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On not taking things for granted 13 Jun 2013 | 03:26 pm
I bang on about quite a lot of things. One of the things about which I bang is not taking anything for granted. I mostly remember this but sometimes I need reminding. I spoke to a serviceman today who...
Three Cheers for Sir Henry 11 Jun 2013 | 05:04 pm
If I were a mystical, I would say that all the good ones are being gathered. But I’m not. I am an empiricist, a rationalist, mostly. I don’t have deities or afterlives. I believe in love and trees and...
Bashing on 10 Jun 2013 | 05:45 pm
It was sad going up to HorseBack this morning and thinking of the good man who has gone. Everyone is hard hit, particularly the younger members of the team. At the same time, it was soothing, because ...
A good man 8 Jun 2013 | 01:15 pm
The sun is dazzling over Scotland this morning. I sit inside, and write an obituary. It is such a strange thing to have to do. I have never done it before. It’s one of the hardest bits of writing I’ve...
The Week in pictures 7 Jun 2013 | 04:25 pm
A long week and my brain has ground to a halt. All my work is done and I’m taking the afternoon to watch the racing at Newmarket. Then I’m going to go out in the sunshine and sit in the field with my ...
It depends what you want; or, a very sweet ride 6 Jun 2013 | 04:44 pm
A lot of sweetness around today. I hare about, doing my work, as a brilliant and properly hot Scottish sun beats down from a ridiculously blue sky. After a frantic morning, the Remarkable Trainer come...
An ordinary day 5 Jun 2013 | 05:07 pm
My time management, so shoddy and generally disappointing, suddenly wakes up and goes into turbo drive. I have absolutely no idea how this happens. I get all my HorseBack work done and do 918 words of...
A small thought. 4 Jun 2013 | 04:44 pm
I lost the internet yesterday. I don’t know where it went; down the back of the sofa, I expect. I was disproportionately cross. I realised suddenly what a cheering thing it can be. When I’m tired afte...
I relive the Derby and Red the Mare imitates her more famous cousin. Or, a shaggy horse story for a Sunday afternoon. 2 Jun 2013 | 02:57 pm
It’s been a wild 24 hours. The Derby was one of the most dramatic I can remember. All the talk was of the mighty Dawn Approach, and my love for the great, unbeaten colt made me convince myself that he...
Derby Day; or, my racing heart 1 Jun 2013 | 01:06 pm
It is Derby Day. This is the day that I go down to my quiet field, ringed by Scottish hills and deep woods, and tell my mare of the great moment in 1970 that her grandfather won the storied race. This...
