Russell Bell

Runner,CiRF,Liverpool Supporter

[The Masters @TheMasters]

Worth the wait. #themasters

[Pat Healy @patcashhealy]

Sunday morning and I draw the curtains. Jesus what a horrible sight ! Its grey dark and the sky looks to be on the ground. The scene mirrors the way I feel after yesterday evenings result in the football with The Dubs beating us in our own backyard by a point. I have to face them at Punchestown today, putting on a smiley face and let their banter roll off me. Oh the thoughts of it ! Problem is I’m used to it now sure they have us where they want us for the past decade and a half.
Pick up the phone check whats happening in the world, is Trump giving us a laugh today ?
Wallop ! Noooo ! Aw Holy God ! Like a heavy weight boxers punch into the stomach The IHRB let us know that Mikey has left us. Punchestown and The Point To Points called off. Be no trace of any Dubs today ! Oh how I’m wishing now that there was, that way wouldn’t Mikey still be with us.

Tramore New Years Day 47 nights ago. Mikey steers Embassy Gardens home to win the feature event on the card for trainer Willie Mullins. I photograph him and his mount in a happy kinda celebration shot on the track before they head for the winners enclosure. “Well done Mikey boy, good on you kid” “Thanks Pat, I needed that” the relief washing over him. “Mikey, this game is about the long road, stay on the road” I tell him. “Don’t worry Pat when I get my chance I will turn it into a motorway” he says and a big hearty laugh out of him !!

I know Mikey, not well but I know him. Sure we are both part of the same community. The racing community. We move from town to town like a circus. Same clowns different towns. As I get older I appreciate the younger generations. They make me smile and I learn from them. Little life lessons like new slang words, phone and computer shortcuts, that type of stuff. Sure they know it all !
Mikey is a step above the youngest generation I interact with. There is a group of 16-17 year olds riding. Mikey is 24. I love capturing their 1st success on the track and then watching them achieve their goals and dreams. Cheltenham is every jump jockey’s dream and in March 2023 we saw Mikey grab his dream twice in the one day. Glorious,Great and Gracious, Mikey stole the show in the biggest circus.If you hadn’t seen the results you wouldn’t have known it. His cap still fitted his head, his walk didn’t alter and his tongue didn’t let him down. Pure humble hi.

The last few days everything I have read and heard spoken about him is true. It makes me wish I knew him better. Makes me wish I spent time in his company socially. Makes me wish……

Mikey you are a credit to your family and friends.

May God speed you on that motorway and wrap his loving arms around you X

[Russell Bell @RussellBell19]

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[Charlie Lawson @charlie_lawson1]

All flights out of The USA booked up yet??!!!

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

It's like Brexit all over again - watching the hysterical outpourings of liberal and cultural elitists who cannot comprehend that not everyone on the planet shares their own narrow ideological worldview. They will never learn.

[Russell Bell @RussellBell19]

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[Little Green @thelittlegreen6]

RIP BONO! 😭😭😭

[Russell Bell @RussellBell19]

Ain’t that the truth!!!!

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

Shame on the @iocmedia for allowing women to be beaten up by men as a sport. RT if you agree #ShameOnTheIOC

[Sharron Davies HoL MBE @sharrond62]

This is a biological male fighting a female & absolutely everyone can see it, they have also failed gender screening, twice & have XY chromosomes. There is no ambiguity that the IOC do not care if a female gets seriously hurt. Or worse. I’m astonished at the weakness of the media

[The Jockey Club @TheJockeyClub]

An icon never to be forgotten ❤️

The legendary Istabraq has passed away at the age of 32.

He really was special 🙌

[- @AnfieldRd96]

I can’t explain what this football club does to me, against the odds all the fucking time and we always pull it out of the bag. I love this football club so much.

[Russell Bell @RussellBell19]

Our kids done well!

[Liverpool FC @LFC]

WE ARE THE CARABAO CUP WINNERS!!!!!!! 😍

[At The Races @AtTheRaces]

"This is another step in the abolition of jumps racing as we knew it!"

Very strong words from Ted Walsh following the news of changes to the Grand National next year...

[Irish Rugby @IrishRugby]

Legend! 💚

#TeamOfUs

[Spirit of Shankly @spiritofshankly]

Football fans are fed up with the incompetence of officials @FA_PGMOL - fans travel all over the country spending fortunes for the game they love - this is simply not good enough #EnoughIsEnough #TOTLIV

[Russell Bell @RussellBell19]

Tottenham fans celebrating,I would be embarrassed relying on an own goal to beat 9 men!Premier League need to take a look at their officials and VAR,enough is enough,beyond a joke now!