But its hard, really hard.. She played Elizabeth Bellamy, the spoilt and self-absorbed daughter of the upscale Belgravia household in Eaton Square, who makes the mistake of marrying a poet with no interest in the physical side of love. Alastair Down talks to the young jockey riding high after her Grade 1 success Bryony Frost: Paul Nicholls' conditional rider has been one of the stars of the jumps season Edward Whitaker 1 of 1 UPDATED 12:38PM, JAN 15 2018 Came the day when Bryony Frost was running a touch late getting to Taunton to ride one for dad Jimmy. Nothing in the form book gave Boyneside a ghost of a chance but he made his ground steadily and jumped into the lead at the last and set off up the hill, hard ridden, head down and battling. We also help a number of charities including Heads Together and The Injured Jockeys Fund. One day I popped out to Sainsbury's to get her some toiletries and things. She was a glacial, beautiful presence in plays from Shaw to Pinter and she illuminated Upstairs, Downstairs on television in the early 1970s. Interview: ALASTAIR DOWNIn this four-part interview the five times HWPA Racing Writer Of The Year and Channel 4 presenter talks about his life in racing, his early days on Fleet Street, working on course, TV presenting, his love of Cheltenham and in particular the Festival. Theres a very good reason that that cheer goes up when the tapes go up; because people have been waiting for the start of the meeting or a particular race or the Gold Cup and they love it. Put it this way, three or four people woke up on the platform at Paddington at 3am the following morning, it was that sort of day! And it was a chance. Skint Mob! Alastair L. Greene (born April 18, 1971) is an American blues rock singer, guitarist, and songwriter. "There were always loads of ponies about but I bought my first one for 800 when I was eight." Alastair Down was never one of the University of York's most diligent students, but he used his time there to pursue his lifelong love affair with horse racing as Tom Richmond discovered. People assumed he was a bigot but that he never was. He talks with some pessimism about the future of racing, touches on the use of the whip, his prediction being that it will be banished. It makes you think.. Ruby will watch six horses in a race and will know exactly what the workings are and he will know their position and pace the position is crucial at Cheltenham, if you lose it that is it because you wont get back in and if you make a mistake, making ground and choosing when to do it, is extremely difficult. He has also performed and/or recorded with Alan . I sat next to Alistair Down in the press box at Doncaster a few years back. V sad to hear of Alastair Down's battle with Alcoholism after spending 28 days in US booze clinic, but what a true man to write such an open piece abo Alastair Down, beating the drink and the mark of a man - forum.sports-pro.co.uk "I wouldn't be talking to you if it wasn't for Paul and Clifford Baker, who is simply class. He talks about how an ante-post gamble at Cheltenham on Nortons Coin went astray, even though it won at 100/1. She says: "When she got septicemia she began to close down. He's found me the right horses at the right time and had the backbone to put me up on horses and fought my corner, telling owners 'she'll show you what she can do'. Yet among the mass of cap-doffing drivel that has poured out in recent days has been the contributions of women who knew and worked with him. Frost says: "Dad and I love our lurchers and we were always out lamping. She immediately became a West End regular, employed by the producer Michael Codron in no less than three important roles opposite Alec Guinness: in John Mortimers A Voyage Round My Father (1971) at the Haymarket; in Julian Mitchells adaptation of Ivy Compton-Burnetts A Family and a Fortune (1975) at the Apollo in which she met the actor/writer Graham Swannell, whom she married in 1975 and as Jonathan Swifts muse, Stella, in Alan Strachans entertainment Yahoo, based on the life and work of the mordant Irish satirist. She was delirious and hallucinating. Now it is absolutely for everybody and its much better for it. And she was absolutely passionate about what this can do and theyre talking about treatment which involves a single-dose plus therapy. Her book suggested a recovery of sorts. Every campaign has an end goal and for Campbell, when it comes to mental health, victory would be absolute normalisation of the debate along with decent services provided by the state and no discrimination in the workplace. As he once exultantly explained a definition he had read: "A dim, flightless bird ridiculously easy to catch.". Georges Celeste - Bedspread Set. Plus the early days of press rooms on racecourses and the colourful characters that worked therein then getting into broadcasting with Channel Four Racing. Does he talk to Keir Starmer much? Follow, Join The Racing Forum in discussion about all aspects of horse racing. "Now Fat Al, I am two glasses ahead of you but I am sure you will catch up.". Down joined the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1938 in London and was posted to Mandatory Palestine. In 1969 and 1970 he served as the president of the BP Oil Corporation, the company's American subsidiary, and negotiated its merger with Standard Oil of Ohio. $24.00 - $109.00. I'd taken a teddy bear in with me a very old one with beans in his bottom, which had gone very saggy. So where now for the disgraced Dunguib? Alastair's Ruby Plush - Quilt Cover Set - Bonus Euro Pillowcase or Cushion with Every Quilt Cover. Has Down not given you sufficient attention? Walking into The Ivy for lunch and seeing this be-fezzed loon ensconced on a wide banquette, chosen as he found a chair mildly restrictive after a course or four. He asks me if I feel better on balance taking them. When Alastair had his breakdown in 1986 and I was told that he was in a police cell in Scotland, it was almost a relief to understand that there was actually something wrong with him, not me.. And so The Booby and a supporter will watch the slow and sonorous slide behind the curtains and the ashes will find their way to the furlong pole at Ally Pally where in John's youth the starter would solemnly intone: "Triers at the front, non-triers at the back.". I love being part of it and seeing the emotional bond everyone has with their horses. I dont really have major fancies for the big races, I tend to play in the handicaps, and every runner remember, has been planning to win these races for eight or nine months. They love having her force and vitality about the place and the girls in Nicholls' office describe her as "fantastic". Interesting comments but I still rate Alastairs journalistic skills and thought he was excellent on the RP chat the other night.Nobody uses War analogies to describe Horses racing round a field quite like Mr Down himself. Liz was the promiscuous, middle-class mother of the bride who starts an affair with Jasons working-class Ted Simcock, father of the groom. And with depression were talking about drugs that havent really advanced since Prozac [which entered medical use in 1986].. Different days, as they will all be now without the old cuss. Nicky Henderson, God bless him, used to be unspeakable to almost in late February; hes got much calmer now but the pressure of handling a big team for important people in our game, going into the meeting, these pressures are intense and you are looking for the slightest thing to go wrong which it inevitably does. "You're a funny guy, Sully. Nicola Pagett, who has died suddenly of a brain tumour aged 75, will not easily be forgotten by anyone who saw her on stage or screen over a career of 30 years. "Now Miss Frost, we need to talk to you about your use of the whip. I mean, think of the logistics of taking only two horses for a days huntingthey have to organise all the staff and all the equipment - I mean Eisenhower spent less time planning the D-Day landings than Elliot and Mullins would have done to get those horses over here fit and well. Colonel Sir Alastair Frederick Down OBE MC TD was a Scottish army officer, accountant, and oilman. That it seemingly didnt and wont is no surprise, sadly, as the large majority of drying alcoholics relapse sooner or later, The distinctive verbose, wistful, moist-eyed, metaphor-laden prose peddled by Down was an enjoyable well-wrought diversion but is of the type likely to succumb to repetitive parody after too many reams, particularly if, as seems probable, hes now just going through the motions and producing no more than whats expected from him. Alas no more. Sam Hanson meets up with Alastair Down to find out where his love for Cheltenham and in particular the Cheltenham Festival all stemmed from. . It is the difference between still and sparkling water. Never been a Down fan, but then I wouldnt be I wasnt a fan of Jeffrey Bernard or that whole raffish, rakish, persona he seems to style himself upon. He also explains his love of Cheltenham including an hilarious account of the time he was gifted a box for the day. Nicola Pagett played Masha, rather than Irina, in Chekhovs The Seagull at Greenwich theatre in 1974; and the Saint Maur school attended by Nicola was in Yokohama, rather than Tokyo as an earlier version indicated. There is some cruelty in its beauty, its a very hard place and I have seen desperate tragedies to horse and human there and you know that those risks are being run on your behalf. That's why I'm going to kill you last.". theracingforum.co.uk has been a home to passionate debate and intelligent discussion for horse racing enthusiasts since the year 2000. We do quite rightly regulate it against it these days, but it is still a question of trying to get there with 7lbs less on your back and that is becoming much more of a skill. Alastair talks about owning legs in racehorses over the years. It was right on the winning line in a stand that no longer exists and I was offered it; it was a box for 12 with the dining room out of the back - I think we got about 42 people into the box! ", This article is available free as a sample. Additionally, watering daily with s, This website uses cookies for functionality, analytics and advertising purposes as described in our, Alastair Down, beating the drink and the mark of a man. It was agony when I was surfing because my body couldn't process the saltwater I was swallowing. Mac, deep into the 90th minute, told her where to go. God knows what he was doing but when you watch the videos it's bloody funny.". https://www.facebook.com/ThePointtoPointNHandFlatracingpunter/, TheRacingForum Old boss Tony Blair was among the guests in the studio in an eventful few days which saw him having to quickly apologise after accidentally announcing the death of the Queen getting Her Majesty mixed up with Prince Phillip. When he thought you had done well he would ring and tell you, and if he believed you had erred the inevitable 'Fat Al' would be followed by a tirade of corrective advice. And the signs are very, very encouraging. I will leave you to speculate on how the past encounters of either party determine their interpretation of the word virgin; suffice to say the riders found it dead and sticky. A Timeform squiggle warranted perhaps GT? Back to Bryony's young life, which continued to follow the archetypal rural idyll. I wanted to get off it, asking why I needed to be on this. She has fizz, frankness and a fine facility with the spoken word, although she confesses disarmingly that spolling is not her string point. A film career that began with the small role of Princess Mary in Anne of a Thousand Days (1969), starring Richard Burton and Genevive Bujold, included Roy Boultings Theres a Girl in My Soup (1970) with Peter Sellers and Goldie Hawn, Michael Blakemores Privates on Parade (1983) with John Cleese and Denis Quilley, and Mike Newells An Awfully Big Adventure (1995), adapted by Charles Wood from Beryl Bainbridges novel and starring Hugh Grant and Alan Rickman as unequivocal theatrical types. Although admitting he is someone with a traditional view of drugs, Campbell told her he is open to trying the treatment himself. In response, it has been made shorter and with a smaller field, so therefore it has removed some of the ferocity but it has made it safer, a bit like the Grand National being made safer; fallers are kind of a rarity in the National now, whereas they were literally all over the place before. He first burst over my horizon in March 1981 when I walked in tremulously on my initial day at the Sporting Life. Folk failed or fabulous who were in thrall to the thing he loved above all horseracing. She has bought herself a "bolthole" in Shepton Mallet and hopes to have another by the end of the year. Upon the creation of British Petroleum in 1954, he was sent to Canada to set up the company's subsidiary, BP Canada, in part because of his experience on the general staff in the Canadian Army. Aged four, I asked at the meet if I could go off with the field and they said 'if she can keep up with us she can come'. Bryony is a good runner, a big climbing fan and an avid surfer. He won the Pertemps three times aged 11, 12, 13 (i think) and he was an absolute legend - partly because of his silly name and partly because he was locally trained and wanted ground like Passchendaele. "The nurses and Dad ended up going through all the hospital laundry a disgusting job, but that's what fathers do for daughters. He stood outside the box on the balcony all afternoon, smoking this most enormous double-barrelled joint. You suspend normal behaviour in several ways: money ceases to have any value; it may as well come out of a Monopoly box; and if things go wrong you, just go and get some more out, because its Cheltenham week and it doesnt matter! He laments the lack of improvement in the treatment of those same people in some aspects of racing. I tremble for her now without the mad rock of her incarnation, but if any consolation can be found she might turn to the words of the great Philip Larkin, whose extraordinary poem An Arundel Tomb closes with the climactic line: "What will survive of us is love.". She first burst to prominence when giving Pacha Du Polder a notably ballsy ride down the inner to win the Foxhunter Chase at last year's Cheltenham Festival. Members promote, sell or buy goods and services within the network. Humour and humanity sums it up very well. And loved him for it. So don't run, just like the others always do. But rise he did, not least because he forged an alliance of steel with a woman who was very much the making of him. Alastair Frederick Down was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 23 July 1914 to Frederick Edward Down (18721956), an officer in the Indian Police, and Margaret Isobel Hutchison (18841962). She says: "I'm very family orientated and was taught from an early age to respect money. And, I really hope, an interesting test whether they know how that works, when someone who is an MP says they cant do the job. But as a result of my surfing days it's covered in big stickers for Sex Wax, which has nothing to do with sex by the way it's stuff you put on your surfboard. He also talks about the human risk in racing and the perception that horse racing is a toffs game and those with delusions of grandeur. Basically she was fading away and all you can do is sit in a chair and watch. Ive known an amateur to be champion jockey there, Jim Wilson in his prime! After another business posting of her father to Hong Kong, she was sent, aged 12, to the Beehive boarding school in Bexhill-on-Sea, where her godmother, Anne Maxwell, served in loco parentis. Interview: ALASTAIR DOWN In this four-part interview the five times HWPA Racing Writer Of The Year and Channel 4 presenter talks about his life in racing, his early days on Fleet Street, working on course, TV presenting, his love of Cheltenham and in particular the Festival. Hes fallen off the wagon back into the splosh then? I once had a very good win there on a horse called Taberna Lord who was also trained by Jim Wilson, who had the incalculable disadvantage of a claiming jockey on top by the name of Luke Harvey who wasnt even as bad then as he got later on! 'Happily now she's fine and fit again and she's still very much a girl. Many a time I had to sell ponies before they had reached their full potential. Home My Books In 1986 he suffered a psychotic episode in the. Had a chat with him at the Tingle Creek meeting as was a throughly nice bloke, wish him all the best. The one and only time he ever made me smile was donkeys years ago when he wrote: every year you go to Ireland pre Festival to find out whats fancied, and every year you get put away as some steamer called Fill Yer Boots romps home apparently backed by every Irishman present. , Sir Cherryade of Hampshire I have enjoyed Alastairs broadcasting and journalistic contributions to the sport over a fair few years. In last year's Living Better: How I Learned to Survive Depression, Campbell wrote that he had learned to "live with my enemy" and how he gave himself a number from 1 to 10 every morning . The first time we got B into the shower she was horrified and said 'where's all my muscle gone?' For the expanded patch notes, see here. However, her career was overshadowed by a long period of mental illness, which she wrote about in a book, Diamonds Behind My Eyes, published in 1997. She got her conditional licence in the summer with Paul Nicholls and says: "That was rock'n'roll time. Centurycomm Limited is licensed and regulated in Great Britain by the Gambling Commission under account number 26983, Copyright 2023 centurycomm limited or its licensors, all rights reserved, John McCririck and Alastair Down on TV duty at Royal Ascot in 2013. Not as often as I did to Ed, he chuckles. "Paul has been more than a boss. After one two-hour op the bear was gone and I couldn't take that. Gordon was at Martin Pipes and worships the ground he walks on, so he will find that race as important to win as a Gold Cup, so that is one of interest. They tailor everything individually to each horse, changing little things nobody else would see. It's all about repaying that faith and I know I can. But honestly, if Id have said then and and been the first person to tell Jeremy I think you should go for the leadership and I think youll get it, I mean nobody thought that was possible. Carol Routlege is not someone, like me, you can imagine sitting on a beach with a load of hippies getting stoned. Memories? That was an argument when we were in opposition [in the 1980s and 1990s], Campbell says. The fact Im going wild swimming in the Isle of Skye rather than rant obsessively about Boris Johnson and Dominic Cummings although I can do that and there may be something in that. Recall him a few years ago writing a heartfelt article in the RP about the damage a lifetimes over-indulgence had caused him and his nearest and dearest, culminating in the well-worn type-of-phrase its got to stop and it will. Which renowned racing journalist was spotted well before the first on Tuesday in the Quevega bar at Cheltenham, pint in hand, unsteady on his feet and rather the worse for wear when he was supposed to be at work? His debut album, A Little Wiser was released in 2001, the first of nine under his name over the next 20 years. Take a trip down memory lane as we remember some of the great moments and winners of the horse racing calendar.Watch more horse racing and sport videos on our YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/user/racingpoSubscribe to our YouTube channel: https://bit.ly/2l9x35T---Download the Racing Post app on the App Store and Google Play Store,View Racing Post betting offers on our website.18+ Gamble Responsibly---YouTube: https://bit.ly/2l9x35TTwitter: https://twitter.com/RacingPostTVFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/racingpostSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2KEg3EoApple Podcasts: https://apple.co/2vq457oAudioboom: https://audioboom.com/channel/racingpostGoogle Podcasts: http://bit.ly/31mEQ3T His drinking is legendary in the local pub, where they say he turns up twice a week, buys two bottles of wine, sits at Als Table, reads and drinks himself into a stupor. Er, no, he laughs. Black Cortons success at Kempton put Frost alongside Lizzie Kelly as the only women to win a Grade 1 over jumps. I thought I was John Paul Getty - or the modern day Bill Gates! Its that competitive - there is nowhere else like it and as for the nerves and anticipation, even if this is my 45th year, I still feel a school kid, bonkers about it as I did as a child! The great sort out of information happens on Sunday, which is spent entirely on the telephone. Seed saving is a great way to ensure the survival of your plants, and it's also an economical choice. Ive sat and discussed over the years with my great chum Ruby Walsh, the complexity and detail of riding at Cheltenham; all of the things you need to be aware of whilst riding in the races - everyone thinks these jockeys go out there and rides just their race on their horse. From 1962 to 1975 he was managing director, and from 1969 to 1975 deputy chairman. It is and it isnt, because he told me to take them! 2021 Associated Newspapers Limited. After a stint as presenter on Good Morning Britain throughout Mental Health Awareness Week last month, Alastair Campbell is set for a comeback. Patrick McCann. "Ditcheat is a wonderful place. Home Forums Horse Racing Alastair Down gone at the game? They think Boris Johnson is a bit of a character, he did Brexit, blah, blah, blah. She says: "As soon as I could walk I was put on my donkey Nosey and told that if I got off him I couldn't get back on him. He encouraged me to start an upholstery business and began work on a studio. Campbell was also able to challenge Health Secretary Matt Hancock over the Governments handling of the coronavirus pandemic and social care, while health minister Nadine Dorries was grilled over the lack of mental health support for children and adults over the last 15 months. Ruby will watch six horses in a race and will know exactly what the workings are and he will know their position and pace - the position is crucial at Cheltenham, if you lose it that is it because you won't get back in and if you make a mistake, making ground and choosing when to do it, is extremely difficult. Sad really. Campbell believes the Prime Minister has little time when it comes to mental health. I really miss the days of skulduggery! His own heavy drinking days, which culminated in a severe breakdown in Hamilton in 1986 while a political reporter following then Labour party leader Neil Kinnock on the campaign trail, did not leave him somehow better equipped to help his son through a similar ordeal, however. She stood out, too, in Pinters Party Time on a double bill with Mountain Language at the Almeida in 1991. You have to be careful and everything has to be properly tested of course, but given how prevalent depression is and just how much more the debate has advanced, it could work. Views expressed are those of TRFs admin 18+ BeGambleAware https://t.co/BY1D8iuhyx, If you are not lucky enough to win the Eider comp (see earlier tweets) all of Sean's books are available to purchase on Amazon or via http://writesports.net, All you need do is name winner of the Eider Chase today (3.25pm Newcastle) before the off + the winning distance (tie-break) and e-mail your answer to writesports0@gmail.com adding Racing Forum in the subject line to be in with a chance of winning. Victory in Saturdays Classic Chase at Warwick on Milansbar, following on from the Badger Ales Handicap Chase on Present Man and the Grade 1 Kauto Star Novices Chase with Black Corton on whom she has scored six times has maintained the surge. Did Brexit, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah, blah my one! 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