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Hi I am Jo…wife, lover, best friend and soulmate to Keith. Lover of all things to do with nature and the canals. I am passionate about the Waterways and its history.


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Saturday 10 January 2015

Racing at Warwick.

For those of you who pop-in regularly, you may have read that Keith and I won the best dressed Victorians at the Victorian evening back in November. Our prize was a years membership to the horse racing. We were unable to get to the first couple of meetings due to ill-health and the cancellation of the New Years Eve meeting due to a frozen course.

Going to race meeting is one of the things we want to do on our Bucket List.

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Today we took advantage of a break in the weather, which had been very windy and wet over night to walk to the race course to see some racing.

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We arrived for the 2nd race at 1.20 pm.

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We did not place a bet this time.

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The first race was won by

2 Upepito (FR) ridden by L Treadwell

5 Keel Haul (IRE) ridden by J M Davies

3 Greywell Boy ridden by S Twiston-Davies.

It was actually quite thrilling to watch the racing live and not from my arm chair.

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Because we won the annual membership, we get to go into the members enclosure, so decided to stand up on the balcony.

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We had a great view of the parade ring and winners enclosure.

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We could also see the bookies taking their bets.

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Third race on the card was Betfred Mobile Hampton Novices' Chase (Listed) 3 miles 110 yards.

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The winner  and runners up were

5 Sego Success (IRE) ridden by Tom Cannon.

2 Grand Vision (IRE) ridden by Brendan Powell

1 Deputy Dan (IRE) ridden by L P Aspell

Having enjoyed our first taste of horse racing up close and personnel, Keith was beginning to worry about his back from the standing, so we decided to call it a day and walk back home. I think perhaps next time we will go on a warmer day, then perhaps Keith’s back maybe happier. But we both enjoyed the experience.

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