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    Mr David Maxwell

    Riding very well these past few weeks this man is trying to become champion amateur.
    Anyone know him or anything about him ?
    Just curious, i remember George Sloan c1980 and of course Brod Munro Wilson trying something similar a year or two later.
    This guy is quite stylish .

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    Zissa wind-up????????
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    He is well spoken anyway
    Some people say he’s the best since Arkle and that’s certainly true when you look at what he’s done

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    From Northern Ireland - made his money in property -buys very good horses to run in hunter chases where he frequently misjudges the pace.

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    Fair play to him...

    “I have no talent whatsoever, I just work incredibly hard at it,” said the 40-year-old. “I am addicted, really. As we get older, some men have a mid-life crisis, some guys buy faster racing bikes or whatever. I have just bought more horses to ride.”

    https://www.telegraph.co.uk/racing/2...-living-dream/

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    He had a nasty fall yesterday.

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    He's improved beyond recognition this past year or so. On a better class of horse but not making the boo boos he has in the past.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Desert Orchid View Post
    Zissa wind-up????????
    I thought he rode a lovely race to coax Shantou Flyer into 2nd in the Foxhunters.
    "And still they gazed and still the wonder grew. That one small head could carry all he knew.

    And that small head knew that Impaire Et Passe would win the Champion Hurdle."

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    Quote Originally Posted by an capall View Post
    I thought he rode a lovely race to coax Shantou Flyer into 2nd in the Foxhunters.
    Indeed.

    Coincidentally, I got round to rating Friday's races last night.

    As ever, I tried to be as objective about the reliability of the form lines as possible but it's looking like Shantou Flyer ran fully 20lbs shy of my previous mark for him. Even allowing for a degree of margin for error, that's a huge negative on any horse.

    I watched the race again. It made me wonder if it goes through a horse's mind that it has a good or bad jockey aboard. Maybe jinnyj will know. I reckon horses are intelligent beasts and would know in that they must surely 'enjoy' (Phil Bull will be spinning in his grave at the idea) meeting fences on a good stride rather than fiddling them or meeting them plain wrong. It must be like the difference between following a good driver in traffic than a plonker who doesn't read the road well (or for that matter sitting as a passenger in a car driven by such a plonker).

    Anyway. 20lbs at the Foxhunters trip is about 27 lengths. That's how far Shantou Flyer would have won on his best form. That's why it was my biggest bet of the entire week. Fortunately I had the sense to go each-way because of my reservations about the nature of the race.
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    Fortunately I had the sense to go each-way because of my reservations about the nature of the race.[/QUOTE]

    The great Capt Ryan Price once said "it's a good thing,back it EW,the horse wont make a mistake,but the jockey might".

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