Tag Archives: horse racing

In the training ring

Friday 26th July 2024, 1.55pm (day 4,719)

Totopoly with Joe, 26/7/24

That faceless mass of hair over there is Joe, down on one of his occasional visits from Dundee. This being the case, an afternoon off work was called and more exciting pursuits engaged in. And Totopoly is a pretty good game, all in all — it keeps up the interest to the end. Number 9 won, by the way — and it was my horse.

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Watching the 2:40 at Ascot

Saturday 4th October 2014, 2.45pm (day 1,136)

Watching the races, 4/10/14

Some pubs are football pubs but some devote their Saturday afternoons to the horse racing. We found ourselves in Keighley this afternoon and, after finishing our duties, as we do, gravitated to the nearest pub — with the bonus that this was about the first chance in my life that I had to sample the products of the Timothy Taylor brewery in the town of its origin. The Boltmakers’ Arms became the pub of choice — and very fine it was too.

 

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