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Interesting Lives, Part Two

1st March 2025 Always Worth Saying 0

When Aga Khan III died, it was a difficult act to follow, especially since the title skipped a generation and found itself resting upon the shoulders of 19-year-old Prince Karim Al Husseini, who we know [more…]

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This Sporting Life – Chapter 6

15th September 2023 Going Postal 0

Introduction So, my short series of articles on the nags ends where it began, at Doncaster Racecourse.  In the first Chapter, you may recall I set out how my passion for horse racing began on [more…]

Animals

This Sporting Life – Chapter 5

3rd June 2023 Going Postal 0

The Epsom Derby Today sees the 244th running of the Derby Stakes run on the famous Epsom Downs in Surrey, with the thirteen runners guaranteed to make it a highly competitive renewal. The Derby is [more…]

Animals

This Sporting Life – Chapter 4

5th May 2023 Going Postal 0

Firstly, I hoped you thoroughly enjoyed my first few articles covering the two key national hunt festivals in the UK. Now that the dust has settled on the recent Aintree Grand National and a belated [more…]

Animals

This Sporting Life – Chapter 3

13th April 2023 Going Postal 0

It’s Saturday 5th April 1997. The horses are parading in the Aintree paddock for the third race, due off at 2.55pm. The field is headed by Make a Stand, who recently won the Champion Hurdle [more…]

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This Sporting Life – Chapter 2

14th March 2023 Going Postal 0

Introduction Up until 2005, the Cheltenham Festival was traditionally held over three days.  The third day’s card was unquestionably the highlight of the meeting. Starting with the Triumph Hurdle, followed by the Stayers Hurdle and [more…]

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This Sporting Life – Chapter 2

11th March 2023 Going Postal 0

Introduction Currently there are sixty racecourses spread across the United Kingdom and thus far I’ve visited around a third of them. Of the total, more than half cater for the faster type of horses bred [more…]

Arts

This Sporting Life – Chapter 1 – Introduction

22nd February 2023 Going Postal 2

This is the first of a short series of articles I plan to write for Going Postal that will coincide with the major horse racing festivals during 2023, starting with Cheltenham in mid-March and culminating [more…]

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