Alastair had just been announced as being unwell, so I thought Id take over, As Alastair is unwell, I have pre-written his race report for the Supreme. Interesting comments but I still rate Alastairs journalistic skills and thought he was excellent on the RP chat the other night.Nobody uses War analogies to describe Horses racing round a field quite like Mr Down himself. As a jockey I'm stronger than ever and my racing brain is sharper. It is a sadness that few people could see beyond the buffoon and that was his fault. I told them that Norton's Coin would win at Cheltenham in March - and I knew the race, it was in was a handicap called Mildmay of Fleet Chase and I remember sitting in the offices of Sporting Life the day the declaration closed for the race and I rang Cyril Griffiths out of the blue, having never spoken to him in my life, and I asked if everything was alright with Norton's Coin and he said Oh, it was market day this morning so I missed declaring him for the Mildmay & Fleet, so hes running in the Gold Cup!So I slammed the phone down and I cant repeat the rude word are used! "When it got to my lungs I was basically rotting. UNEXPECTED WINNER 2009 FLAT 10 TO FOLLOW COMPETITION! Frost and Nicholls with Black Corton after their Grade 1 Kauto Star Novices' Chase victory at Kempton on Boxing Day. Her book suggested a recovery of sorts. Some people (fools) said Katchit couldn't win the Champion Hurdle. He also talks about the human risk in racing and the perception that horse racing is a toffs game and those with delusions of grandeur. Star Sports (licence number 009177) is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission. Mac, deep into the 90th minute, told her where to go. Different days, as they will all be now without the old cuss. So, it is you, you and yours which you are concentrating on. The old roar had grown husky but the heart still pulsed vibrant. I love the atmosphere, I love the anticipation, I love the excitement and I love the test. Tales from the Betting Ring. 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. From 1922 to 1927 he attended Edinburgh Academy, and from 1927 to 1932 attended Marlborough College. Later on at school I would get that rare disease Hunteritis every Tuesday. 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'. In this final part Alastair talks about his writing, advice from John McCririck, improving your vocabulary, his friends in the game, his love of the foot soldiers in the industry. The fact is that his replacements on Channel 4 are now so poor that they cannot really be described as journalists. You have to be careful and everything has to be properly tested of course, but given how prevalent depression is and just how much more the debate has advanced, it could work. Who do you tip as being this years leading Festival trainer? As Basil Fawlty once said: "Enjoy your meal!". A Timeform squiggle warranted perhaps GT? However, her career was overshadowed by a long period of mental illness, which she wrote about in a book, Diamonds Behind My Eyes, published in 1997. "I love my hunting and hounds. 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. 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. Neither friendly nor unfriendly, Campbell describes Corbyn in his diary. Alastair Down is the author of Cheltenham et Al (4.17 avg rating, 24 ratings, 3 reviews, published 2014), Cheltenham Et Al (4.83 avg rating, 6 ratings, 1. 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 - . 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. It's a great place with peacocks, poorly chicks staying warm on the Aga and lots of guinea fowl. 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. Yet among the mass of cap-doffing drivel that has poured out in recent days has been the contributions of women who knew and worked with him. 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. Working for The Sporting Life and Old Fleet Street, interviewing Jeffrey Bernard for a job at The Weekender at the Coach and Horses. The diluted earnings per share based on that net income is $0.44, according to a statement. Down commanded a platoon in the Battle of Sidi Barrani in December 1940 and lost his right eye in the engagement. Does he talk to Keir Starmer much? According to the NHS, some of the most common symptoms of a fractured hip include: pain. The period leading up to that forms one of the most personal and painful sections of his latest diaries, Rise and Fall of the Olympic Spirit, his eighth volume covering 2010-15, with Campbell breaking down while talking to his sons friends or waking up crying after barely sleeping due to the huge stress. ("Chezza" to the proletariat) But you can tell it is true because there is about Frost an achingly admirable honesty. That was an argument when we were in opposition [in the 1980s and 1990s], Campbell says. It is not like 40 years ago when it was for people who wore tweed next to the skin. They were very good about it.". And, I really hope, an interesting test whether they know how that works, when someone who is an MP says they cant do the job. But the manner of John McCririck's slow fade to grey was also the stuff of inspiration because this most singular and underrated lover of racing died as he had lived drenched in bravery. Perhaps more than any man I knew he abhorred racism in its every form and was light years ahead of society. Centurycomm Limited is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 26983, Copyright 2023 centurycomm limited or its licensors, all rights reserved, John McCririck and Alastair Down on TV duty at Royal Ascot in 2013. In response, it has been made shorter and with a smaller field, so therefore it has removed some of the ferocity but it has made it safer, a bit like the Grand National being made safer; fallers are kind of a rarity in the National now, whereas they were literally all over the place before. Nothing in the form book gave Boyneside a ghost of a chance but he made his ground steadily and jumped into the lead at the last and set off up the hill, hard ridden, head down and battling. And loved him for it. Given the success of the Weetabix jockey in the TV ads, perhaps a sparkling media career awaits this horse? Hes fallen off the wagon back into the splosh then? All rights reserved. Warwick has a strong reputation in the UK for research and excellent links with industry. So across the moor I went. "The nurses and Dad ended up going through all the hospital laundry a disgusting job, but that's what fathers do for daughters. Old boss Tony Blair was among the guests in the studio in an eventful few days which saw him having to quickly apologise after accidentally announcing the death of the Queen getting Her Majesty mixed up with Prince Phillip. I have spanned golden years and I have lived through the matchless age of Champion Hurdles with Sea Pigeon, Night Nurse, Monks Field doing battle over the years and Ive seen the Kauto Star and Denman years; and the Best Mate years - Ive been very lucky. not being able to stand or put weight on your leg . Now it is absolutely for everybody and its much better for it. 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. He won the Pertemps three times aged 11, 12, 13 (i think) and he was an absolute legend - partly because of his silly name and partly because he was locally trained and wanted ground like Passchendaele. Her trajectory will mean she has to get used to it. As he once exultantly explained a definition he had read: "A dim, flightless bird ridiculously easy to catch.". Memories? But it is the impression she has made after winning a race that has marked her out as something more than a young athlete on the up. The opposition parties get that this is a really, really dangerous Government, and a dangerous time for the country, but whether then theyre prepared to take the necessary steps to come together to beat them where they cant beat them on their own is a debate theyve surely got to have. Victory in Saturdays Classic Chase at Warwick on Milansbar, following on from the Badger Ales Handicap Chase on Present Man and the Grade 1 Kauto Star Novices Chase with Black Corton on whom she has scored six times has maintained the surge. 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! Black Cortons success at Kempton put Frost alongside Lizzie Kelly as the only women to win a Grade 1 over jumps. He talks about how an ante-post gamble at Cheltenham on Nortons Coin went astray, even though it won at 100/1. She got her conditional licence in the summer with Paul Nicholls and says: "That was rock'n'roll time. After divorcing Graham in 1997, she lived alone in East Sheen, south-west London with a couple of Persian cats keeping her suitably feline company stoically dealing with her illness, making a domestic agenda of cooking and gardening, and going for power walks whenever she could. "Eventually it was found that I'd put a kink in my ureter, which is the tube that carries urine from the kidney to the bladder, and I was filling up with all sorts of stuff. I went in at 9st and came out at 7st.". (exechange) Morrisville, North Carolina, April 29, 2022 Alistair Macdonald, chief executive of Syneos, leaves. Yes, probably. It was a good week, yeah I enjoyed it, he says. 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. 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 Humour and humanity sums it up very well. What would you say was your best fairytale? He used to do what we call 'Jimmy wriggles' going into a fence. I dont get the sense that Johnson sees this as a priority at all. I saw him in the Mount Royale after racing during Ebor week a couple of years ago. Which renowned racing journalist was spotted well before the first on Tuesday in the Quevega bar at Cheltenham, pint in hand, unsteady on his feet and rather the worse for wear when he was supposed to be at work? She is simply uplifting and everything a 22-year-old should be with the world at her feet. A virtual makeweight on The Sunday Forum and scruffy to boot, his Q&A session in the RP was really trite and very poorly written (blarsay anyone ? 41.9K subscribers Sam Hanson meets up with Alastair Down to find out where his love for Cheltenham and in particular the Cheltenham Festival all stemmed from. 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. 2014 - 2017. On and off. And there was a resonance of their views with John. That struck me as a sign of progress. Theres a very good reason that that cheer goes up when the tapes go up; because people have been waiting for the start of the meeting or a particular race or the Gold Cup and they love it. It was quite a drizzly day, a very weird day. He encouraged me to start an upholstery business and began work on a studio. Dad's mum, Granny Glynne, is a legend. Its a huge ask for a horse, let alone one that is absolutely legless. Walking into The Ivy for lunch and seeing this be-fezzed loon ensconced on a wide banquette, chosen as he found a chair mildly restrictive after a course or four. 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. You must be logged in to reply to this topic. 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. "I had a 10hh pony called Rosie who would jump anything. "I was let out but every time I went surfing I was in terrible pain I've never known pain like it. Its incredible.. It didnt make for easy viewing; you wouldnt be able to have it now, the public wouldnt stand for it. Still, he does have his moments. And beating hell out of the breakers had an unusual legacy. She hates not being in control of her own body and had worked so hard to make herself a physical athlete. There is TV footage of the pair leaping up and down in the stands son of the demented cavorting joyously with the pleasingly insane. Oscars Best Picture Winners Best Picture Winners Emmys APA Heritage Month STARmeter Awards San Diego Comic-Con New York Comic-Con Sundance Film Festival Toronto Int'l Film Festival Awards Central Festival Central All Events Tony Blair has argued Labour needs total change and greater co-operation with other progressive parties or will die. 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. They had given five years of their life making sure it was thus. The footballer turned respected pundit and businessman talks to Alastair Campbell about self-belief, sport and politics By Alastair Campbell Alastair Campbell Meets Eddie Jones Eddie Jones is. ", "Yes, indeed Miss Frost and thanks for that. Alastair, that really was a truly fascinating and enjoyable interview. Although she did say the changes are in ways you dont necessarily want it to change. 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 article is available free as a sample. Ive grown to trust him, so Ill probably take them. Alastair Down was never one of the University of York's most diligent students, but he used his time there to pursue his lifelong love affair with horse racing as Tom Richmond discovered. Its mind-blowing that these people are way ahead in the polls. After one two-hour op the bear was gone and I couldn't take that. Usually with shooting stars there is an element of green eye. With the side effects of some of them you can feel very numb, your mind isnt quite there, youre not functioning properly, but the one Im on now just seems to work. Nosey and I would wander into her kitchen if I wanted a biscuit or a piece of toast. In last year's 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 . I thought I was John Paul Getty - or the modern day Bill Gates! Joanna and I had this very funny exchange where she said: The problem is Alastair, the drugs change the way your mind works. She has an affair with his publisher and conceives a child. Some days were better than others. I said yes, thats why I take them! Phew. Not as often as I did to Ed, he chuckles. We had reached that stage. What support do they get? When I came out I couldn't for the life of me find the car. Down joined the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1938 in London and was posted to Mandatory Palestine. It was agony when I was surfing because my body couldn't process the saltwater I was swallowing. 'He's slowing the whole bloody thing down!' Often, even in deepest Devon, it is customary to inherit a little something from your granny but Bryony has already bequeathed a gift in the other direction. History and Politics (BA Hons)1st. "I've only had one Nicholls bollocking. 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. 'Happily now she's fine and fit again and she's still very much a girl. 2023The Racing ForumAll rights reserved, Powered byWPDesigned with the Customizr Theme, Viewing 17 posts - 1 through 17 (of 34 total), The home of intelligent horse racing discussion. "We went everywhere together. He ended the war as a full colonel. My lurcher Marie brought down her first six-point roe deer the other day. 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! Put it this way, three or four people woke up on the platform at Paddington at 3am the following morning, it was that sort of day! Speaking of Jim Wilson, he used to ride a horse called Willie Wumpkins. Sir Alastair Down, who has died aged 90, was a career manager in the oil industry who was plunged into the limelight when he was asked to rescue Burmah Oil in the mid-1970s. Greene's guest appearances include those with Eric Burdon, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Savoy Brown, John Nmeth and Debbie Davies. 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. Andrew Marr made a documentary about post-war Britain and they shot some footage at the Festival and he came out with the line that, there were as many nose studs as trilbies, which is not strictly true, but it does embrace all society; a great sporting democracy of people from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the north and the west, down to the Home Counties. ' he laughs. Sam Hanson meets up with Alastair Down to find out where his love for Cheltenham and in particular the Cheltenham Festival all stemmed from. "Getting me off the morphine was a massive problem. I wanted to get off it, asking why I needed to be on this. In all I had 12 operations, mainly keyhole surgery, and six different stents inserted into my tube. What Are the Major Horse Racing Events in the UK? I reacted very badly to tramadol and other drugs intended to wean me away from it. Well, Henry Daly is a great chum of mine and he doesnt run horses at Cheltenham for fresh air and fun as they say and he is going to have four runners all I would say to people is that they will all be big prices and I would keep them all on the right side as his horses have all run brilliantly this season and they dont go there for social reasons! John McCririck: his use of tic-tac attracted attention. This year will be the 45th year I have been going to the Festival, without missing a single day. I was back in hospital and then septicemia set in. 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. His stint follows regular presenter Piers Morgan quitting the show in March amid a furious row with bosses over his comments on Meghan Markles Oprah interview. Members promote, sell or buy goods and services within the network. Award-winning racing writer and broadcaster Alastair Down talks about the early days of his life falling in the love with the game. "Now Fat Al, I am two glasses ahead of you but I am sure you will catch up.". Had a chat with him at the Tingle Creek meeting as was a throughly nice bloke, wish him all the best. He has also performed and/or recorded with Alan . I had one that I backed from 25s which went off at 8/1 which fell in the paddock! "I had a 10hh pony called Rosie who would jump anything. Alastair Down talks to Willie Robinson 50 years on from Mill House's Gold Cup. There is some cruelty in its beauty, its a very hard place and I have seen desperate tragedies to horse and human there and you know that those risks are being run on your behalf. In my inner heart I hope he understood how deeply he was valued by those privileged to be allowed past the public image. Good as his word he strode in and sat at the end of the table. 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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! [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. She says: "I'm very family orientated and was taught from an early age to respect money. 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. But it was done vast ego aside because he cared above all for you and I. 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In the race, she recalls, "I was fourth trying hard to be third to get a few quid for Dad. Ive known an amateur to be champion jockey there, Jim Wilson in his prime! "The five holes in her tummy are from the keyhole surgery as they tried time and again to mend her kidney. "I can take pain now because it's nothing compared with what I felt then. 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. Nicola Pagett, left, with Jean Marsh, in the ITV series Upstairs Downstairs. I dont think Johnsons popular. Other amorous adventures follow before she leaves for New York. Think Alice Plunkett and Tanya Stevenson yes they wanted to throttle him some days, but they knew he was some man to have at your shoulder in the trench when the foe were closing on you across no man's land. Mulching and Watering This thread reminds me of the time I posted on the Betfair forum a spoof report a week before the 2010 Supreme. You only realize how good both he and Mac were when you see the viewing figs go down faster than a Thai brass! I suppose hes a dying breed, the drunken journalist. He is best known for his tenure from 1975 to 1983 as chairman of Burmah Oil, which he rescued from near-bankruptcy. She says: "As soon as I could walk I was put on my donkey Nosey and told that if I got off him I couldn't get back on him. 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. 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. How much that contributed to the D-Day demise of Dunguib on this singular afternoon in Gods own county is debatable. Simon Nott is author of: So I went back to hospital and they said I must have pulled a muscle and I told them that the pain had to be more than that. 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