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August 2025

Brave Ryan wins the wife, but who wins at No 10?
Dismal and costly Racing yesterday, with favourite after favourite beaten out of sight.
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Nick Boyd
Post breakfast in every sense
Just a quickie as there have been several changes to the cards and I have revised some bets.
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Nick Boyd
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Randomly drinking claret for breakfast
The appalling, ongoing gloom of daily life in Blighty, was made so much brighter this week by several Random Acts of Kindness (or RAKs) to the Editor.
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Nick Boyd
Another cunning plan
plus Goodwood, Deauville, Beverley and Yarmouth on telly
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Nick Boyd
If only mending Blighty was as easy as picking winners at York!
I occasionally poke my nose into the pages of Huffington Post, largely when I need to take the edge off my boyish enthusiasm for life.
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Nick Boyd
Opinion is the medium between knowledge and ignorance
Plato reviews the Juddmonte, and the tips for Day 3 of The York Ebor meeting
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Nick Boyd
One Too Few
Trying to remain upbeat on a mare of a day
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Nick Boyd
Diary of a (partially) broken man
Sunday 17th August: Perfectly splendid day, with exceedingly generous drinks and outstanding nibbles, (best so far this year by a distance), to…
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What a cracking Saturday!
An extraordinarily busy Saturday and even busier Sunday.
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Nick Boyd
A porcupine plays the piano, we give the tips for Saturdays TV racing and we have an interview with a great photographer.
With the Hovis brand being swallowed up this week, I’m overcome with northern nostalgia.
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Nick Boyd
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