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30th November 2014
Many Clouds wins Hennessy Gold Cup
The Hennessy Gold Cup rarely disappoints. In an age when big field competitive handicaps are under threat, it’s a...
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25th November 2014
Ryan Mania quits as jockey: “I get no kick from winning.”
Just eighteen months after he rode the winner of the Grand National, young jockey Ryan Mania has quit the...
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16th November 2014
“I wish I’d been as good as him around Cheltenham.” Richard Hughes on his late father, Dessie
Few men in racing are respected for decades. My late father was forever telling me about the then jockey...
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5th November 2014
Footballers lose the shirt off their backs… to ex-wives, bookies and the Inland Revenue
I confess I thought David James was meant to be one of the clever ones. Footballers that is. Wasn’t...
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4th November 2014
It’s all gone quiet over there!
In the space of a few hours last week I read of Barcelona footballers saying what a cauldron Stamford...
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3rd November 2014
Gandolph tells gay footballers to come out
Those who have been around football as long as I have will know of past footballers who are gay....
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2nd November 2014
Venetia in blinding spell
Venetia Williams went into Sunday with her string of horses in good early season form. And things got even...
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1st November 2014
The art of defending died along with Ceefax, says Gary Neville
The art of defending as my generation of football fan knew it is dead. Don’t take my word for...
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31st October 2014
November Newsletter
NOVEMBER 2014, NEWSLETTER So how was that for you? The flat season, I mean. Better than the previous one,...
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30th October 2014
Life is suddenly sweet for Alan Pardew as Newcastle beat Manchester City
It’s likely that nobody loves Alan Pardew more than he loves himself. I very much doubt he can walk...
