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Awful. Condolences to family, friends and everyone connected.

Very sad news, sympathy to the Tizzard family. RIP

http://www.irishracing.com/news?headline=Tributes-pour-in-following-the-passing-of-Peter-Beaumont&prid=208061

Paddy Broderick on Night Nurse, Tommy Kinane on Monksfield. Both jockeys were unfashionable but they gave us some epic races on two of the best hurdlers ever.

Cash was king. The most stylish and sympathetic jockey you ever saw, who rode in Ireland for a great stable but at the wrong time, when it was going into decline. I thought he really brightened up...

Oops :lol:

Ah well, it's worth repeating

There's another story about Mick O'Toole that I liked. He was with a group of friends when somebody mentioned that a common acquaintance of theirs had died.
"Will anyone be going to the funeral?",...

From Brian O'Connor's blog on irish-racing.com:



RIP

Tommy Wade, famous Irish show jumper of the 1960s, has died. The excuse for mentioning him on this site is that he had a brief spell as a bookie, as this interesting obituary explains:
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May your father rest in peace and thanks for sharing.

https://www.theirishfield.ie/noel-obrien-loses-brave-battle-for-life-332687/

Sad news indeed. A very good trainer and one of racing's more likeable characters, his frequent and successful visits to Ireland were always welcome.

There was a minute's silence for Nick Coen this afternoon at Leopardstown.

https://www.theguardian.com/sport/2017/jan/12/brian-fletcher-grand-national-winning-jockey-red-rum

From driving a taxi to being champion trainer. Fantastic.

Yes, and for plenty of us it's not that long ago.

Francis Flood trained Glencaraig Lady, one of only a handful of mares to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1972. L'Escargot was going for a hat trick but was gone after clouting the second last and a...