PHOTO GALLERY
Stratford Upon
Avon 28 May (Evening)
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Choc aboard Looks Like Slim in the Parade Ring ahead of the Handicap Hurdle 28 May 2011 |
Choc and Looks Like Slim canter to the start; leading them is Jimmy McCarthy aboard Maslak 28 May 2011 |
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The runners canter to the start, cutting across mid-field to reach it. Left to right: American Art (AP McCoy); Looks Like Slim (Choc); Maslak (Jimmy McCarthy); First In The Queue (Andrew Tinkler) 28 May 2011 |
Choc finishes 5th
aboard Looks Like Slim 28 May 2011 |
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Choc debriefs connections of Looks Like Slim; trainer Ben De Haan (right) 28 May 2011 |
Choc canters to the
start of the 2 miles 5½ furlongs
Handicap Chase aboard Nikos Extra 28 May 2011 |
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Nikos Extra’s girth is tightened at the start 28 May 2011 |
Nikos Extra’s girth is tightened at the start 28 May 2011 |
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Choc and Nikos Extra
at the start 28 May 2011 |
Popular chaser, Swing
Bill; today ridden by Conor
O’Farrell 28 May 2011 |
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Choc and Nikos Extra at the start 28 May 2011 |
The start is impending
... 28 May 2011 |
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All ten runners circle
at the start: Left to right: Rebel Du Maquis (Mr Ryan
Mahon) – winner; The Jigsaw Man (A
Conlon) – 4th; Chicago Alley (Lee
Edwards); Qianshan Leader (Jack
Doyle); Intac (Joe Tizzard); Nikos Extra (Choc); Sunday City (Jamie
Moore); Swing Bill (Conor
O’Farrell) – 3rd; Invisible Man (Paddy
Brennan) – 2nd; Commemoration Day
(Felix De Giles). 28 May 2011 |
And they are off ...
racing! 28 May 2011 |
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Over the water-jump
with one circuit to go; Choc and Nikos Extra
second left. 28 May 2011 |
Choc and Nikos Extra
finish 5th; ahead of Commemoration
Day. 28 May 2011 |
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Although too dark to
take a photograph ... but to prove I was
still at Stratford for the last race – here is Choc cantering
to the start of the Maiden Open NH Flat
Race aboard Rayavadee! 28 May 2011 |
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