‘Show me a man who can laugh when he loses and I’ll show you a clown (or whatever!)’ and this thought surfaced when defeat was snatched from the jaws of victory at Catterick, Saturday, as Lexington Liberty lost out in the last strides to fast-finishing Tequila Blaze, an Equiano fillyContinue Reading
OVER TO ROO Wayne Rooney ‘would have tried absolutely everything’ to persuade Jamie Vardy to play at Euro 2020 – as he rates him an ideal strike-partner for England skipper Harry Kane. Vardy, 34, retired from international football in 2018 but is still in hot form for Leicester. Derby bossContinue Reading
The Hidden Heroes initiative was established to identify some of the excellent individuals and teams who would otherwise go without recognition, as well as try to highlight this incredible work that too often goes unnoticed. Kyla is based the College Surgery Partnership. Dr Lorna Mason said ‘Cometh The Hour, ComethContinue Reading
Eileendover, sensational, unchallenged winner of three ‘bumpers’ under National Hunt rules last season before losing out in the highly-prestigious National Hunt flat race at the Grand National meeting, was my idea of the major attraction on a six-race programme at Haydock, Saturday evening, when a creditable second to Yesyes overContinue Reading
BRITISH intelligence believe it is “feasible” that Covid leaked from a Wuhan lab as questions remain unanswered on the origins of the pandemic. UK operatives are now investigating a potential virus escape from the Wuhan Institute of Virology (WIV) as a bombshell report claimed yesterday the virus may have beenContinue Reading
People who are not vaccinated who wish to travel on holidays abroad will have to pay for their own Covid-19 tests privately, Minister of State Ossian Smyth has said. When non-essential international travel resumes from July 19th, people who wish to travel either must have had a Covid-19 vaccine, orContinue Reading
Hurricane Lane, unbeaten after gaining a dramatic third success in the group two Dante Stakes over an extended ten furlongs of York earlier this month, meets my personal median time-handicap requirement for the Epsom Derby a week today but, surprisingly, he’s showing at double-digit odds despite being Godolphin owned, mountContinue Reading
From over 1,100 nominations in the 2021 SEIB Insurance Brokers Livery Yard and Riding School of the Year Awards, Erme Valley Riding for the Disabled Ltd. has made it onto the short-list in the RDA (Riding for the Disabled) Yard of the Year category at these prestigious, national awards. TheContinue Reading
New figures have revealed that 29.8% of children in Plymouth are living in poverty, a total of 14,170 children, according to 2019/20 government figures. There was in an increase of 869 children living in poverty in Plymouth in the last five years, nearly 29 more classrooms full of children. End Child Poverty, aContinue Reading
Choosing where to have a beer based on a pub’s privacy policy is a very 2021 problemContinue Reading
