on hearing that he had been declared to run against Shishkin
@AintreeRaces
on Saturday- says it all! Bit ambitious but have to run somewhere...🤞
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Lake View Lad is alert and ready ahead of his big race this afternoon
@AintreeRaces
eaten up better than at Cheltenham, all is well, home safe please handsome one
#LakeViewLad
#GrandNational2019
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So, so proud of Jet Master today
@MusselburghRace
winning his 9th and most valuable race on his 13th birthday - honest, brave and talented, I’m just very lucky to train him, thank you Jet
#kinneston
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Thrilled with Stainsby Girl giving us our first black type winner in our family colours
@haydockraces
this afternoon - owned and ridden by
@KitAlxander1
making it a particularly special day. Feeling very lucky and extremely grateful to our fantastic team of staff for working so
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He knows.... Lake View Lad looking at the lorry prior to departing for
@CheltenhamRaces
from a snowy Kinneston this morning 🤞🤞🤞
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A very tough day for the Team at Musselburgh with the loss of That’s a Given -
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Wakool before and after winning the Grade 2 Rendlesham Hurdle at
@haydockraces
today under
@CoFarrell20
- a very tough performance from a wonderful horse. Thrilled for the Team to be competing at this level and for his supportive owners.
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I particularly like this image I captured after first lot this morning, says a lot about our approach- horse steaming but content after hard work and, above all, cared for
#kinneston
#racehorses
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Wow! Thrilled with Elvis improving again to win the feature race
@kelsoracecourse
this afternoon- he is such a special horse to train, well done The Ladies Who and the magnificent team Kinneston - thank you 😊
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Standing proud! The magnificent Up Helly Aa King after winning the feature chase
@ayrracecourse
today at the grand old age of thirteen 👏👏👏
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We were unlucky with our two runners
@sandownpark
yesterday but the day improved hugely at 7.45pm with the birth of the first of the 6th generation homebreds, a Diamond Boy filly ex Monega Pass (Blue Bresil ex Little Glenshee ex Harrietfield ex Lillie’s Brig ex Dysie Mary ex
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into owners and trainers bar after last race
@NewcastleRaces
for quick cup of tea before long journey home “sorry luv, you’re too late, just switched machine off” - I think connections deserve better
@arenaracingco
@RacehorseOwners
@RacingPost
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Thrilled with Elvis Mail winning in the grittiest style
@CarlisleRaces
today - he’s been such a wonderful horse to train
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The future with the past…. un-raced 4yo Eagles Cairn with retired 14yo stable stalwart Clan Legend. They seem inseparable having been turned out together despite being in a field of 15 horses. I find watching the way horses interact in a herd endlessly fascinating
#kinneston
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Pleased to report our old warrior Jet Master is back home, stiff and sore after a heavy fall at the last fence
@NewcastleRaces
today, a shame after running such a brave race but all that matters is he is back home tucking in and should be fine in a few days 🤞
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Lake View Lad is not at all sure about his
#ManeMatch
balloon but good mascot for the team breakfast! He had safely arrived
@AintreeRaces
🙏🙏🙏
#randoxgrandnational
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Well that was a bit rubbish, at least I was home quickly for my tea! Let’s hope we can set the record straight next year 🙏🙏🙏
#lakeviewlad
#VirtualGrandNational
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Huge excitement here at Kinneston this morning with return of Little Glenshee with her colt foal by Logician. Both looking wonderful and many thanks to
@shadeoakstud
- the journey starts here
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A happy party last night to celebrate the season - 35 winners from 226 runners, 24 individual winners, 56% placed, £336k pm, £1500 per runner - massive thanks to the Team, our fabulous Owners, Jockeys and all who made this possible! Sprightly 12yo Clan Legend below…
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Thanks to all asking re Lucy post fall on Friday, successful operation yesterday to stabilise vertebrae and is in good spirits today, massive thanks for excellent care from medics
@NewcastleRaces
& RVI and support from
@IJF_official
and
@BHAPressOffice
-
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Hello world.... six hour old daughter for Little Glenshee by Blue Bresil
#kinneston
#racehorses
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£89.5k prize money
@PerthRacecourse
on Sunday is exceptional in today’s world and whilst sad not to be represented delighted they are rewarded with 93 runners, support of
@bet365
and
@itvracing
much appreciated
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A sunny evening at Kinneston - tough life for these racehorses…
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Elvis Mail seems to be enjoying his massage from the wonderful Claudia this evening after his fall
@AintreeRaces
on Saturday
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Gaillimh a Stor seems absolutely fine after his first fence fall
@KelsoRacecourse
today - long laid plans can go astray very quickly in this game but if horse and rider are fine I’m still smiling - phew
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We were delighted with Stainsby Girl who flew round
@DoncasterRaces
yesterday leading to the 2nd last in the Yorkshire Rose Mares Hurdle, the class of the opposition cut in after that but she ran to the line and was just denied for 4th, she’s such a lovely mare to have in the
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Brilliant day for the yard with a treble and a good second
@ayrracecourse
- many thanks to our fantastic team of staff and owners who so deserve this success 👏👏👏🍾🍾🍾
#kinneston
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Lovely to have two of the new horses from
@goffs__uk
joining the herd on a beautiful sunny Scottish morning, hope they are happy to have landed up at Kinneston
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Lucy back home, fractured cheekbone so very swollen and sore but in good spirits and should be fine in a week or two
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Those that work in racing, worry about how much we pay our staff, worry about poor returns to owners should not lose sight of the fact that GVC Holdings, parent co of Ladbrokes and Coral raised its profit estimate for this year to £750m, an empire founded on our sport and labours
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A room with a view - 10yo chaser Niceandeasy, he is a chronic boxwalker so lives outside 24/7 all year. He has a shelter, a companion and when in to be ridden shares a barn with Clan Legend, he’s a happy horse who carries plenty of condition but doesn’t actually run any faster 😂
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An established part of our routine, the horses accept it and appear to enjoy chilling their limbs. It’s also beautifully simple and sustainable, merely diverting the old mill lade through a trough so it runs continually with ice cold spring water off the hill.
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So, after a month on the walker and two weeks back ridden our lovely 5yo Martaline mare Etoile d’Ecosse is still a whopping 644kg, does anyone know a heavier racehorse? Here she is doing what she does best...
#kinneston
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The green, green grass of the Kinneston mares’ field this morning
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Eloi du Puy home safe and happy after his narrow win
@KelsoRacecourse
this afternoon, I sort of know how he feels! The 7th winner in the last week for Team Kinneston, delighted and sincerely grateful to our wonderful owners and staff - thank you! 👏👏👏
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Over the moon that my 54yo brother won the aptly named Corinthian Spirit Hunter Chase Final
@KelsoRacecourse
today on the Kinneston trained Racing Pulse, when was the last time an older rider won a race under rules
@RacingPost
or anyone else that knows these things?
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Very proud of our four runners
@haydockraces
today, brave runs in deep ground to finish 3rd, 3rd, 3rd & 4th and of our top team of staff who were up at 4am to make it all happen . Last word to this chap though, Lake View Lad who ran a massive race to finish 3rd off top weight
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Lake View Lad attempting to stretch his legs this morning prior to heading to
@AintreeRaces
this afternoon- conditions far from ideal after 4 inches of snow overnight!
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As I work every day the only distinction between the days in lockdown appears to be the amount I allow myself to drink each evening. This evening I found myself drinking a pint of beer in the bath, this was never an aspiration but may well be repeated. I’ll spare you the photo
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The old warrior Ted Veale enjoying some Scottish mud this morning, delighted with his good 3rd
@NewcastleRaces
yesterday, for a brief moment I thought he would win..
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The end of a good week and things just got immeasurably better with this news,so pleased to read this, pray Harriet continues to progress 👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏
Harriet Bethell 'talking sense and remembering lots' after horror fall
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Immensely proud of our two brave mares, Stainsby Girl and Atlantic Dancer winning in gruelling conditions today
@NewcastleRaces
and
@UttoxeterRaces
- top effort from the whole team, many thanks to them all
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A lovely day
@KelsoRacecourse
and so proud of the Mail brothers, Ginger and Elvis finishing 2nd & 3rd, an emotional return to the racecourse for our two warriors of old Lake View Lad and Con Legend and then delighted that
@donaldmccain
&
@jimmyfyffe
won the Cyril Alexander
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Really pleased with this fellow as well, 3rd off top weight in a £20k handicap at the age of 12, the one and only Ted Veale
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The bravest of runs from Up Helly Aa King to finish 4th in the Veterans Series Final
@Sandownpark
this afternoon- very proud of him, rope ride from Bruce and perfectly prepped by Connie, thanks to everyone - seems fine after the race ⬇️
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