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New: Richard Barrett's photo of Yellowstone Park in Winter
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Author of Wild World, Richard Barrett braves the cold to photograph wildlife in Yellowstone in Winter. USA - January 2023
Wildlife photographer Richard Barrett shares his camera tips
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INSIDE YOUR BAG: Peek inside the camera bags of talented photographers and filmmakers worldwide. Richard Barrett's book, Wild World, shares his photography and travel advice on how, where and when to photograph iconic wildlife.
A Day At The Races: Youngest jockey to win the Eclipse Stakes
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A Day At The Races: Youngest jockey to win the Eclipse Stakes Peter May tells the story of the 1951 Eclipse Stakes, which witnessed the arrival of a teenage riding sensation who would become a legend in the saddle. 14 July 1951, Sandown Park Just after three o’clock on the 14th July 1951 a round-faced fifteen-year-old boy perched atop the French-owned horse, Mystery IX, was being led around the paddock at Sandown racecourse in preparation for the Eclipse Stakes. The previous day the apprentice had won the Commonwealth Stakes on Zucchero and was undoubtedly hoping for a quick double. As he looked around...
Winning systems: Analysing Handicap Chases – In his latest column for attheraces.com Dr Peter May takes a closer look at the statistics!
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ANALYSING HANDICAP CHASES – VARIABLE INFLUENCE
The conventional approach to race analysis requires the Analyst to evaluate various properties of each of the runners and then make a decision based on some form of weighted assessment of these values. Whilst the evaluation of the individual attributes is critical to the outcome of the method, the way these are combined into a single assessment of the runner’s chances of success is an equally crucial part of the calculation.
Peter is author of A Day at the Races, click to read his full article.
Robinson's account of his life and times on the Lancashire moors
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A lonely wind-blown beech tree defying the wild moorland elements marks the sad site of Botany Bay Farm, where Richard Robinson was born in 1883. His unique first-hand account of a moorland life now gone forever, is a remarkable and important insight into a lost era.