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No,Jackie Emmanuel,he'd be 70ish now if hes still around,i'm sure you'll know him when I see you,Bernard Hough knew him.
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Mark was a very good jockey. He could have got a good job in Newmarket but of course Easterby was a very good job in the North. Hell of a rick getting off Sea Pigeon.It just shows us there are just some horses you never get off whatever the weights.
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extract below and article http://www.gazettelive.co.uk/sport/other-sport/birch-rides-high-ryans-express-3844452, the great british weather played a part
However, there was an ironic twist of fate when Sea Pigeon won the Ebor at York in 1979. "The boss (Peter Easterby) was also running No Bombs," said Birch. "No Bombs was the better on fast ground, which looked likely, and as he was a bit naughty at the stalls it was better that I rode him rather than a jockey who did not know him. "So Jonjo O'Neill rode Sea Pigeon." The unpredictable British weather dealt Birch a cruel hand, and he added with a wry smile: "We had a torrential downpour at lunchtime and the ground went against No Bombs. "We finished last. That's racing, but you always think what might have been, because I won the Gimcrack on Sonnen Gold the same afternoon. "It would have been some day if I had ridden Sea Pigeon too, but at least I had my turn in the Ebor when I won it on Protection Racket two years later." |
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Like most of us ( SP 18/1 )he probably didn't think Sea Pigeon could win under 10 stone. The horse certainly didn't need soft ground.
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Never realised he was from Chadderton. It's just up the road from me.
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Having won two Chester Cups on Sea Pigeon, it deed seem surprising that Birchy jocked himself off such a good horse come the Ebor for No Bombs. He seemed to accept it gracefully though. I wonder if NB won when he encountered his preferred fast ground. RIP Mark Birch.
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This ride on Able Albert
. https://youtu.be/ys0Lb4SL_OI |
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Just been reading about No Bombs and seemingly he was the horse that won at Ascot by 8 lengths but was subsequently disq for banned substances. Apparently, the horse had been fed a 20 pence Mars bar that ultimately cost connections over £4k.
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just watched able albert, remember on the day shouting at the tv that it had won whilst the commentator was already reading out the one on the other side, however it does look much closer now!
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mully
hope you have paid a visit to the indish as you sound pretty local to it. |
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Mars bars - theobromine increase
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