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Welcome to the London Racing Club

President: John Maxse                  Chairman: Mark Johnson 

 

     

    Contact us at:   kaustin@royaldocks.newham.sch.uk

     

                                 Kate Austin(Secretary)

                                 375 Romford Rd, London E7 8AB    07711 260 973
                

    Royal Ascot Preview Monday 7 June 2010 @ 7:30pm

    with Nick Smith (Ascot PR) Tony Calvin (Betfair) Andrew Barr (Racing
    Post) and Matt Chapman (ATR)

    £5 non membes, LRC members free

     

    Sponsor / take part in LRC member John Sandys' Derby 2010 walk.

    You can contact John at john.sandys@southernrailway.com

     

     

    Grand National preview and past memories evening 30 March, 7.30pm Barry Faulkner, Matthew Taylor and Andrew Barr sorting the wheat from the chaff and reliving past great Nationals. Members free and non-members £5

    Latest 6toFollow (post Cheltenham) results in articles section


    Racing at Ascot by Malcolm Whitehead now available in articles section.
    Racing from 'Downunder' now in articles section

    The latest 6tofollow results also in articles section

    The latest musings of Mike Deasy 'Of Course' are in the 'Articles' section 

                

 

     

     
     
     
     
    Two new articles
           
    Mike Quigley and Mike Deasy have both written new articles that can be found on the 'Articles' page. Click on the 'Articles' menu button on the left.

       

      Wednesday 23rd September, In-town meeting

       

      The club were very pleased to have Nicky Henderson as our special guest. Nicky was in conversation with Oli Bell from Racing UK. A great evening was enjoyed by the biggest crowd we have had at the LRC for some time. Nicky was a great entertainer and Oli elicited memories and stories from Nicky about the horses and jockeys he has known over the years.

       

      Articles:

       

      The final standings of the LRC 6 to Follow (very kindly run by Simon McInnes and an

      edition of Mike Deasy's musings under the 'Of Course' banner can both be found

      in the 'Articles' section  (use link in left hand menu panel).

       

      April 28th Epsom night / Flat preview

       

      A very interesting evening that featured Nick Blofeld, Managing Director of Epsom Racecourse talking about the new grandstand and Lydia Hislop (RUK), Mark Howard (author of 'Ahead on the Flat' and RUK and David Williams (Ladbrokes) on the new flat season - under the chairmanship of our President John Maxse. Plenty of horses to follow but the Charity Bet was well beaten in the 2000 Guineas.

       

      Aintree preview - National's 100/1 winner tipped!

       

      No not really - but an entertaining evening in the company of the Racing Post's Andrew Barr, William Hill's Kate Miller and Barry Faulkner from At the Races in the chair was enjoyed by another good attendance in our Kensington Forum (Holiday Inn) venue. Karabak was stepped up in distance for his Aintree race but if not the trip was not enough of a problem he was also burdened with the panel's William Hill £50 charity bet which was clearly altogether too much for him to carry to victory. 

       

      Cheltenham preview meeting

       

      A panel of David Dickinson (BHA Handicapper), Claude Charlet (RUK pundit and blodstock agent), Matthew Taylor (ATR) and Eamonn Faulkner were kept in Check by Mark Johnson chairing the preview as they galloped through the four days of the festival with plenty of wisdom and not a little wit.

       

      Charity bet was £50 win on Karabak in the Ballymore Novices' Hurdle.

       

       

      Mick Fitzgerald evening

       

      Those who were able to attend January's in town meeting were exceedingly well entertained by the very genial Nick Luck in conversation with Mick Fitzgerald looking back over his career.

       

      Interspersed with video footage of some of Mick's greatest rides the evening progressed from Mick's early beginnings to his greatest moments in the sport - winning the Grand National on Rough Quest and the Gold Cup on See More

      Business.

       

      Mick was also fully occupied during the interval talking to members of the audience and signing copies of his book 'Better than Sex' by the shed load!

       

       

      6 to Follow / Of Course

       

      The latest scores can be found under articles as can Mike Deasy's latest

      'Of Course' observations on racing at large

       

       

      Future dates for your diaries

       

       

       

       

       

     
 

 

                                                                    
 
 
 
 
 
 
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