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Tuesday 1 September 2009

2nd September 2009 Lingfield

2.50 TAGWORLDWIDE.COM NOVICE STAKES (CLASS 5)(2yo) Winner £3,238 9 runners 7f
89 Ramamara 3rd 13-2

3.20 ARROWS REMOVALS OF LONDON HANDICAP (DIV I) (CLASS 6)(3yo 0-65) Winner £1,706 11 runners 7f
88 Vamos
83 Super Fourteen
82 Flamsteed

3.50 ARROWS REMOVALS OF LONDON HANDICAP (DIV II) (CLASS 6)(3yo 0-65) Winner £1,706 10 runners 7f
88 Artesium
88 Baby Josr
86 Sultans Way

4.20 GP LONDON SELLING STAKES (CLASS 6)(2yo) Winner £2,047 12 runners 6f
78 New York Lights
77 Belinsky 1st 4-5
77 Mind The Monarch

4.50 DORMANSLAND HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo 0-70) Winner £3,238 11 runners 6f
92 Desert Streak
91 Hatman Jack
89 Agnes Love 3rd 14-1
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2nd September 2009 Kempton

5.50 GROOMED TO PERFECTION, THE KIA SOUL HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo 0-75) Winner £2,590 12 runners 1m2f
91 Supernoverre
88 Haafhd Time
87 Mayolynn

6.20 EUROPEAN BREEDERS´ FUND MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(2yo) Winner £3,562 12 runners 6f
80 Barlaman 3rd 2-1
69 Rain On The Wind
59 Calm Storm

6.50 DIGIBET CASINO MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(3yo+) Winner £2,590 14 runners 7f
85 Dom Polski
67 Moojeh 1st 33-1

7.20 DIGIBET NURSERY (CLASS 6)(2yo 0-65) Winner £2,047 14 runners 1m
86 Sultan´s Choice
81 Sixpenny Moon
80 Yawary

7.50 DIGIBET.COM CLAIMING STAKES (CLASS 6)(3yo) Winner £2,047 12 runners 1m
92 Head Down
91 Sunshine Always 1st 4-5
90 Statute Book

8.20 LEVY BOARD HANDICAP (CLASS 4)(3yo 0-80) Winner £4,727 14 runners 1m
92 Striding Edge 2nd 14-1
91 Indian Art
91 Kiss A Prince

8.50 FAREWELL AND HAPPY RETIREMENT DAVE DENNIS HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(3yo+ 0-65) Winner £2,047 12 runners 6f
91 Mr Skipiton
87 Rebecca De Winter
81 Cativo Cavallino 1st 7-1

9.20 WEATHERBYS BLOODSTOCK INSURANCE APPRENTICE HANDICAP (ROUND 10) (CLASS 6)(3yo+ 0-60) Winner £2,047 14 runners 1m3f
90 Inquisitress
89 Medieval Maiden
89 Transformer
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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.