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Wednesday 26 August 2009

27th August 2009 Lingfield

3.50 LASHINGS WORLD XI MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 6)(2yo) Winner £2,047 12 runners 6f
75 Almadaa
69 Flotate

4.20 JACKSBRIDGE NURSERY (CLASS 5)(2yo 0-75) Winner £2,730 14 runners 7f
91 Lucky Rave 1st 7-2
89 Russian Davis
88 Poppy N´Penny

4.50 FORD MANOR ROAD HANDICAP (CLASS 4)(3yo+ 0-80) Winner £5,181 11 runners 6f
92 Comadoir
92 Whiskey Junction
90 Onceaponatime
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27th August 2009 Southwell

2.30 EBF BUY A RACING POST YEARLING BONUS CANDIDATE MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(2yo) Winner £4,209 11 runners 1m
66 Hairs Vital
16 Man In The Mirror

3.00 SOUTHWELL GOLF CLUB JUNIOR MEMBERS NURSERY (CLASS 6)(2yo 0-65) Winner £2,730 14 runners 5f
83 Diamond Affair
76 Usquaebach 3rd 17-2
69 Rightcar

3.30 SOUTHWELL MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(3-4yo) Winner £3,071 9 runners 6f
89 Positivity 3rd 7-1
58 Meydan Style
58 Abu Derby

4.00 DINE IN THE QUEEN MOTHER RESTAURANT HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo+ 0-70) Winner £3,886 14 runners 5f
92 Figaro Flyer 2nd 8-1
91 Spic ´n Span
88 Yankee Storm 3rd 9-1
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27th August 2009 Southwell (Cont'd)

4.30 MEMBERSHIP OF SOUTHWELL GOLF CLUB HANDICAP (CLASS 3)(3yo+ 0-90) Winner £9,347 14 runners 1m
93 Beauchamp Viceroy
90 Rainbow Mirage 3rd 11-2
85 Tartan Gunna
85 Xpres Maite 2nd 18-1

5.00 PLAY GOLF BEFORE RACING AT SOUTHWELL HANDICAP (CLASS 4)(3yo 0-80) Winner £6,476 6 runners 2m
93 Veiled 3rd 6-4
87 Curacao
78 Dark Oasis

5.30 SOUTHWELL-RACECOURSE.CO.UK APPRENTICE HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(3yo+ 0-60) Winner £2,590 14 runners 1m3f
94 Altos Reales
94 Credential Withdrawn
86 Noah Jameel 2nd 16-1
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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.