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Sunday 9 August 2009

10th August 2009 Wolverhampton

2.30 EUROPEAN BREEDERS´ FUND MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(2yo) Winner £4,209 11 runners 5f216y
31 Woodenitbenice

3.00 GREAT OFFERS AT WOLVERHAMPTON-RACECOURSE.CO.UK SELLING STAKES (CLASS 6)(3yo+) Winner £2,047 12 runners 1m4f50y
90 New England
88 Terminate
88 Captain Flack

3.30 WOLVERHAMPTON-RACECOURSE.CO.UK NURSERY (CLASS 4)(2yo) Winner £4,533 10 runners 7f32y
88 Dixie Bright
87 Silver Symphony
79 Fasilight

4.00 STAY AT THE WOLVERHAMPTON HOLIDAY INN HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo+ 0-70) Winner £3,886 12 runners 7f32y
91 Ugenius
89 Commando Scott
89 Desert Streak

4.30 ENJOY THE LUCKY 7 GROUP OFFER MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(3yo) Winner £3,238 13 runners 5f20y
87 Silca Meydan
80 Island Legend
39 By The Wind

5.00 CARLSBERG EXPORT HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(4yo+ 0-60) Winner £2,388 13 runners 1m1f103y
88 Lytham
82 Stoic Leader
78 King Of Connacht

5.30 NAME A RACE TO ENHANCE YOUR BRAND APPRENTICE HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(4yo+ 0-65) Winner £2,388 10 runners 2m119y
88 Snowberry Hill
78 Lilac Wine
73 Swords
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10th August 2009 Southwell

2.15 LADIES DAY BOOK ON LINE MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(3yo+) Winner £4,209 13 runners 1m3f
89 Favours Brave
72 Eloise

2.45 DOCTOR STEPHEN WROE HALF CENTURY MAIDEN AUCTION STAKES (CLASS 4)(2yo) Winner £3,886 8 runners 6f
81 Duster
77 Mr Smithson
48 Sancho Panza

3.15 SOUTHWELL RACECOURSE FOR CONFERENCES HANDICAP (CLASS 3)(3yo+ 0-90) Winner £10,038 10 runners 1m4f
91 Crimson Mitre
88 Distinctive Image
88 Lochiel

3.45 MEMBERSHIP OF SOUTHWELL GOLF CLUB RACING HANDICAP (CLASS 4)(3yo 0-80) Winner £5,181 9 runners 7f
92 Swiss Art
91 Dance And Dance
90 George Thisby
90 Iron Out

4.15 SOUTHWELL-RACECOURSE.CO.UK HANDICAP (CLASS 3)(3yo+ 0-95) Winner £9,066 7 runners 5f
95 Luscivious
85 Xpres Maite
77 Figaro Flyer

4.45 LADIES DAY 16TH AUGUST HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo+ 0-70) Winner £2,590 11 runners 6f
93 First Blade
88 Yankee Storm
85 Realt Na Mara
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Horse Racing - Trip Down Memory Lane

As there is no AWT racing until Monday 13th I decided to do some research and while thumbing through some old racing books found an old page from Raceform which bought back a great memory from my past carefully folded within the pages.

How attractive a proposition was Pipssalio. Still a Maiden after 4 outings, its 3 outings as a 2yo read beaten 16 lengths in Class 5 3k Novice, beaten 16 lengths in a Class 6 2k Maiden, Beaten 14 lengths in a Class 4 3k Maiden. 1 outing as a 3yo beaten ½ length in a Class 4 4k Handicap. Looked to be way out of its depth being entered in a Class 3 14k Handicap. Pipssalio was 10lb out of the handicap and the jockey (Francis Norton) was putting up 2lb over weight.

My speed figures told me a different story. In fact I can remember being so bullish I was nailing my colours to the mast on all the forums and to the Raceform. This for me was the outstanding bet of the following day, the outstanding bet of the week and of the month. I went to bed unable to sleep with anticipation for the following day fully confident I would be making a lot of money. As soon as I got up on the day of the race I started checking the prices to ensure the tissue given the evening before was correct. Pipssalio was still 20-1.

The time of the race had arrived and in horror I watched as Pipssalio fell out of the stalls. By the time they had reached half-way in the 1 mile contest it was flat to the boards well adrift of the rest of the field with Franny Norton rowing away and beating the horse to death!

My feelings at the time were partly embarrassment due to the comments I had made on various forums , partly anger and all confidence in my ability to create meaningful speed figures gone in 60 seconds but being the eternal optimist still a slither of hope.

With 2 furlongs to go Pipssalio started to reduce the gap. With a furlong to go the rest of the field started to paddle and Pipssalio appeared to have sprouted wings and was closing on the leaders at an unbelievable rate. As they flashed passed the post Franny Norton had driven Pipssalio between the two leaders to make a three way photo finish. Even though I believed Pipssalio had got there it was going to be on the nod. Pipssalio got the verdict beating 2nd Everest by a short-head who in turn had beaten 3rd Tumbleweed Tor by a short-head.

That is the margin of winning and losing. The difference between the feeling of abject failure and believing you can walk on water.