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As 2025 dawns we won't miss 2024 too much. #Devon

Simon's Racing & Devon Diary #9 Welcome 2025

To say that my blogging under this title has been a little tardy would be quite an understatement, it's been almost a year, I only wrote one in 2024. Mind you, I haven't had anyone notice so I'm guessing it doesn't matter that much.  

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Simon's Racing & Devon Life Diary #4

 

I was up at York on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday. I had an excellent Dante Meeting up there with Star Sports but must admit my heart, as it often is, was at Newton Abbot. Nigel Hawke's Inferno Sacree won again down there. What a superstar he's been for the yard. It was excellent for Nigel that he was winning for the second time in as many runs on ITV and that his training skills had another well-deserved nationwide audience. York also meant that on Thursday I missed the official launch of Hawke Barn,  Katherine and Nigel Hawke's wedding and special event venue. It's a wonderful space, here's their website for more details. HAWKE BARN

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