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Post created:
23/12/2010
Donald McCain brought Overturn to Butterton to work on our Polytrack
I think everyone must now be totally incensed by a
second harsh winter. Many of the limited daylight hours are being
consumed by carting water, repairing burst water pipes and
the continuing call of stranded motorists/tradesmen in the
lane requiring liberation from both ditch and hedge. Staff
have overcome daily challenges to get to and from
Butterton, with the yard thermometer hitting a record low of minus
14.8°C.
Our Polytrack gallop surface, however, has again
been exceptional considering the conditions, and we had a
very welcome visitor today when Donald McCain brought his Galway
hurdle winner, Overturn, here to work.
Belatedly Tony McCoy has received some recognition outside
his sport, winning BBC Sports Personality of the year. "AP"
is not only the most successful jump jockey ever but is also
an outstanding ambassador for horseracing. When you consider
that the majorly talented Steve Redgrave received a knighthood
for dominating rowing for a similar timescale it shows how
Tony’s efforts have been overlooked. If a footballer had
totally dominated his sport for fifteen years he would
probably have 30 times more career earnings, 90% less
x-rays, and be anti-post favourite to be the next Pope! Well done to the BHA for its support including this AP replica, left [real AP right], at Bangor last week.
I hope you are pleased to see that I have at last entered the twenty-first century and now have this web site up and running – though there is some fine tuning still to do. Please tell me what you think about it. The Ford Flyer will appear here regularly, perhaps more often in future, on the news page.
If you let me have your e-mail address, we will let you know when there is new information added – we would have told you, for instance, on 23 December that this message was on line!
All of the team here at Butterton wish you the Season’s
greetings and that, hopefully, normal daily racing can resume
soon.
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