Posted by:
PNicholls
on May 1, 2012 at 09:26:51 AM
I would just like to take this opportunity to thank all the readers of my column on what has been a rollercoaster season for Ditcheat. I hope you have enjoyed the ride here on Betfair with me.
When I look back, it has been one of the most frustrating - yet most enjoyable - seasons of my career.
But the overwhelming emotion is one of pride in the horses, and winning another trainers' championship.
For Kauto Star to come back and win the Betfair Chase and King George was remarkable, and many people sadly lost sight of the fact that Neptune Collonges' win in the Grand National was one of the best of all time, carrying so much weight and in such a fast time. And as an 11yo, too. It many ways that was the performance, and race, of the season.
And then there was Big Buck's' record-breaking...