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Jim Davey

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  1. suprised at Charlton thought they would be higher than that
  2. ive got one in my family but no one ever mentions his name
  3. great night watching them pricks get beat ,plus Colin losing at Ibrox WATP
  4. Dont see any in bristol let alone wiltshire
  5. no but i will definatly give it a try if we go next year as planned.
  6. played it christmas day 'i did laugh to myself every time I passed go
  7. Have they got planning yet for their new shed ?
  8. The hotel looks amazing,, we looked at booking it for the world cup but it was just to expensive .i would definatley recommend going to the world cup meeting though , its the best sporting event i have ever attended by a mile apart from when we beat them priicks at Eastville in 83
  9. it is until the tide comes in
  10. Ireland not far from Dublin all races are run on the beach its the only place where races are run on the beach under Jockey club rules
  11. laytown is also a bit of a different racing experience.
  12. Of course brain not working properly at the moment ,if you like your food and drink the hospitality is worth doing .
  13. To be honest i havent been to any of them for quite some time ,so things could be different now ,call me old fashioned but I just prefer watching racing without someone dropping a pint of piss on my head.
  14. Cheltnam festival ,Royal Ascot and Aintree Grand national week all to be avoided nowadays in my humble opinion .
  15. Back in the 70's early 80's British racing was in a real bad way with lots of racecources on the verge of going under ,even Aintree and the world famous Grand National were under threat . Many of the smaller tracks were just relics of a bygone age not much different to the football stadium's at the time ,but during the mid to late 80,s thanks to an influx of owners from the middle east things began to change .At the time we in the racing community were quite wary of the new money coming into racing with horses that we struggled to understand their names . Its my firm opinion that this influx of foreign owners helped save racing as we know it and with more money coming into the coffers it allowed racecourses to modernise and attract new customers ,but one of the drawbacks with this is that it has attracted a high percentage of bellends . The problem that faces British and European racing now is the rise of racing in The middle east who are now building the best racetracks by far and running race meetings with a purse that most other country's can only dream about. i was lucky enough to attend the world cup last year in Dubai and it was by far the best days racing I have ever seen , the whole days racing was amazing with the only downside being the pissed up ex pats who weren't even interested in what was happening just a few yards away on the track.
  16. Exeter away Easter 1982 stood in the home end.
  17. we went to the world cup in Dubai this year and i can honestly say it is the best days racing i have ever been to. If you are going to Ireland for a race meeting I would strongly advise atrip to The Latown races.
  18. or beating the gas 2 1 at Eastville
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