First overseas holiday since Covid starts tomorrow. Bring on ten days in Rio. Caprinhas on the Cococabana, a first taste of Brazilian racing and hopefully a return visit to the unique atmosphere of a game at the Maracana. Perfectly timed between Cheltenham and Aintree!!

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Name the racecourse...............

Can't wait to see Flamengo take on Fluminese in a local Rio Cup Final derby at the iconic Maracana Stadium on Saturday night!

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What a fabulous backdrop to Gavea racecourse in Rio de Janeiro today. Nine race card. No admission charge and no rip off food and drink prices. The course is a fabulous reminder of a bygone age but sadly attendance was evocative of Kempton on a wet Monday night.

Nice to see the Triple Crown is commemorated in Brazil Joe Porter

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The Dewhurst with Gorytus is still one of the biggest mysteries in racing

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Happy Easter. Here’s a throwback to May 2005 and our treble winning team. Hard to believe that’s 18 years ago!

How on earth has I Am Maximus won that? An extraordinarily determined ride. The horse must have a huge engine and enormous guts as he was never travelling with particular fluency and gave away tons of ground jumping left.

Surely it is not beyond the BHA to allow Bravemansgame to run whilst freezing any financial benefit accruing to John Dance whilst awaiting a finite outcome of any charges against him? From what I hear the potential creditors might welcome that stance. This way everyone loses.

Pointed little dig from Ruby towards Paul Nicholls just then!

Legend. I remember the Queen Mum ringing up to back him in an episode of Spitting Image once!

Noble Yeats now as big as 16-1.

Has Dan Skelton dyed his own hair?

Strange take.......until I remembered Shaun has no safety game!

If I live to be a hundred I'm not sure I will see a better session of snooker than the one I just witnessed.

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