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    Sad news about Paul Barber. A mainstay of Jumps...

    Sad news about Paul Barber. A mainstay of Jumps owners pretty-much since I first started following racing. RIP.
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    One of the voices of the Grand National when I...

    One of the voices of the Grand National when I was growing-up - John Hanmer - has passed away at age 82.
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    Dreadful news.

    Dreadful news.
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    What a shame. He had a bundle of horses with Jim...

    What a shame. He had a bundle of horses with Jim Old when I first got into racing 30 years ago. RIP.
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    Real shame. RIP.

    Real shame. RIP.
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    Magalen Bryant; owner of an impossible number of...

    Magalen Bryant; owner of an impossible number of top-class French jumpers, has passed away at age 93.
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    Tragic news about Liam Treadwell. Such a terrible...

    Tragic news about Liam Treadwell. Such a terrible shame.
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    Really sad to hear the news of Peter Beaumont's...

    Really sad to hear the news of Peter Beaumont's passing. Like Tiggers, Jodami was a real favourite of mine, not long after I started watching racing.
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    Such a beautiful post, moehat. Thank you. In...

    Such a beautiful post, moehat. Thank you.

    In all the years I’ve followed racing, if there was one trainer I wanted success to rain down on, it was Malcolm Jefferson. So cruel that he has been...
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    Brutal

    Brutal
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    Richard Woollacott, trainer of Beer Goggles and...

    Richard Woollacott, trainer of Beer Goggles and Lalor, has passed away this morning, at age of only 40.

    Far too young to be taken. RIP
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    So sorry to hear about this, Jinny. Hope you are...

    So sorry to hear about this, Jinny. Hope you are bearing-up OK.

    That's a great - if bitter-sweet - story. :(
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    What a shame.

    What a shame.
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    What a nasty business.

    What a nasty business.
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    He also won the King George, Ardross.....wasn’t...

    He also won the King George, Ardross.....wasn’t my intention to name all the races he’d won! :cool:
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    The Marquesa de Moratalla - owner of King George...

    The Marquesa de Moratalla - owner of King George winners The Fellow and (originally) First Gold, and Grande-Steep winners Ucello and Ubu has passed away, aged 87.
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    That's a real shame. The executors will have...

    That's a real shame.

    The executors will have a few good horses to disperse.
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    Sorry to hear that.......she was more-or-less the...

    Sorry to hear that.......she was more-or-less the Number One trainer in the North, when I first started watching racing (Arthur Stephenson finished-up within a season or two of my first taking an...
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    Great stuff, Colm.

    Great stuff, Colm.
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    I saw the last 3 furlongs of CL's Gold Cup win on...

    I saw the last 3 furlongs of CL's Gold Cup win on Facebook earlier today. The most striking thing about the footage is how amateurish the jockey's look, compared to today's pilots.

    That's not to...
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