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Now that was painful!

It would be inappropriate these days for an interviewer to be trying to skewer Pat Smullen. What would be the point? As it was the format of the interview encouraged him to speak more freely than he...

Agreed DO. But how many interviewers would even dare suggest such questions to certain jockeys?

Well I can’t imagine Sir Anthony, or even Ruby, taking kindly to being asked to discuss what they thought were their worst rides. How long would it be before either would start asking Blake how many...

The link below is to an entertaining and very honest interview done recently by Pat Smullen with Kevin Blake. I can think of certain other jockeys who wouldn’t have taken kindly to Kevin’s line of...

This weekend’s Irish Field has as an extract from the new book, Who Was Who in Irish Racing, which gives a bit more detail on the brawl between Eddie Dempsey, rider of Caughoo, winner of the 1947...

This is a piece about Bernard Dillon, the Derby-winning jockey and husband of music hall star Marie Lloyd. The comparison with Posh and Beckham is fatuous but overall it’s an interesting read:
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And where is Florida Pearl?

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Happy Birthday!

Any idea what 'recorded' means in this context, DG? They didn't even have cine cameras in those days.

I think you're a bit previous, PJ. Surely it was after Christmas?

Painful looking fall, by the way.

Epsom and Cheltenham on the same day, I'm glad they sorted that one out.

And there was me thinking that in 1947 the winter was so severe that the whole of Britain and Ireland was under 25 ft of snow until the end of July

Rest in peace

They'd never get away with that name nowadays.

Many thanks to both of you, DG and Eddie

There's nothing like it when they win on debut, it gives you licence to dream, for a little while at least.

Speaking of the Peterborough Chase, what's happened to it?

And Johnny Murtagh had a treble that day, with Namid taking the Abbaye for John Oxx and Petruschka the Opera for Michael Stoute.

The real story of the race was in the sectional times, which were fascinating

Sunday racing started less than 30 years ago!

It is now very much more popular than Saturdays in Ireland but not in the UK. It's handy for those of us trying to follow the best of racing in both...

Nine Derbies in his first 100 winners!

It'a pity the French don't send horses to the Irish Derby anymore. Maybe the prize fund needs a boost.

No no, it was the horse as well. :)


The story goes that there was a parade through the city centre when Orby was taken back to Dublin, and an old woman in the crowd grabbed Boss Croker by the...

I doubt whether anyone on here can outdo that as a piece of aftertiming. :)