john upson .

think he just made his money elsewhere an does it for a hobby.

nick the brief days are long gone.

santa , thats the one i was trying to remember .

i folowed one over the cliff of his called askinfarney was supposed to be good but was effin useless!

always a big cigar and dressed like a city gent struck me it was a bit of a hobby, might be wrong though - Zeta's Boy ?

yes hes had a few good ones years ago. robbie supple used to ride a lot of them. hes a starter now.

zeta's lad before charlie brooks

Following the fiasco of the void Grand Nat he said that it was a joke and that even in a simple country like Ireland they do it properly.

I don't think he's had a winner since - nor been to the Emerald Isle!

did he train suny bay once?

Built Milton Keynes

Zeta's Lad days are gone, robbed of the chance of winning a National by animal activists.

?

Some obligation

Yes he did.

Construction tycoon Erostin Group I think.

Tharr an Bharr and Over The Road.

2 b fair to john he could get them ready for a touch back in the day

over zealous...echoes of dawn

worth followin at toaster

fell out with cohen i seem to recall

dont need the money then , lucky he's not relying on strolling vagabond to bring home the bacon :)

Didn't it all go t.up after the bomb scare at Aintree?

Once trained Suny Bay- if he'd kept it (instead of it going to Chas Brookes) he could have made it.

Memorable also for (I think) coining a phrase that I use a lot.

When his business went tlts-up, he said

"Well, it started raining, and unfortunately the bank wanted its umbrella back"....

Very Very Ordinary ran in a Gold Cup i think?

yeah the beast i'd forgot about him as well :(

Live on TV, told the starter of the void National that he'd "see him in court."

Never did, of course.

Trained for the Cohens but I think he fell out with them.

the beast, yeah, lived up to his name in 93 or 94 Gold Cup. Called Ireland a backward little country after void national (he actually meant it as a compliment!!!!!)l, and that was more or less that for him.

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