Recent content by Strawbz

Thanks for the company everyone. It's much nicer to watch and not just be talking to the telly :p Probably back to lurking now but hope to be back for Aintree GN meet. 😎

I think I could hear the jockey swearing 😄 It's nice to see someone break ranks sometimes although I'm sure it must be very frustrating.

Glad everyone is round and home safe. I was quite worried about how boggy that ground was this morning. Fair play to GdC, he's a class act for sure.

I thought the same when they showed him in the box having his tack checked. He looked like he was waking up from a nap and I thought 'he'll probably win now' He has a lovely face. Although he is leaving it a bit late to make a move

Awww, literally pipped at the post. Well done Stellar Story. Oh, I thought SS was just starting to tremble through his hind legs. Get him back and washed down for God's sake.

I agree, it's quite jarring. I also grumbled about only seeing 15 seconds of Heroes then quickly switched to aerial vews of punters and rings while still talking about the charity. Why not keep showing the RoR horses? Anyway.. I'm in love with So Scottish, my favourite type of bay. And...

Phew, both Theatre Man and Riaan on their feet and crossing the line. Looked a nasty fall for Riaan. I'm too sentimental for racing, once the leader has battled on for a while I hate to see them being chased down 😆 I know it's the whole excitement etc. but part of my brain is like 'Noooo, he...

Paisley Park is now to retire. I know someone upthread mentioned this so nice to have some good news after looking at that horrible man.

😒 had seen a few references here to GE and wondered what that was about. Then spotted the other thread and remembered the whole horrible thing once I started reading it. I'm not an avid follower of racing but have fond memories of watching Cheltenham with a dear departed relative so try and...

Fugitif 🥰

Desert Orchid just flying there, what a legend. And West Tip looked like he'd barely broken a sweat and was just warming up. They seemed bigger back then too.

Aww bless him, so glad he won. I got a bit carried away with the armchair riding myself there 😆

He really does. I'm a bay fan myself so plenty there for me to drool over but there's something about Grey Dawning that makes me think wow. ETA - Yes, Hewick is being saved for the GN they said.

Yeah, I imagine there's a bit of a Daily Mail comments vibe there. I'm just glad everyone seems to be going home well today after the sadness yesterday.

He was storming it. I felt torn as I saw Rachael coming up fast and didn't know who to cheer on. Only saw the fall peripherally as my attention switched.