Chester Cup Day

  Mamlook Winning the Chester Cup in 2010

There are no stable runners today but there is some jumping action up at Market Rasen.  We did have some entries but decided not to declare in the end but Philip Armson heads to the Lincolnshire track for a couple of rides.  The Chester Cup is the feature race on the Chester card at 3.15pm, a 2m2f handicap, a race we have won in the past with a horse called Mamlook. It is a high class handicap with the ratings of the horses spanning from 108 to 87 and there is £150,000 in added prize money to be won.  The Dermot Weld trained, Ryan Moore ridden Falcon Eight heads the weights and the betting at about 5/1 for today’s contest.  It looks a pretty open race according to the market but I see there has been a bit of support for Call My Bluff who is now down to about 15/2 fourth best in the betting so maybe I would side with this one if I had to choose one.

Our very own Mamlook won this race back in 2010 with Richard Hughes on board.  He was a brilliant dual purpose horse and he won this race of a mark of 96.  Prior to winning this he had finished second in the Cesarewitch at Newmarket and he was also a four time winner over hurdles and dual winner over fences.  He was a fantastic credit to us and his owners, Peter Deal and Gerry Lowe.  When he finished his racing career in 2013 he spent his retirement with the girl that used to look after him at the yard. 

Alongside Chester, there is also flat racing at Ascot, Nottingham, Ripon and Wolverhampton today while they race over jumps at Kilbeggan in Ireland. 

There is not football action to speak of as such so a fairly quiet day for me on the sporting front.  In light of this I thought I would share something I was sent that I thought was quite amusing so I hope it provides you with a few Friday chuckles as well!

EXTRACTS from Actual Letters received by various Councils and Housing Associations throughout the United Kingdom.

 1)      I want some repairs done to my cooker as it has backfired and burnt my knob off.

 2)      I wish to complain that my father hurt his ankle very badly when he put his foot in the hole in his back passage.

 3)      …and their 18 year old son is continually banging his balls against my fence!

 4)      I wish to complain that tiles are missing from the outside toilet roof. I think it was the bad wind the other night that blew them off.

 5)      My lavatory seat is cracked. Where do I stand?

 6)      I am writing on behalf of my sink which is coming away from the wall.

 7)      Will you please send someone to mend the garden path? My wife tripped and fell on it yesterday and now she is pregnant. We are getting married in September and we would like it in the garden before we move into the house.

 8)      I request permission to remove my drawers in the kitchen.

 9)      50% of the walls are damp. 50% have crumbling plaster and the rest are plain filthy.

 10)   I am still having problems with smoke in my drawers.

 11)   The toilet is blocked and we cannot bath the children until it is cleared.

 12)   Will you please send a man to look at my water, it is a funny colour and not fit to drink.

 13)   Our lavatory seat is broken in half in three places.

 14)   Would you please send a man to repair my sprout? I am an old age pensioner and need it badly?

 15)   I want to complain about the farmer across the road; every morning at 6am his cock wakes me up, and it’s getting too much for me.