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Saturday 26 September 2009

26th September 2009 Kempton

5.45 PANORAMIC BAR & RESTAURANT MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 5)(3yo+) Winner £2,590 13 runners 1m2f
100.0% Meyyal 3rd 4-1
99.3% Mistoffelees
98.8% Dramatic Jewel

6.15 BOOK KEMPTON TICKETS ON 0844 579 3008 HANDICAP (CLASS 6)(3yo+ 0-65) Winner £2,047 14 runners 1m2f
101.5% Hits Only Cash
101.4% Resplendent Ace
100.6% Apotheosis 3rd 5-1

6.45 MIX BUSINESS WITH PLEASURE HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo 0-70) Winner £2,590 14 runners 1m2f
101.0% Foxtrot Charlie
100.7% Hip Hip Hooray
100.1% The Dial House 3rd 33-1

7.15 LEVY BOARD CONDITIONS STAKES (CLASS 3)(3yo+) Winner £7,353 10 runners 1m2f
103.0% Acclaimed
102.9% Philatelist
102.1% Heliodor 1st 14-1
102.1% King Of Rome
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26th September 2009 Kempton (Cont’d)

7.45 BUY A £10,000 RACING POST BONUS YEARLING MEDIAN AUCTION MAIDEN STAKES (CLASS 6)(2yo) Winner £2,047 14 runners 1m
100.5% Temple Queen
98.0% Belle Zorro
97.2% Foxtrot Delta

8.15 SUBSCRIBE TO RACING UK CLAIMING STAKES (CLASS 6)(2yo) Winner £2,047 12 runners 6f
100.2% Stef And Stelio Non Runner
100.1% Saxby 1st 6-1
99.6% Diamond Laura
99.6% Lady Pattern 3rd 7-2

8.45 DAY TIME, NIGHT TIME, GREAT TIME CLAIMING STAKES (CLASS 6)(3yo+) Winner £2,047 12 runners 6f
101.2% Mutamared
101.0% Fromsong
100.9% Swinbrook

9.15 KEMPTON.CO.UK HANDICAP (CLASS 5)(3yo+ 0-70) Winner £2,590 14 runners 7f
101.9% Millfield 2nd 8-1
101.2% Satwa Star
101.2% Support Fund
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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.