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After 1,418 point-to-point winners, Derek O'Connor has announced his retirement from race-riding.
Congratulations on the most amazing of careers!
Gutted about the loss of the brilliant Eva Marie Saint, even though she was 102 years old. So few greats of that era left with us now. In On the Waterfront she is so perfect a foil for Brando, both fragile and iron-willed. She elevates the whole movie. RIP legend.
Prince was asked to do a solo on a cover of While My Guitar Gently Weeps and he showed up to the rehearsal and barely played anything. Didn’t have any solo ready at all and didn’t play one. They asked what he was going to play and he just said “Don’t worry about it.”
Then, on the night of the performance he just looms out of the shadows and plays this. The way he pivots off that F# root note into Dorian mode is so good. Massively underrated guitarist.
This is straight up HR reading from a legally approved script before they lay you off energy. Having to read from a prompter about a moral position is CRAZY. Worst crisis PR I’ve seen in a long time.
All of Ed Sheeran’s openers have now withdrawn from the Looper Tour. Please realize how big this is. This is what unity looks like. Billionaires are terrified of people realizing how strong they can be when we come together for a cause. Continue speaking out. Support the new artists that are deciding to put their careers at risk to take this stance.
@BBCSport seriously what is wrong with you?? Saffie Osborne smashed the glass ceiling today, becoming the first female jockey to win an English classic, the St ledger stakes @DoncasterRaces & it didn’t even get a mention on @BBCNews Shame on you.
Read ‘Lonesome Dove’ earlier this year and it was so fantastic that I was nearly inconsolable when I finished it. Not sure of the need for the new series seeing as the Duvall miniseries is so highly regarded, but I wish I could read the book again for the first time.
@AtTheRaces@Tomptin Ethical Diamond changed his legs a number of times when being asked to stride on. He looks like a sensitive horse with a touchy mouth so don’t think Ryan can just point him at gaps easily. Not saying it was a perfect ride but think victim of circumstance. Winner won v well.