We went to Aintree on Saturday to show our four children the track and the fences. We joked that we needed to do it before the race became a flat race. A few interesting points for me included the very fact that for the next generation the race was not the centre of their TV world. Where us adults had recited commentary and knew the Andy Pandys and Spanish Steps’s as if they were our own,...
The days are winging by and the breeding season is at a peak. The new Flat season is here and to a devotee of “speed” racing that makes NOW the best time of all. HRH Princess Anne visited in early March. We had hoped she would visit in 2010 but the ash cloud prevented that. One of her many achievements was to help with the creation of the Riding for the Disabled charity ...
Mallory: “Sam, don’t play dumb with me!” Sam: “Mallory, I AM dumb, I sometimes play clever” The West Wing @dredvers has accused Osblog of posing too many questions and not enough answers. It is flattering that the great nobleman needs answers, although I am sure he just wants confirmation of what he already knows – everything. ...
The race of the season so far was probably the intervarsity quiz at Expo 2012 where we saw the INS students fall short by one point to overhaul the NUIM team. We breathed a sigh of relief that our students were not entrusted with the first prize of €500, since we are sure it was not going to be spent on reams of paper or print cartridges. Alarmingly, when a picture of yours truly was ...
Coming from the great state of Indiana (USA), my interest in horses began at a very young age as I was brought up riding and showing both hunt seat and western equitation. It wasn’t until my parents purchased their first thoroughbred broodmare, nearly ten years ago, that I became interested in horseracing and captivated by the art and science behind breeding a raceho...
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