tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post6247192324807587405..comments2023-09-05T02:29:27.235-06:00Comments on Britishspeak: 2011 Run for the RosesRelax Maxhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-66501351967955732462011-05-09T00:41:55.253-06:002011-05-09T00:41:55.253-06:00How dare you imply I have an open mind!How dare you imply I have an open mind!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-10896450108041184702011-05-08T09:45:24.624-06:002011-05-08T09:45:24.624-06:00@Soubriquet - How very interesting! I read a bit a...@Soubriquet - How very interesting! I read a bit about flatland racing, too. I liked the links a lot. :)<br /><br />@A. - I am getting tired of hats for some reason. And they can make glue out of Midnight Interlude now and it wouldn't make me angry. Loser nag that he is.<br /><br />@Adullamite - Mug? I assume you are not referring to something to put your coffee in. Or someone's face. So you must mean #3: a hoodlum or thug. Or then again you may mean #4 (the only British meaning in my American dictionary) which is a stupid or gullible person. Didn't know that.<br /><br />Ah, the Sport of Kings. Does it fit? I don't want to offend. Boring? Not unless you don't bet. Not if you are the horse being whipped. But I'm glad you have an open mind and are willing to go with the flow about it. :)Relax Maxhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01051381168322495999noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-3945282377156742482011-05-08T09:26:52.366-06:002011-05-08T09:26:52.366-06:00Mugs game, boring!Mugs game, boring!Adullamitehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15537659871829290071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-30545246084868551162011-05-07T07:50:13.707-06:002011-05-07T07:50:13.707-06:00@Soubriquet, your friend Emma must know a thing or...@Soubriquet, your friend Emma must know a thing or two - second place wins more than first place, it says.<br /><br />@Max, but Ascot hats are something else again. Midnight Interlude - the name conjures up all sorts of images. I hope one of them is winning a race. If it does, spare a thought for your friends. :)A.https://www.blogger.com/profile/04709794851766685322noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5987697048218684478.post-23690537721018656662011-05-07T06:57:47.674-06:002011-05-07T06:57:47.674-06:00I was watching television a few weeks ago, and on ...I was watching television a few weeks ago, and on the BBC's "Country File", I saw a report on the Kiplingcotes Derby, which is reputed to be the oldest horse-race in existence. Not a prestige high prize event at a glossy race-course, a country event over fields, with a prize that will barely pay for the cost of getting there. But a race with a wealth of tradition. It's been run every year since 1519.<br />Anyway, the rider being weighed looked familiar....<br />She was being handed potatoes to stuff her pockets in order to come up to the required minumum rider weight. <br />Emma! I've known her for over 25 years, lost touch in recent times. She put in a fantastic race, four miles across farmland and country roads, led the race all the way, was overtaken in the last hundred yards to finish second.<br />http://www.yorkshirepost.co.uk/news/country-view/equestrian-post/emma_has_sights_on_derby_with_a_difference_1_3120946<br />http://www.itv.com/yorkshire/kiplingcotes-derby47380/<br /><br />No fancy hats.soubriquethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01151288534629885195noreply@blogger.com