Clear, concise, comprehensive horseracing analysis and insight from Paul Jones, former author of the Cheltenham Festival Betting Guide, concentrating on jump racing in addition to the best of the Flat and leading Sports events.

From Soba To Moldova

26/11/17

The jumps season is now fully into top gear since my blog a fortnight ago and I thought it was interesting how many winners at the Cheltenham November Meeting ran at their two-day meeting the previous month, which I have banked into my memory for next season.

As many as seven winners at Cheltenham last weekend ran at the October Meeting and, just for the record, the same number ran at the Festival the previous season. Whether that is because the November Meeting is not as strong a fixture as before (the bignever heard her explicitly call that philosophical edifice a good or bad idea—rather a lot of “thought” was going into it, as with everything except her plans for the Middle East and Russia. She remained as neutral as possible at all times, hiding behind her brand of exceptionalism.

She was no ordinary Republican, er, Democrat…

The TPP was off and on and off. (Her pillow talk with Bill in the good old days had resulted in NAFTA.) How about fracking vs. the environment? Without saying “drill baby, drill” she was as enlightened as Palin. She clearly believed that what was good for big business, exclusive of Standing Rock and the indigenous peoples of the United States of America, was peachy.

Let’s see, what else did she have in store? Oh, “Well,