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First race meeting of 2010.Jersey UK.
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Great shot - the power, speed and momentum are evident.
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Very nice action shot here! I love the feeling you captured of the momentum and excitement of the race.
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thank you very much Carrie!
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Of course!!!! Why didn't I think of that ?
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yes we have the tote, and independent bookmakers on the course D. One of the best known bookmakers over here is called "Honest Nev" !!
Thanks D.
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alol at making a bet with a peep named honest.
's like betting on a horse named lucky.
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haha yes, poor lucky never lived up to her name!
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oh and no ship captains nicknamed Lucky, either.
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So when you say race meeting, what does that mean? Do you still race?
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Well we have 9 horse race meetings a year in Jersey, and today was the first one of the year. Each meeting has 5 races. I rode last year, I think there are pics on facebook. I'm not sure that i will ride this year as my weight is quite high this year, but Benji should still run, I just have to find a jockey for him.
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I'll have to check out the pics 
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what are your credentials? And what experience do you have of handling fat hairy beasts?
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Handling hairy bre--oh, beasts...
quite a bit of that, in a variety of incarnations and applications.
Plus I've seen National Velvet two or three times.
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ha ha your funny. National Velvet? Will have to look that up.
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That */p [my cat just walked across the keyboard and did some poetry, think I'll leave it.] proves you're a guy at least. Never heard of National Velvet?
Wow. Did you Google it?
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was your cat chasing your avatar? I've never seen that film, I'll have to see if I can find it to hire. Have you seen Champions? That's a film based on a true story about the grand national, it's actually really good.
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Hahaha.
No, but he does like to walk over on the keyboard on his way to my lap. Very aggravating because I'm usually ostensibly working on a drawing when I'm in front of the computer so I have to run interference between him and the drawing board.
If you rent National Velvet (go with the original 12 year old Elizabeth Taylor version) do you suppose eyebrows will be raised? Will you have some splainin' to do?
I have not seen Champions. Is it in anywise sad?
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Well actually if I walked into my video shop and asked for National Velvet, I reckon I would probably walk out with some dodgy porn vid!!
Champions is sad in the middle, but ultimately it's an immense triumph over adversity for both man and horse in the worlds toughest horse race.
[link]
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I read up on Champion, I'm sure I would enjoy it, and I can handle sad as long as the horse doesn't die. We do Netflix so we don''t have to worry about raising eyebrows.
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I think you would enjoy it, it also shows a lot of rural life in England. Also there is a great film called The Belstone Fox which you would probably like [link] .
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Hm. It's not on Netflix and not even for sale here apparently. I read the Amazon UK reviews. It would break my heart, but it sounds beautiful. I'd be a puddle within the first five minutes apparently.
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yes I guess it is a bit sad, but it's all about the fox out smarting the huntsmen which is pretty cool!
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Oh I cry at anything and everything if animals are concerned, particularly dogs.
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I won't get you the Lassie box set for Christmas then?
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Only with a corresponding box set of tissues.
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Dunno. Does anything bad happen to a dog in it?
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Well not that I remember, have you never seen it? It was an American programme [link] . It's about a Hobo thats travels round helping people out!
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Ahem, did you not notice the first remark inn the comments was 'almost made me cry..'?
Odd, but I have never heard of it. Beautiful dog though.
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