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    Now that is so true, Grassy, so true. You are a man speaking to me from the heart. That is to say, we tomatoes do have this kind of problem arising from time to time. We should be focussing on the here and the now, not the maybe, the to be, the could be, and wasting our time on what isn't and couldn't and won't be. It is a lesson that from the time of Ruth, or maybe even the time before Ruth, for all that I know, we should be learning. But we ain't, being mere tomatoes and therefore prized for many attributes, but not what is known in some circles as our attention spans.
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    Furthermore to your point, Krizon, I am duty bound to give a large hello to such sentiments as these, for - as sentiments go anyhow - they seem sound. It is well known by one and all that live in the Forties, that a dude wants a pancake who can throw a decent shape at Zeigfelds, or deal some tasty goulash off her sleeve, rather than any kind of a gabber.

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    Hereto and moreover, time and chance may come and go, indeed particularly go in the case of some of those wedgey ones at Leopardstown these days gone, but with stand-up guys like your goodself and Rebel Yell Rory, we are providing the fine folks of this forum a little cheer in these cold and frosty times. Which is to say, a good Runyon for their money.
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    Kri, Eclipse don't pay, Si wants to see greenbacks!!!

    Anyways, Si will be pleased to hear that there were no 'Tales from the Scales' today - but we were entertained throughout the afternoon by VC and his 108 out-takes making new adverts.

    Oh, and how about featuring Noodles?!?!?
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    Thanks Krizon, my spelling mistakes have been corrected, thanks. And yes you are correct, my stuff in 'Racing Ahead' is an account and not just one story from the day as the others are. The reason being, the others were written mainly for people that don't care about racing but just wanted something fun to read in the local paper. No greenbacks for this one SL they didn't use it, don't know why. Noodles, punter DV and several bookies have appeared in the past. Not to mention the old favs Armaloft and Balertwine.

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    Ah yes, had already spotted the guest appearances of Armaloft and Balertwine, hadn't spotted any appearances by the legendary Noodles though, apologies.
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    In the Racing Ahead stories, not the ones posted.

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    I don't remember Armaloft (great name, very Dickensian), but Armaloft and Balertwine should become much more known - can you feature them more, Simon? And, listen, any comments are 'cos you asked for them and offered only positively - it's not serious critiquey stuff. We leave that for the 'Lay of the Day' section!
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    Krizon I am more than happy with your comments, I genuinely appreciate them, the blogs are up there for the world to see so any corrections/improvements I can make all the better for me. Ha ha saving £25 for proof reading is handy too!

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    Another trip down memory lane, Oliver Carter does it again.

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    Paul Nicholls has a treble, Jabiru wins the hunter chase, there is a case of mistaken identity in the ring and there are just too many tenners in the bag at Taunton Races in 2005.

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    Very likeable, Simon!
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    Big Shaun, the golfers and the gamble. Another true story from Exeter late 2006.

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    Nice, neat, snappy wee story, Simon. I like 'Miracle in Mind'!
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    True story too!

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    http://wp.me/p1dLbd-1n The Betting Ring's answer to Victor Meldrew and six winning favourites (2002)

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    Simon re your article on the Newbury Totesport meeting in the March issue of Racing Ahead, the photo accompanying the article and captioned " No joy on Ruby Walsh's face after Al Ferof's ( the horse which won the first race)victory" is not really relevant given Ruby wasn't race riding at that time and is obviously an old photo.

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    Hi Diamond Geezer, I have no control over that photo or the caption, though the one of the bookies was taken by me on the day. It is a bit of a glaring one though, would be best to email the magazine and point that out. There were one or two 'typos' in the text too, we all have off days I'm assuming the editor did too.

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    http://wp.me/p1dLbd-1B Cheltenham Betting Ring 2011 (Part)

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