If Im being honest, I dont really care who is top trainer - it doesnt really bother me. Or, as the person in question would put it, Which great equine wordsmith, scribe if you will, was noticed at the start of those four glorious days in March at the epicentre, in the place of refreshment named for Willie Mullins great mare, imbibing one of many and certainly not the first of the great continental drinks. Lastly, one other thing that I wanted to say, if you have never been to Cheltenham, then you must go! He also explains his love of Cheltenham including an hilarious account of the time he was gifted a box for the day. Ironically, his. And years earlier setting off on the countryside march in London, where after about five minutes it became clear this most high-profile of footsloggers would be the focus of vitriolic abuse from those heckling from the pavement. Ive also seen the rise of Willie Mullins, who I have known for donkeys years and when I met him first, he was just an amateur with the idea that he might train a bit and look where he is now! He would return in his bowler hat on a Friday night and I would go and get the racing paper on my bike on Saturday morning. Ranvir Singh, political editor of ITV's Good . Everybody just loves it and they block those days off in the calendar for those few days in the year, where we all join together in something we absolutely love and once youve been you will absolutely be bitten! I really miss the days of skulduggery! Upon the creation of British Petroleum in 1954, he was sent to Canada to set up the company's subsidiary, BP Canada, in part because of his experience on the general staff in the Canadian Army. Alastair talks about owning legs in racehorses over the years. This thread reminds me of the time I posted on the Betfair forum a spoof report a week before the 2010 Supreme. Occasionally we had a disagreement, not least because I could be an ill-tempered little thing. he asked. I reacted very badly to tramadol and other drugs intended to wean me away from it. Has Down not given you sufficient attention? ", She laughs: "It should have been a ten-day ban but I pleaded ignorance and everything else I could think of and it was reduced to seven. She says: "When she got septicemia she began to close down. Grapevine also believes in supporting young people to get a strong start through internships and work placements. In last years Living Better: How I Learned to Survive Depression, Campbell wrote that he had learned to live with my enemy and how he gave himself a number from 1 to 10 every morning after waking. Well, I think theres a good reason why people go to be honest, because you know that at some stage during the week, there will be pieces of magic woven that are beyond imagination and the stories will be compelling and unlike any other week, they will be genuinely moving and people go there in order to be spiritually uplifted. The diluted earnings per share based on that net income is $0.44, according to a statement. But I don't see it as being about my career because at Ditcheat we're all in it together. Back to Bryony's young life, which continued to follow the archetypal rural idyll. In 1969 and 1970 he served as the president of the BP Oil Corporation, the company's American subsidiary, and negotiated its merger with Standard Oil of Ohio. Sam Hanson meets up with Alastair Down to find out where his love for Cheltenham and in particular the Cheltenham Festival all stemmed from. Hadden got there first as the handicapper has clobbered Dad with a few more pounds round the hips mind you, he has put on a couple of pounds as his diet used to be just an apple a day.". Down left British Petroleum in 1975 and was appointed chairman of Burmah Oil, which he rescued from the verge of bankruptcy. Colonel Sir Alastair Frederick Down OBE MC TD (23 July 1914 22 October 2004) was a Scottish army officer, accountant, and oilman. The Booby was always Mac's lioness while the male of the pride sits around trying to look magnificent it is the woman who goes out to hunt, kill and provide. What support do they get? At the moment we have a mental illness service. Copper has been known to kill tomato plants if placed directly into the stem or base, but placing copper wire around the wound may not have the same effect. But rise he did, not least because he forged an alliance of steel with a woman who was very much the making of him. Perhaps a show on GB News, Andrew Neils new rolling news channel starting this month? Aged four, I asked at the meet if I could go off with the field and they said 'if she can keep up with us she can come'. Throughout the period Campbell still juggled the political with the personal, regularly speaking to Labour leader Ed Miliband, who tried and failed to persuade Campbell to run the partys 2015 election campaign. Following his recovery, he was posted to the general staff of the British Eighth Army in North Africa and Italy, and then transferred to the staff of the First Canadian Army in the Netherlands. Its mind-blowing that these people are way ahead in the polls. Views expressed are those of TRFs admin 18+ BeGambleAware https://t.co/BY1D8iuhyx, If you are not lucky enough to win the Eider comp (see earlier tweets) all of Sean's books are available to purchase on Amazon or via http://writesports.net, All you need do is name winner of the Eider Chase today (3.25pm Newcastle) before the off + the winning distance (tie-break) and e-mail your answer to writesports0@gmail.com adding Racing Forum in the subject line to be in with a chance of winning. It is a sadness that few people could see beyond the buffoon and that was his fault. Soon after came a request from son James to come to his funeral as, at the age of 11, young Jim spent a memorable day at the Oval with Mac when England regained the Ashes. Given the success of the Weetabix jockey in the TV ads, perhaps a sparkling media career awaits this horse? Willie found a new lease of life and health when radically altering his diet seven years ago, and says: "In two days I didn't know myself, I felt so much better. not being able to lift, move or rotate (turn) your leg. UPDATED 7:59PM, JUL 7 2019 Alastair Down pays tribute to his former colleague and friend John McCririck Over the last couple of years I have watched an oh-so-steadfast friend corrode and erode from the inside, a man dying before one's very eyes. Although the debate is in a much better place services are a mixed picture, he says. And beating hell out of the breakers had an unusual legacy. I lacked his utter passion for the cause and moved away from him in the throng. I imagine either Willie Mullins or Gordon Elliott which is hardly big news, I mean Gordon is running 60 horses and Willie will probably have 50. It makes you think.. Bye-bye clip-clop, hello hip-hop. The debate is in a much better place, but services are a mixed picture. Colonel Sir Alastair Frederick Down OBE MC TD was a Scottish army officer, accountant, and oilman. She played Elizabeth Bellamy, the spoilt and self-absorbed daughter of the upscale Belgravia household in Eaton Square, who makes the mistake of marrying a poet with no interest in the physical side of love. It is not like 40 years ago when it was for people who wore tweed next to the skin. When the famous Norton's Coin won the Gold Cup at any price you like, Id been telling people since November that there was a horse trained by someone nobody had ever heard of called Cyril Griffiths in Wales who was a dairy farmer. History and Politics (BA Hons)1st. - Free Online Library It's awesome to have a life where you can be so proud of your horses and the people you work with. We also help a number of charities including Heads Together and The Injured Jockeys Fund. They love having her force and vitality about the place and the girls in Nicholls' office describe her as "fantastic". I had the unquenchable privilege of being raised by parents who simply never made distinction between Jew or gentile, black or white. She was wonderful, too, as a seductive Countess in Jean Anouilhs The Rehearsal, translated by Jeremy Sams, at the Almeida and then the Garrick in 1990; and offered what Michael Billington described as a highly intelligent study in devouring sensual rage in David Hares The Rules of the Game, adapted from Pirandello and directed by Jonathan Kent, also at the Almeida, in 1992. This quality of mystery and an inner, secret life is a rare one in an actor, and it really counted in the plays of Harold Pinter, most notably in a 1985 revival of Old Times, in which she played the fawn-like wife of Michael Gambons film-maker visited by their mutual friend of 20 years ago, played by Liv Ullmann. I was put on a morphine pump but wasn't pressing the button often enough because deep inside I was desperate to get out. Her trajectory will mean she has to get used to it. In the old days you could muck about with them and get there because of the weight range of handicap was two stone and now thats 4 or 5lbs, so its got to be the one that wins with a little bit up its sleeve but theyve all got ones, twos, threes and fours, whereas in the old days you could have six and you wouldnt be put off if you thought that the man who trained them had the brass neck to do it. Macdonald said 97 words. The plays territory of power games in a sexually ambiguous, dream-like atmosphere was one she inhabited as of right. After seeing how Naomi Osaka was treated, is it any wonder that we dont take mental health sick days? Ruby will watch six horses in a race and will know exactly what the workings are and he will know their position and pace - the position is crucial at Cheltenham, if you lose it that is it because you won't get back in and if you make a mistake, making ground and choosing when to do it, is extremely difficult. What Are the Major Horse Racing Events in the UK? "So they put me on a morphine drip for a fortnight. Nicola Pagett, who has died suddenly of a brain tumour aged 75, will not easily be forgotten by anyone who saw her on stage or screen over a career of 30 years. Star Sports (licence number 009177) is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission. You might think that Corm, I couldnt possibly comment. V sad to hear of Alastair Down's battle with Alcoholism after spending 28 days in US booze clinic, but what a true man to write such an open piece about this his illness in his columnin the RP, i personally would like to wish this truly gifted racing journalist and presenter the very best of luck in the battle ahead and to say that takes a real Basically she was fading away and all you can do is sit in a chair and watch. [1][3], "Sir Alastair Down, Industrialist who masterminded the rescue of Burmah Oil in the 1970s and steered it back to financial health,", Last edited on 14 February 2023, at 16:17, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Alastair_Down&oldid=1139335883, This page was last edited on 14 February 2023, at 16:17. Furthermore, if you're growing heirloom varieties or rare species that may not, Tips for Successful Tomato Farming in Hot and Humid Climates, Tomato farming in hot and humid climates can be a challenge, but with the right preparation and care, you can still have a successful harvest. So across the moor I went. More Joe Maplin than racing`s finest wordsmith IMHO. It won at top weight and I remember running into Jim a day later and he grunted at me to say hello as he always does; and I said to Jim, Just to say, Ive been driving a Ford Fiesta but next week Ill be driving a Saab Turbo thanks to you!. "I could see ten hedges instead of one, the grass was a funny colour and I was talking absolute rubbish. Researchers first started investigating whether psychedelic drugs could be used to treat depression in the 1950s and 1960s, but it petered out the following decade due to regulatory restrictions. For the expanded patch notes, see here. I'm finding it hard to believe we're in heaven. That was an argument when we were in opposition [in the 1980s and 1990s], Campbell says. $19.00 - $99.00. But as things got worse which he loved of course I thought "grow a pair Down" and cleaved to his side. In 1942 he was appointed a Member and in 1944 an Officer of the Order of the British Empire, and in 1945 was appointed a Knight of the Order of Orange-Nassau. Alastair Campbell has struggled with depression since his 20s. The thing thats changed, in my lifetime is that if you went to Cheltenham when you were young, little yards won lots of races, so it was great and it gave the meeting added flavour. Does he talk to Keir Starmer much? Back to Bryony's young life, which continued to follow the archetypal rural idyll. "Dad stopped riding in 2002, so I don't remember him in action, though the videos of his Champion Hurdle and Grand National got watched endlessly. When youre young, you go all day and all night and then have an hours kip and then go again, now that I work at the meeting, it is very different but I love the way also that it has transmitted itself to the next generation - it just has this, almost evangelical ability to get the group gospel across, I mean my three children, they couldnt name another race course, but they never miss a day at the Festival. Joanna and I had this very funny exchange where she said: The problem is Alastair, the drugs change the way your mind works. He first burst over my horizon in March 1981 when I walked in tremulously on my initial day at the Sporting Life. ?2019) at All Saints Church in Crowborough, Sussex. Hes fallen off the wagon back into the splosh then? Memories? In his final months, Alastair struggled with severe mental illness; despite the very best efforts of his family and friends, he succumbed to his illness and chose not to go on. You look at the world and think this lot are murderously incompetent. It isnt like that, you are in competition with every other so-and-so out there and you are looking for all the camaraderie of the weighing room (which is genuine and intense) and then they are out there to assassinate each other on course. Although admitting he is someone with a traditional view of drugs, Campbell told her he is open to trying the treatment himself. He knew that the bookmakers regarded you and I as cannon-fodder but nobody else stood up to the red resentment of the guns like John McCririck. I saw him in the Mount Royale after racing during Ebor week a couple of years ago. Ive sat and discussed over the years with my great chum Ruby Walsh, the complexity and detail of riding at Cheltenham; all of the things you need to be aware of whilst riding in the races - everyone thinks these jockeys go out there and rides just their race on their horse. Im 64 now, I probably do live a different sort of life to the one I did, but I still do more than most people do. She has an affair with his publisher and conceives a child. As has been said the recent article on J T McNamara was excellent. My dad, who was a meek, mild and delightful man, was a five Shilling punter on a Saturday who worked in the City of London. Never been a Down fan, but then I wouldnt be I wasnt a fan of Jeffrey Bernard or that whole raffish, rakish, persona he seems to style himself upon. Im still very busy, very active. He talks with some pessimism about the future of racing, touches on the use of the whip, his prediction being that it will be banished. For the Martin Pipe Hurdle, Gordon Elliott has put one in called Column of Fire which is at 6/1. "I even used to sleep on Nosey and Mum says he was the cheapest babysitter ever.". And you can tell they mean it. The distance from the top of the hill to the winning post.everyone just thinks its down the hill and round the corner - but if you stand at the bottom turn and look up to the winning postthey talk about the Cheltenham Hill; you dont see the winning post until youre on ground level with it and it does rise away from you into that tunnel funnel of noise and people. Then I thought betting was very easy; You just back the white one - its so very simple, I dont know why everybody else doesnt do that! And I was hooked from then - not on just the betting though; I used to sit on the arm of dads armchair - and dads are heroes to their sons and he was a man of infinite charm and kindness - he loved racing and in turn, I loved it in his wake I guess. They had given five years of their life making sure it was thus. She stood out, too, in Pinters Party Time on a double bill with Mountain Language at the Almeida in 1991. The smoke drifted across all these tweedy folk in the box next to us and I think they were all out of their heads by the end of the day! As Alastair is unwell, I have pre-written his race report for the Supreme Dunguib became Dungubbed in just over four minutes on turf described as 'virgin' by Mr Simon Claisse though few of the jockeys, unsurprisingly perhaps, recognised the chaste element underfoot. Its that competitive - there is nowhere else like it and as for the nerves and anticipation, even if this is my 45th year, I still feel a school kid, bonkers about it as I did as a child! Frost and Nicholls with Black Corton after their Grade 1 Kauto Star Novices' Chase victory at Kempton on Boxing Day. Alastair talks about owning legs in racehorses over the years, a gamble that went astray at Leicester Races. Some people (fools) said Katchit couldn't win the Champion Hurdle. From 1962 to 1975 he was managing director, and from 1969 to 1975 deputy chairman. Alastair Frederick Down, businessman, born July 23 1914; died October 22 2004, After a career with BP, he rescued Burmah Oil in the 1970s, Original reporting and incisive analysis, direct from the Guardian every morning. Of course he died one day and that set me off again. There are some really interesting questions that arise from that, but I think it was very good that she felt able not just to say Im going off sick, but to say Im going off sick and heres why.. Mulching and Watering He was known as The Vast Samoan and he was an enthusiast for, I believe, they call spliffs these day. Gardening is a great way to spend time outdoors and get in touch with nature. My lurcher Marie brought down her first six-point roe deer the other day. Willie Robinson, rider of Mill House, at his home near Kilcullen. Brilliant writer and orator of reviews at his best. Interview: ALASTAIR DOWNIn this four-part interview the five times HWPA Racing Writer Of The Year and Channel 4 presenter talks about his life in racing, his early days on Fleet Street, working on course, TV presenting, his love of Cheltenham and in particular the Festival. Rumour has it that in the early months of Granny Glynne being behind the wheel of the Peugeot she couldn't work out how to disarm Bryony's CD player, so her travels round Buckfastleigh must have been to the backing track of a thumping bass note. ("Chezza" to the proletariat) Then he asks me if I remember the last time I came off them, which is a few years ago, and he digs out the notes to remind me and shows me that I had a massive, massive, massive crash. The loyalty and effort of our members make the Racing Forum the friendliest and most informative horse racing community. It was the Queen Mothers fault; she came into the paddock and everyone started applauding so it went 3 feet up in the air and landed smack on its arse! 'Happily now she's fine and fit again and she's still very much a girl. Nosey and I would wander into her kitchen if I wanted a biscuit or a piece of toast. It was quite a drizzly day, a very weird day. After the Gold Cup I had about three people ring me up and tell me they had had the best days betting of their lives so they didnt know it was meant to run in the other race! Dad wasn't great at running things with Mum away and managed to flood the kitchen with water and bubbles. Theres still an assumption, deep down, that the so-called milder mental illness is a lifestyle choice.. "I love my hunting and hounds. It is and it isnt, because he told me to take them! Additionally, by selecting varieties that are well-suited for your climate and soil type, you can increase the chances of success with each planting season. "It was a schooling accident and I was knocked out for ten minutes. Well, to them of course, this week approaches for months and I know so many of the combatants well these days. I thikn we would all wish Alistair, just as we would wish anyone seeking to beat their demons of whatever kind, the very very best of luck, Start Gardening This Summer and Reap the Rewards | Successful Harvesting for Beginners, Gardening is a rewarding experience that brings with it many benefits, from improved physical and mental health to the joy of harvesting fresh produce. So Im now in a better place and I would argue the medication is probably part of that not the only part of it but a part of it. "Mum was bawling in the paddock and Dad and my brother Hadden were charging up the horsewalk leaping about. And it was a chance. He talks about how an ante-post gamble at Cheltenham on Nortons Coin went astray, even though it won at 100/1. He asks me if I feel better on balance taking them. But of course after the Gold Cup, I was watching it with a friend of mine and he said Alistair, you dont want to watch this and of course Cyril and Nortons Coin had won it! I spoke to him often on the phone as the sand ran through the timer. After the outbreak of World War II, in 1940 Down was placed on active service, seconded to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and ordered to report to the regiment in Egypt. I do still say to my psychiatrist when I see him: Do you want me to be on these pills forever? And hell say: Well, its not my choice, its your choice. "Paul has been more than a boss. We had reached that stage. Nicola Pagett, who has died suddenly of a brain tumour aged 75, will not easily be forgotten by anyone who saw her on stage or screen over a career of 30 years. "It affects you in ways you don't understand. "That's why they got me a mobile aged six, so they could find me. Yes we argued on occasion we had an armed truce never to discuss his appearance on that scourge of our times, reality TV but he was magnificently honest and even-handed. We do quite rightly regulate it against it these days, but it is still a question of trying to get there with 7lbs less on your back and that is becoming much more of a skill. Hes popular with a minority who like him and like his style, but there is a majority there to defeat him which is split every which way.. "My skin felt like it was crawling with ants and spiders and it played havoc with my emotional state. I wanted to get off it, asking why I needed to be on this. When I first used to go, or watch it on telly even before that, before the drainage systems went in, about 24/25 years ago, the horses would come up that hill in bad ground, as an Irish friend of mine says, like snipe leaving the bog, weaving from side to side - but a bit slower than snipe! Perhaps the bleak time then was a brutal apprenticeship for the massively exciting now. Tied to the stake as the rifles were raised, he was unblinking and, trenchant to the end, would have told you where to stuff your blindfold. Later on at school I would get that rare disease Hunteritis every Tuesday. But honestly, if Id have said then and and been the first person to tell Jeremy I think you should go for the leadership and I think youll get it, I mean nobody thought that was possible. She says: "Granny has now got my old car, a bright red Peugeot 306. I will leave you to speculate on how the past encounters of either party determine their interpretation of the word virgin; suffice to say the riders found it dead and sticky. "There were always loads of ponies about but I bought my first one for 800 when I was eight." Upon graduation he took articles in accountancy, and qualified in Edinburgh in 1938. She was a glacial, beautiful . She was a glacial, beautiful presence in plays from Shaw to Pinter and she illuminated Upstairs, Downstairs on television in the early 1970s. He endured mixed relations with his mother in law, who he habitually referred to as the Reptile. Nobody else can. "The nurses and Dad ended up going through all the hospital laundry a disgusting job, but that's what fathers do for daughters. This is interesting, because he hasn't appeared for awhile, and I do seem to remember him not looking at the top of his game before and the likes of McGrath and Francome taking the 'mick' live on CH4 telly - . By collecting seeds from your own garden or buying them in bulk, you can save money on future purchases. Absurdly so in public utterance. I often criticise Down and think his status as the all-knowing historian and wordsmith of racing is rather overblown. Sad really. Made it. It's all about repaying that faith and I know I can. Carol Routlege is not someone, like me, you can imagine sitting on a beach with a load of hippies getting stoned. Tomatoes are a great choice for beginners as they're easy to care for and c, Fighting Fungal Diseases on Plants - Exploring the Use of Copper, Daconil & Copper Fungicides, The use of copper to fight plant diseases is an intriguing concept that has been around for some time. Greene's guest appearances include those with Eric Burdon, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Savoy Brown, John Nmeth and Debbie Davies. He invented it. Alastair Frederick Down was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 23 July 1914 to Frederick Edward Down (18721956), an officer in the Indian Police, and Margaret Isobel Hutchison (18841962). We would like to show you a description here but the site won't allow us. Some days were better than others. Was there ever a word of complaint? The Reptile, whose views on her daughter's choice of man can only be guessed at, repeatedly knocked on his door to tell him that his customarily splendid dinner was about to be served by Jenny. Furthermore, there is evidence that suggests that plants grown in cement blocks do not suffer from BER (blossom-end rot), which c, Growing Tomatoes from Saved Seed: Tips to Achieve Maximum Germination Rate, Seed Saving: Tips for Ensuring Maximum Germination Rate I'd like to live in a place where they cordon off swans Cheltenham Festival 2023: British trainers eager to end Irish dominance, The Most Successful Jockeys at the Cheltenham Festival, 6 Ways Free Horse Betting Tools Can Help You Win, Grand National contenders await weights announcement. Perhaps more than any man I knew he abhorred racism in its every form and was light years ahead of society. "You're a funny guy, Sully. I'd taken a teddy bear in with me a very old one with beans in his bottom, which had gone very saggy. Irritating? News . Other starring roles soon followed: Elizabeth Fanshawe in Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) on television, widely considered to be one of the best Frankenstein films; the title role in 10 50-minute episodes of Anna Karenina, a 1977 BBC television epic co-starring Eric Porter as Karenin and Stuart Wilson as Vronsky; and Liz Rodenhurst in A Bit of a Do (1989) adapted from the Yorkshire novels of David Nobbs, with David Jason and Gwen Taylor. 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