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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.
It Happened in Shropshire - A celebration of the people, places and events that shaped the county
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It Happened in Shropshire - A celebration of the people, places and events that shaped the county
Remembering Michael Clayton (1934 - 2022)
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05 Jan 2023 by Countryside Alliance Image credit: Future Ltd It is with great sadness we report that Michael Clayton, a former regional chairman of the Countryside Alliance, a distinguished journalist and former editor of Horse & Hound whose exploits as a hunting correspondent were much-acclaimed, died on 19th December 2022. Our Chief Executive, Tim Bonner, reflects on Michael's career: "Michael was an incredible journalist whose enthusiasm, knowledge and passion for hunting captured the imagination of all those who follow hounds. He was a great supporter of the Alliance who worked tirelessly on our behalf during and after his time as a regional chairman....