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    • April 12, 2015 at 7:36 pm #78587
      Andrew Sturrock avatarAndrew Sturrock
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      Dear Founder and fellow members.The only flutter I do is the above and my dear wife – Gerry – spotted a horse named “Many Clouds”!So I popped down to the bookies and put a fiver on said horse to win.The rest is histiory!

    • April 13, 2015 at 11:36 pm #78617
      Howard Brown avatarHoward Brown
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      Andrew10K, good for you; I have often dreamt of doing something like that, usually after the event. There were clouds, albeit quite bright:
      http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2015/apr/11/grand-national-aintree#img-1

      The great AP McCoy riding the favourite said he would retire on the spot if he won but had to settle for fifth – I gather he will retire shortly.

      Great racers seem to find it hard to slow down. Sterling Moss continued to drive at the Nurburgring Nordschliefe into his eighties before realising he was no longer both competitive and safe; the track has just imposed a 124mph speed limit at some straight sections where a car recently left the ground and flipped over.

      Rally driver Juha Kankkunen has recently set a world record speed of 88.88mph in a tractor:
      http://www.nokiantyres.com/FastestTractor2015/

      Rally driver Sebastien Loeb shot up Pikes Peak to see the clouds:

    • April 15, 2015 at 5:46 pm #78651
      Gini Wells avatarGini Wells
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      Aha! I commented on the Grand National winner at the end of my last posting on Mike’s ‘Clouds in Black and White’ thread. Wish I’d looked at the list of runners before the race: I’d definitely have taken a punt on it!

    • April 25, 2015 at 10:46 pm #78908
      Howard Brown avatarHoward Brown
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      Paint The Clouds

      Ran well but finished fourth today:
      http://www.sportinglife.com/racing/results/25-04-2015/sandown-park/result/665581/bet365-gold-cup-chase-grade-3-handicap

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