RIP Dandy Nicholls

very sad

Now that is a shock.R.I.P Dandy.

jesus what a shock

RIP thoughts to family

RIP. was he ill or was it a surprise.

r.i.p great trainer

was brilliant at his best..............the last few years were quite lean though

How cruel life is,King one minute, unwanted the next.Terrible news may he R.I.P. Thanks for the memories Dandy.

His last good one peaked yesterday at Epsom as well. Sovereign Debt of course.

RIP

Anaglog's Daughter twittering away.
Poor old Dandy. Was certainly a character.

Sad news.
Great memories of the sprinting legends Chaplins Club and Glencroft and their staggering number of sprint wins in a season .

You've got the wrong trainer 626!

What has caused his death? RIP Dandy!

You've got the wrong trainer 626!

I don't recall saying he trained them

Why mention them then?

No reason ....well apart from him being their and Soba's regular jockey .

he used to stay at same B&B in Ayr which I went to when he was a jockey, he loved the Ayr Gold Cup and had fantastic record there.  shame all the drama around him in recent years and sovereign debt on derby day a timely reminder of what he lost..

sixtwosix 04 Jun 17 11:54 Joined: 23 Jan 06 | Topic/replies: 15,698 | Blogger: sixtwosix's blog
No reason ....well apart from him being their and Soba's regular jockey

Fair play, you got me!

Not someone I ever warned to...wasn't he due a day in court .

warmed not warned

I believe so posy.

R.I.P

RIP

Is there a link anywhere to confirm this news?

Former jockey and trainer Dandy Nicholls, who was renowned for his training of sprinters, has died at the age 61.
Adrian Nicholls, his son, revealed his father had died in a tweet posted on social media just after 11am on Sunday. It read: “RIP dad love you always go have pint with Archie and Lynsay pat and Walter gutted doesn't come close.”
Nicholls was nicknamed the “Sprint King” during his illustrious training career. After beginning with just five horses, he scooped big races in Europe such as the Nunthorpe Stakes, the July Cup, the Prix de l'Abbaye and the Haydock Sprint Cup.
With the help of his wife, champion lady jockey Alex Greaves, he ended up with a string of more than 100 at his peak and he was also an expert in big-field handicaps.
Nicholls won the Ayr Gold Cup six times, sending out three winners in succession between 2000-02 from his base at Tall Trees Stables, near Thirsk.

http://www.racinguk.com/news/article/51797/sprint-king-dandy-nicholls-dies-a...

Thanks Sparrow, have just seen the announcement on RP site.

Shocked.

  Would always be Scanning the Ayr cups for his Entries ,RIP.

Being realistic - How did you decide which one of the 8 runners, in each version of the Ayr Cups, to back?

Y'know?
Such a strange reaction but my first thought was the angry ant, Gary Bardwell, another era of course. I wonder where he is now.

Gary breaks in Yearlings and two year olds for Godolphin, i believe..

Short retirement   :( no way to go ....Best Wishes RIP

Shame it ended bad for the guy.

I loved the way he decided what he was good at and stuck to it, a true specialist

Jun 4, 2017 -- 8:37AM, the bloob wrote:

I loved the way he decided what he was good at and stuck to it, a true specialist

Nice post bloob.

was dandy unwell,,,what happened,,rip

no need to speculate, he is dead, its undoubtedly sad for his family. Any causes or reasons for death will come out in the wash. His Son has spoke up for him as a mentor and Father so he had positive impacts personally as well as professionally. Anything else I don't know about, pre-trial speculation is just that,tittle tattle and ill informed gossip is a scourge in society. Its a sad day for his family and friends and 61 is no age.

Very sad news.

Strange I just thought of him yesterday as he won the last at Epsom on Derby day last year with Blaine.
Good jockey and a good trainer of sprinters not only at Ayr but Goodwood and Epsom as well. He also placed horses well in Claimers.

just for the record cps don't sent people for trial on tittle tattle and gossip

The guy Cost me a wheel barrow full of cash after 4 legs up on a lucky 31 all running on to one of his Fav's only for him to go and win it with one of his other horses at 14/1 and then smiling on Ch4 T.V. Declaring they were all on it him and his owners.

Nothing personal, Im sure he was a nice bloke especially when u knew which one of his 6 runners he was trying with.

are you joking, they want a 50% chance of jury conviction i.e 10 out 12 to believe their case. No idea if he has previous that didn't get to open Court but if so they can bring it all up, the not guiltys, the cases not proceeded with but they use previous witnesses, claimants to boost their claims as filibusters. That is the modern CPS, they believe in bad character and that there is no smoke without fire,its nothing to with overwhelming evidence or a complete lack of it.An absolute joke of an organistion that can make and break lives of innocents. Its what are the chances of conviction and many cases such as sex crimes get a green light to proceed even on flimsy evidence because women are apparently unfairly treated in society at home, at work and also in Court so the least the PC and Guardianista can do is get sex crimes heard in Court and allow a jury to determine the strength or weakness of the case. I could give you a personal case of discrimination and corruption but this isn't the arena. Life must be great in your Ivory tower.

R.I.P Dandy, very sudden and very sad.

there i a thread somewhere on the above subject, maybe best to dig it out and leave this thread for what it was supposed to be for

i agree Dealer and that was the point of my original post 15.57, sorry if I've offended or tarnished the post.

1st time poster..............couldn't help yourself.....you really are an odious character

if you thought jimmy Saville was anything but an odious man youre not living in the real world...........just about everyone knew he was a slimeball

don't bite

THERES women out there who were wating for a court case wont take kindly to be taken for gossips and tittle tsttle,they mightn have a different idea to who,s an odious man

rolf harris was convicted of sexual assault on a women years later he had an affair with........think money had a big part in that

the first winner I ever bet was a nicholls horse - merlins dancer at Doncaster. RIP dandy

ph.    04 Jun 17 15:57 
no need to speculate, he is dead, its undoubtedly sad for his family. Any causes or reasons for death will come out in the wash. His Son has spoke up for him as a mentor and Father so he had positive impacts personally as well as professionally. Anything else I don't know about, pre-trial speculation is just that,tittle tattle and ill informed gossip is a scourge in society. Its a sad day for his family and friends and 61 is no age.


Very well said ph.

61 yr old and dies in his sleep days before he's at crown court on a sexual assault charge..

wel i.

RIP Dandy,won me a few quid at Goodwood  Festival a few years back...I think the same horse won twice in the week.

Willie Shafter.
If you read the RP article Franny Norton said that Dandy had been in hospital for some time and had called him to say that he was home.

must be true if was reported by a newspaper then.

him and chapman were legends at getting sprinter ready rip

RIP old lad.

Racing has the highest suicide rate of all professions in the UK Willie.

mostly punters.

gut

I thought that was dentists ?

Vets Actually.

Could be facts, I know many of the racing ones aren't listed as most happen shortly after leaving the sport but in this town you do well to not hear of 1 at a minimum every week

Merlin's dancer was my old bosses horse.
He passed away a few years ago.
Sad when things you grew accustomed too become part of you past and memories.
Rip sprint king.

just for the record cps don't sent people for trial on tittle tattle and gossip

Yeah....

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/12144963/Commuter-who-walked-past-actress-at-Waterloo-station-cleared-of-bizarre-sex-assault-claim.html

gutfeeling - "Racing has the highest suicide rate of all professions in the UK"

95% of statistics are made up on the spot!  Without dismissing the problem, are you sure?

Very difficult to prove though it has been commented on for years that stable staff apparently are very much at risk. There have been a few more high profile ones,Eph Smith certainly,and I think his brother Doug. More recently others seem to have drunk themselves to death.
It used to be cricket that was thought to have a high level of suicides. There were enough for a quite well-known book ( the title of wehich escapes me )to have been written on the subject.

This might help you and he Salmon.  Quite recent data too!.  Hope you have time to spare.  I only posted because I thought the poster was guessing, as we all often do when quoting "stats".

Doctors
Dentists
Police
Vets

salmon spray • June 5, 2017 11:52 AM BST
Very difficult to prove though it has been commented on for years that stable staff apparently are very much at risk. There have been a few more high profile ones,Eph Smith certainly,and I think his brother Doug. More recently others seem to have drunk themselves to death.
It used to be cricket that was thought to have a high level of suicides. There were enough for a quite well-known book ( the title of wehich escapes me )to have been written on the subject.

Silence Of The Heart: Cricket Suicides by David Frith

That's the one TNM. I did read it years ago.

R I P Dandy .


Well remember him taking an old sprint handicapper around the paddock at Wolvo; (   c'94 Fibresand )...



Alex rode him to victory at odds of 10/1 !



He was bouncing after the event !

Remember Soba great horse  RIP Dandy

gutfeeling - "Racing has the highest suicide rate of all professions in the UK"

95% of statistics are made up on the spot!  Without dismissing the problem, are you sure?

Sorry to not answer sooner blackbarn only have been busy today and only just looked in, I was led to believe this was the case and read something along those lines online a while back but had a little look about before posting and only thing I can find is that major injuries are 12x higher in racing than the construction industry so it's highly possible I remembered this and posted incorrectly and I should've double checked before posting on this thread, Apologies for my mistake as I wasn't trying to be alarmist or mislead anyone with my comment.

will always remember denman

what Denman topped himself?

going skint (above post) - has got Paul Nichols (Denman trainer) - mixed up with Dandy Nicholls -

- either that - or he has a warped sense of humour.

what Denman topped himself?

made me laugh.

justgiving page and a statue? Inappropriate imo

Facts:
Doctors have head start when it comes to death.
https://www.pressreader.com/uk/daily-mail/20161206/282613147403204
Though not a Doctor my aunt had what she called her Big Pill. She had got from someone in one of the care services. She had been housebound for six years she told me that when the time was right she would take it with glass of brandy.
One Sunday five days before Christmas I had a call from her other nephew. He said the she was unconscious in hospital after a massive stroke. I asked how she had been found as she lived on her own. He said it was strange as she had dialled 999 and asked for an ambulance. When the paramedics arrived she was laying fully dressed on her bed even with her hat and coat on.
She died the next day but he did not believe me when I told him about the big pill.