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It is with immense sadness that we share the news that Roy Rocket has died.
Thank you to all who loved him, supported him, visited him and sent him cards, carrots and polos. We know you will miss him as much as we do. Our hearts are heavy.
Emma Berry
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Emma Berry
@CollingsBerry
Chief correspondent @TheTDN, chair of @BritishEBF, dogsbody at Beverley House Stables. Words and photos via Collings Berry Media.
- For her temperament alone I’d take this Eishin Flash filly home.
00:00 - Forever Young has pulled out better this morning than his trainer Yoshito Yahagi, who said he spent the night dancing, drinking and watching the Dodgers winning the World Series.
- Not at all surprising that the excellent horsewoman Princess Anne would take time to speak to the people that did the hard work with Desert Hero at the races and at home.
- Off they go again. Always good to be woken up by the sound of horses’ hooves.
- The magnificent Kitasan Black, sire of Equinox and this year’s Japanese Derby winner Croix Du Nord.
- The remarkable 34-year-old Wind In Her Hair, dam of Deep Impact and Black Tide, relaxing in her paddock at Northern Horse Park and coming in for her lunch.
00:00 - A total of 37 sports stories in the Sunday Times and not one mention of Charlie Appleby, a British trainer, winning the Irish Derby three weeks after he saddled the Derby winner. Racing, we have a problem.
- When someone’s sitting in your breakfast but you’re too polite to ask them to move.
00:00 - This is one of the loveliest gallops in Newmarket, known as 'Between the Ditches'. The July Course is to the left of shot, the Rowley Mile to the right.
- There are actually two horses in this photo. Closest to camera is Tarbat Ness (Reliable Man).
- Wherever you are, may there always be green pick and sunshine.
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