Another thread for JJ about a race horse. :wah:
Today's 1.55 race from Thirsk.
None of you however will ever know just why I am so excited about entrant number 9
There are thousands of race horses In training...
Unraced, two year old colt.
If he takes after his namesake and wins, I may just jump for joy.
Got to have a punt each way.
https://gg.com/racing/03-may-2014/thirsk-1355
Come on boy... you have one hell of a legend to live up to In your name.
He lives on...
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The race just got under way.
How did he do, this 2 year old unraced Colt making his debut ?
Oh the Irony of the title of my thread....
30 plus years on, It could not have been more fitting.... did he emulate his namesake ?
Well Yes, but not In a winning way.
He refused to enter the stalls and start... History repeated. :yh_rotfl
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I shall explain further later. But I have feeling this boy Is going to have a special place In my heart as his namesake. Welcome to the world of ' Mad Moose;, Battle Group, and your name sake boy.
How did he do, this 2 year old unraced Colt making his debut ?
Oh the Irony of the title of my thread....
30 plus years on, It could not have been more fitting.... did he emulate his namesake ?
Well Yes, but not In a winning way.
He refused to enter the stalls and start... History repeated. :yh_rotfl
He does Indeed live on...
I shall explain further later. But I have feeling this boy Is going to have a special place In my heart as his namesake. Welcome to the world of ' Mad Moose;, Battle Group, and your name sake boy.
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon
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Errr hang on,
It's just dawned on me I've just lost 50 quid.
Bollocks
It's just dawned on me I've just lost 50 quid.
Bollocks
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Today is the Kentucky Derby, which I always enjoy & always hope a Triple Crown winner will emerge.
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AnneBoleyn;1453121 wrote: Today is the Kentucky Derby, which I always enjoy & always hope a Triple Crown winner will emerge.
First year I've not had a bet on the KD... will watch the race later though.
First year I've not had a bet on the KD... will watch the race later though.
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The 2 yr old making his debut today Is Ubedizzy mark two.
The original Ubedizzy was the one horse and one season that was the defining year of my life when horse racing went for me, from an Interest to a passion and changed the way I viewed horse racing forever. I shall try to explain why.
It was the mid 70's and I was mid apprenticeship In the betting side of horse racing. I was no stranger to horse racing having been carried Into Aintree by my Father as a small child for the first time. It was a job I loved but In those days we didn't have the satellite coverage we have these days. All we had was a Tannoy system relaying audio coverage. In those days, It was quite an art especially on a Saturday to be a boardmarker and keep track of up to 8 meetings with races going off and results coming In every 5 minutes.
At that point, racing for me was a job first and racing 2nd. The runners to me were a sea of brown Jobbies that one only judged on form alone.
At race meetings I'd be with the rest of the people on office outings In the Grandstand watching the races, choosing my bet from a race card dictated by form alone.
The original Ubedizzy was solely responsible for taking me out of the Grandstands and forever glued to pre-parade rings Instead. My whole perception of racing changed because of that one horse. It was him that showed me the difficulties and complexities of racing horses and hightened my sport Into a passion.
Working In Betting offices, there were thousands of race horses that passed through the years. Horses who so quickly became easily forgotten names.
Then one day at work I tutted again at the announcement over the Tannoy. The usual " There will be a delay to the next race. Ubedizzy has thrown his rider and bolted".
Now by today's standards, The stewards nor the BHA would stand for that nonsence but back then, somehow he got away with It. Races were delayed for any length of time waiting for Ubedizzy to be caught and remounted.
I remember one such time and If my memory serves me correctly, It was at York. Over the Tannoy came " there will be a delay to the next race as Ubedizzy has bolted"... A few minutes later came the announcement " Ubedizzy has dissappeared Into the woods".... 10 minutes later came " Ubedizzy has completed the circuit" ie ran the entire length of the track riderless. Finally came the announcement, " Ubedizzy has been re-captured and Is being led to the starting gates.... He went on to win !!!!!
Then there was the actual races he ran. Now bearing In mind, a 6 furlong flat sprint lasts just 60 seconds or less, a typical Ubedizzy race commentary went like this.
Under starters orders and they're off. blah blah blah and Ubedizzy Is the back marker. Blah blah blah and Ubedizzy Is the back marker. Half way and Ubedizzy Is the back marker. Inside the last two furlongs and Ubedizzy Is the back marker. Approaching the final furlong and Ubedizzy Is making rapid headway. It's a photograph finish. .... The winner Is Ubedizzy....The heart attacks he gave me.
That was just part of It. In short, he went down In history as the horse who didn't like being beaten. Now racing, hooded, blinkered and muzzled for Ubedizzy would bite his rivals on the run In.
It was at this point I thought ' Hang on, there's a personality here' not just another faceless name on a race card.
As time went on he became more and more difficult and earned the nickname of ' The Pol Pot of Racing' biting fingers clean off grooms but It was at Newmarket that Ubedizzy finally met his life time ban from the BHA and never to race again In the UK. Another 6 furlong sprint, another photograph finish but this time his old rival ' Bold Boy' was first past the post. Almost as though he knew this, camera's switched from the winners enclosure to the runners up enclosure where Ubedizzy had his groom on the ground where he was attempting to eat him In a savage attack. As I watched my heart sank because I knew this would likely be the last time I got to see him again. Sure enough It was. It broke my heart to watch stewards beating him back with brooms.
Up for sale at the Newmarket selling stakes, banned from racing In the UK, I begged my Father to buy him for me but he was right. If he did, what the bloody hell do you do with a horse that was declared savage and unraceable? Yet I adored him. On the day hundreds turned out for the sale sadly not to buy him but just In the hope he'd play up. He didn't dissappoint ... He tried kicking out a brick wall. He only just made his reserve of 8,000 guinea's but he did go to Sweden to race where he became Sweden's champion sprinter.
What I learned that year was that every horse on those race cards was not just a faceless number but a personality. Maybe not quite as memorable as Ubedizzy but all the same, a personality with their own little quirks.
It took me from the stalls and the Grandstands Into the Pre-parade rings to watch and take note, especially with new comers, a presence, an attitude, a quirk, a personality. I'll never profess to be able to spot all future champions but I have now been able to do that as I have with Kauto Star, Sprinter Sacre and very recently Sire De Grugy. Ubedizzy taught me how to tell the difference between an also ran and a warrior or a lion on the attack, something so Important In racing, attitude. Prior to him, I couldn't tell one from the other.
That one horse Ubedizzy taught me that and changed the way I saw horse racing. A little sentimental yes, but that boy is In my heart forever for he gave me passion... and you can't buy that for any amount of money.
Had Ubedizzy not have been banned for life, I still believe to this day that he was the greatest sprinter of my generation. Absolutely devastating over 6 furlongs and would have even given the mighty Frankel a run for his money...... I'll never forget him.
The original Pol Pot of racing
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The original Ubedizzy was the one horse and one season that was the defining year of my life when horse racing went for me, from an Interest to a passion and changed the way I viewed horse racing forever. I shall try to explain why.
It was the mid 70's and I was mid apprenticeship In the betting side of horse racing. I was no stranger to horse racing having been carried Into Aintree by my Father as a small child for the first time. It was a job I loved but In those days we didn't have the satellite coverage we have these days. All we had was a Tannoy system relaying audio coverage. In those days, It was quite an art especially on a Saturday to be a boardmarker and keep track of up to 8 meetings with races going off and results coming In every 5 minutes.
At that point, racing for me was a job first and racing 2nd. The runners to me were a sea of brown Jobbies that one only judged on form alone.
At race meetings I'd be with the rest of the people on office outings In the Grandstand watching the races, choosing my bet from a race card dictated by form alone.
The original Ubedizzy was solely responsible for taking me out of the Grandstands and forever glued to pre-parade rings Instead. My whole perception of racing changed because of that one horse. It was him that showed me the difficulties and complexities of racing horses and hightened my sport Into a passion.
Working In Betting offices, there were thousands of race horses that passed through the years. Horses who so quickly became easily forgotten names.
Then one day at work I tutted again at the announcement over the Tannoy. The usual " There will be a delay to the next race. Ubedizzy has thrown his rider and bolted".
Now by today's standards, The stewards nor the BHA would stand for that nonsence but back then, somehow he got away with It. Races were delayed for any length of time waiting for Ubedizzy to be caught and remounted.
I remember one such time and If my memory serves me correctly, It was at York. Over the Tannoy came " there will be a delay to the next race as Ubedizzy has bolted"... A few minutes later came the announcement " Ubedizzy has dissappeared Into the woods".... 10 minutes later came " Ubedizzy has completed the circuit" ie ran the entire length of the track riderless. Finally came the announcement, " Ubedizzy has been re-captured and Is being led to the starting gates.... He went on to win !!!!!
Then there was the actual races he ran. Now bearing In mind, a 6 furlong flat sprint lasts just 60 seconds or less, a typical Ubedizzy race commentary went like this.
Under starters orders and they're off. blah blah blah and Ubedizzy Is the back marker. Blah blah blah and Ubedizzy Is the back marker. Half way and Ubedizzy Is the back marker. Inside the last two furlongs and Ubedizzy Is the back marker. Approaching the final furlong and Ubedizzy Is making rapid headway. It's a photograph finish. .... The winner Is Ubedizzy....The heart attacks he gave me.
That was just part of It. In short, he went down In history as the horse who didn't like being beaten. Now racing, hooded, blinkered and muzzled for Ubedizzy would bite his rivals on the run In.
It was at this point I thought ' Hang on, there's a personality here' not just another faceless name on a race card.
As time went on he became more and more difficult and earned the nickname of ' The Pol Pot of Racing' biting fingers clean off grooms but It was at Newmarket that Ubedizzy finally met his life time ban from the BHA and never to race again In the UK. Another 6 furlong sprint, another photograph finish but this time his old rival ' Bold Boy' was first past the post. Almost as though he knew this, camera's switched from the winners enclosure to the runners up enclosure where Ubedizzy had his groom on the ground where he was attempting to eat him In a savage attack. As I watched my heart sank because I knew this would likely be the last time I got to see him again. Sure enough It was. It broke my heart to watch stewards beating him back with brooms.
Up for sale at the Newmarket selling stakes, banned from racing In the UK, I begged my Father to buy him for me but he was right. If he did, what the bloody hell do you do with a horse that was declared savage and unraceable? Yet I adored him. On the day hundreds turned out for the sale sadly not to buy him but just In the hope he'd play up. He didn't dissappoint ... He tried kicking out a brick wall. He only just made his reserve of 8,000 guinea's but he did go to Sweden to race where he became Sweden's champion sprinter.
What I learned that year was that every horse on those race cards was not just a faceless number but a personality. Maybe not quite as memorable as Ubedizzy but all the same, a personality with their own little quirks.
It took me from the stalls and the Grandstands Into the Pre-parade rings to watch and take note, especially with new comers, a presence, an attitude, a quirk, a personality. I'll never profess to be able to spot all future champions but I have now been able to do that as I have with Kauto Star, Sprinter Sacre and very recently Sire De Grugy. Ubedizzy taught me how to tell the difference between an also ran and a warrior or a lion on the attack, something so Important In racing, attitude. Prior to him, I couldn't tell one from the other.
That one horse Ubedizzy taught me that and changed the way I saw horse racing. A little sentimental yes, but that boy is In my heart forever for he gave me passion... and you can't buy that for any amount of money.
Had Ubedizzy not have been banned for life, I still believe to this day that he was the greatest sprinter of my generation. Absolutely devastating over 6 furlongs and would have even given the mighty Frankel a run for his money...... I'll never forget him.
The original Pol Pot of racing
Attached files
At the going down of the sun and in the morning, we will remember them. R.L. Binyon