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Mike Parcej
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Mike Parcej
@MikeParcej
Passionate national hunt racing fan, and a lifelong appreciation of 70s and 80s pop music.
Wolverhampton Katılım Haziran 2018
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@JoeSeward1 @IrishRacing7 @LeopardstownRC @KilbegganRaces They don’t want the average racegoers coming in, even the curragh have learnt their lessons (albeit they still have a long way to go also)
There’s a demand for flat racing even if it isn’t group action for other tracks
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Small crowd at @LeopardstownRC tonight. There is a lot of racing at the moment . You have @KilbegganRaces on tonight too. Ireland has some of the best flat racing in the world - but it doesn't seem to draw in the crowds like NH racing. Which is a real shame.
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@JoeSeward1 @_TomOD @IrishRacing7 @SziIlar @LeopardstownRC @KilbegganRaces @curraghrace @AtTheRaces @aobrienfansite It's quite simple. Market yourself as a racecourse. Not an entertainment venue. The Curragh have learnt their lesson. I love going there now. Leopardstown and Fairyhouse must stop now and return to being racecourses. The new Longchamp is a disaster in the making.
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@_TomOD @IrishRacing7 @SziIlar @LeopardstownRC @KilbegganRaces I wouldn't agree with you - the Curragh has had big crowds at every fixture this season and they have gotten back the local people too. There has been a great buzz at the meetings there this season so far. The only negative remains the location of the betting ring .
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@five2oneplease Can't agree with you my friend. But i totally respect your view. I hated being in my twenties in the nineties. I felt like an outcast.
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@MikeParcej TBF, the '90s were awesome, and E's were mint! Take me back, please! And we had brilliant liquidity in the betting markets to boot.
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Should never have been released. Promoting drug culture.
Ian Phillips: Music, TV & Film Classics@IPhillips79
The Shamen - Ebeneezer Goode Remixed by The Beatmasters, the song was written by Richard West and Colin Angus. Caused a wave of controversy with what was considered a bleak endorsement of recreational drug use "E's are good, E's are good". Despite a Radio 1 ban, still hit #1!
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@GamblingPrince1 @MikeParcej We can’t even blame Sporting Life for that, because these countryside race meetings don’t even accept bets from French punters outside the racetrack itself. And there are plenty of them every weekend throughout spring and summer
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To show my point, the racecard states he won last time out, but the form book states not? Any ideas? @AdrienCUGNASSE
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Finally the 1m 4yo handicap goes to Mets Le Feu, his second win in a row (according to the racecard but not the form book, can anyone explain please?), and an impressive victory over Mon Black Du Livet, for Mathieu Pitart and Cristian Demuro.Another rapidly improving handicapper.
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@PGrundberge I'm strolling through it to and from Auteuil from Suresnes tomorrow. I'm told to look out for ladies of the night hiding in the bushes. That's true. Every time they see me coming...they hide in the bushes!!
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@MikeParcej I've seen stranger things in the woods on Bois des Boulogne, between Roland Garros and Longchamp.
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Now why on earth would there be a pair of rams pottering along an embankment in suburban Paris?
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@racingoncourse @Stephenh61 Looks excellent. Sadly I can't split myself in two!!
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Brown Sauce were much better!
archivetvmusings@archivetvmus71
Top of the Pops (15th May 1980). The Four Bucketeers entertain.
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The Sacre Couer on the horizon. Visited in 1997. A very religious building in ironically, one of the roughest most dangerous districts of Paris!!
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The Saint Cloud fixture list. A lovely weekend would be to sacrifice the Showcase/Old Roan for a year, and do the "transferred races" weekend. The Grand Steeplechase De @HippoCompiegne from Enghien, and the Prix Royal Oak from Longchamp. A lovely autumn French racing weekend.
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Made it to @paris_longchamp but not a good start. Physical searching on entrance. Then i was refused admission because although i bought my ticket, i hadn't downloaded it onto some silly "wallet". A kind lady helped out. Not the French racing i've grown to know and love. In now.
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What a racegoing experience today has been at Saint Cloud. @VilleSaintCloud for just €3 entry, everything a racing fan could wish for. With the horses all day, a magnificent stand in a beautiful setting, great winners enclosure. Small crowd but all ages. Under 18s welcome here!
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@Dalais1760 @FrankelWatch13 Sing Softly the dam? Surely not the Sing Softly who ran in 1982?
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The superb Saint Cloud pre parade ring. Unlike Longchamp, fully visible to paying racegoers.
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Just shows how passionate West Wales is in preserving their language. It was a pleasure to be part of the community as our family home for 45 years, and will keep returning regularly.
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