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Horse Names on Chit Chat.
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Soba posts mainly on horse racing but I'm sure has posted in the wonderland that is chit chat in the past. The dinosaurs on here will remember that wonderful filly.
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A regular punter of mine had Soba for the Stewards Cup as the final leg of a £40 treble.
He had Italy to win the WC at a massive price, poss 40s, after they had drawn their first 2 group matches. Can't remember the third selection but Soba was a massive doubt (injured in training I think) and the punter was never off the phone to the stables begging them to run the horse. |
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I think Orchardist, used to, many, many moons ago.
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The Mighty Mac was a wonderful front-running Michael Dickinson-trained 2 1/2-mile chaser of the early 1980s.
One of the best jumpers of a fence I've seen. Not just spectacular, but fast and efficient too. |
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Actually, thinking about it, Michael's mother Monica might have held the licence by the time The Mighty Mac won the Cathcart. Would have to get up to find the Form Book, so will look it up when I need a cup of tea.
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That would be round about the time I started betting, but I never was keen on the jumps...hey, as far as I'm concerned, CATS jump and HORSES run...
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Big Bad Joel was running yesterday.
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Aka, do you remember a guy called Ernie from Clydebank - he was on CH4 and in the Daily Record...he had a bad stammer...he did an ante-post bet on four horses, and he won about £250,000 for a £10 or £20 accie...he got terrific odds on four horses that went off favourites...Shadeed and Oh So Sharp for the Guineas...and he already had the winners of the Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup, probably...?
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It doesn't ring any bells Vel.
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Naw...must have dreamt it...
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Thanks for the tip, Aka...I'm now totally compromised, having backed Blue Something of Ibrox - I'm sitting here wearing an orange and blue T-shirt...a disgrace...
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I know the feeling. I bet one of the cartoon variety called Chris Sutton and was sing it's a grand old team to play for for weeks.
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My fav Rangers song is "How Can You Buy Willie Waddell?" I like that one - nice sentiment...
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I love Every other Saturday but just because of the line Me and my wee pal Joe.
Always reminds me of Joe on here. You remember him? Claimed he was a die hard Celtic supporter but was always playing the Rangers up. |
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I didn`t win the big one but like screaming stated, nobody could jump as well as I could
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A double agent...there was a guy on the Radio Clyde phone-in the other night claiming to be a Celtic fan..."As a Sellik fan, ah cannae wait furra Rainjurs tae get back tae the tap division..." - but he gave the game away - it was MISTER this and MISTER that - Mister Ashley, Mister King, Mister McCoist...too much RESPECT for the "bosses" -
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For the record, Arthur Goodwill got his nickname when he turned up on the first day of his apprenticeship (aged 17) with a violin case among his luggage.
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at vels post |
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Mac the hoss just ran out of petrol...that was a smashin' race...Mac, I can't tell if you're kidding!?
 About the violin... |
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Lot on the racing forum. Wild Man From Borneo and Redundant Punter (best tipster on BF) stand out. Oh and Salsabil aka Twizzle
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Is that true Mac ?
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Boxingthefox - you get one of these calls every night - the Celtic fans kid on they're Rangers fans and go, "I've supported Rangers STAUNCHLY since the days when John Greig wiz the boss...ah'm a LOYAL fan but noo ah joost cannae take any mer -- noo, oan a Saturday, ah joost take ma kids, Billy and Elizabeth, tae the ICE HOCKEY..."
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Vel - 100% True about the young Fiddler Goodwill
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Just thought he was a bit of a villain
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That's a great story - such a cracking name for a trainer.
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Vel, my 2 best mates, (God forgive me
) are from the Glasgow "divide" great company together except when they have just returned from a visit "Hame" |
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Used to follow his horses, Piggott never rode for him when I was backing his horses then one day he was on a horse called Creamline I had a decent bet on it & it romped home
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Fiddler Goodwill`s yard
http://www.britishpathe.com/video/apprentice-jockeys/query/6301 |
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Must be something in the air, Boxingthefox.
I just avoided Piggott as a jockey. I backed Cutting Blade for the Coventry when he was a trainer for a short-lived period...I've been told a thousand times how my Grandad (a Rangers fan  ) backed Never Say Die at 100/1 for the Derby, and he did the double with a French filly for the Oaks -- but Fluorescence (or Fluorescent) -- was scratched just before the Oaks.There's a terrific book out just now about Never Say Die, linking the horse to the Beatles - Pete Best's mother won a lot on money on Never Say Die and bought a large house, enabling the Beatles to practice...Singer sewing machine millionaire owned Never Say Die...a terrific book. |
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Never Say Die`s Derby
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I bought a nice print of Never Say Die and Lester - he wore claret and blue silks - I was going to paint a copy, but I never got round to it...all the 1960s Derbies are on YouTube now, most of them in colour...British Pathe...
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I think Never Say Die was the first American bred to win the Derby...? He ushered in a new era...
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Velasquez - Did you know that Robert Sterling Clark, owner of Singer as you mentioned, was also a huge art collector, particularly of Renoir but also others great artists including Goya and of course Degas (famous for his racehorse paintings) but sadly not Gradl.
Clark and his wife set up the Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute in Williamstown, Mass. in 1955. Google the museum for more info.  |
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Iroquois was the first American-bred to win Derby in 1881
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Really? I read the book about 4 months ago, Mac...requested it from the local library...I'll have to read it again. It's a strange book as it covers all this different ground. Men wouldn't let sewing machines into their houses as they thought it would be too dangerous for women. There was stuff about patents and fortunes being won and lost.
I think Clark might have owned the building (at one time) where John Lennon died? Not sure about this...but Pete Best wrote the foreword for the book - his mother even pawned her jewellery to back Never Say Die - she went "all-in". It's an odd book as the author makes all these strange connections. Will check out that museum for sure... |
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Mac - was Never Say Die the first American bred to win since Iroquois? There are chapters in the book about Vincent O'Brien, Sangster, the Arabs in the 80s and 90s, etc...stuff about Northern Dancer too...it's not a typical racing book, as the author links American culture to the music scene, as well as the racing world...Robert Sterling Clark had a huge estate somewhere, but I can't remember if it was in England or France...
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11,000 people employed by Singer in Clydebank...Wiki mentions a patent war...will have to get this book out again...another good read is WILD RIDE, about Alydar and a baking powder dynasty...
 ...and a terrible fate for Alydar...fraud, etc...shockin'... |
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Yes Velasquez, first since 1881. Here is the Clark Museum website and history which you may find interesting
http://www.clarkart.edu/About/History |
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Ta, Mac.
Sewing machines and baking powder, eh? |