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Clara Peggotty will be hoping to complete the course at Southwell

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 By david ashforth  6:08PM 6 MAR 2016 

Monday’s racing is from Lingfield, Southwell and Wolverhampton

HAVE THEY put drains in at Lingfield? I think they have but the going’s still heavy and the fields small and it’s similar at Southwell. On the other hand it’s the week before Cheltenham and the smaller the fields the fewer the opportunities for jockeys to get injured.

Adrian Maguire, one of the bravest jockeys I’ve ever seen – perhaps too brave – had a habit of arriving at the Festival in a plaster cast but still managed to ride six winners there, including Cool Ground in the 1992 Gold Cup. Admittedly, he didn’t have a cast on at the time.

My advice to jockeys is to pretend your grandmother’s been taken ill, in Oslo, or stick to bumpers for the next week or adopt Jimmy Uttley’s approach and only ride over hurdles. It worked for Uttley, who rode seven winners at the Festival including Persian War in the 1967 Triumph Hurdle and the same horse in the Champion Hurdle in 1968, 1969 and 1970.

A rare opportunity

Today there are two highlights at Lingfield and one at Southwell. At Lingfield, Jennifer Eccles is running in the bumper (5.10) and there’s also a rare opportunity to see a horse trained by Joanne Thomason-Murphy.

I’ve never heard of her either but she trains near Chelmsford, ran Domino King once last season and has run Kerry’s Lord five times this season. It will be six after the 3.10 although Kerry’s Lord will have to run a lot faster than he has been doing if he’s to stop being a maiden.

The elderly among you may remember a group called The Hollies and fans of The Hollies will surely remember Jennifer Eccles. If she wins the bumper, and she’s won one already, it would be nice to think that her connections will celebrate by singing, “I love Jennifer Eccles. I know that she loves me. I love Jennifer Eccles. I know that she loves me. La la la la la la la. La la la la la la. La la la la la la la. La la la la la la.” It seemed good at the time.

Is Clara willing?

Meanwhile, at Southwell, Clara Peggotty is an unlikely runner and even more unlikely winner of the mares’ handicap hurdle (4.30). Now a nine-year-old, Clara Peggotty has always found it difficult to complete the course, having failed to do so on seven of her 12 outings.

As readers of David Copperfield will know, Peggotty’s strength was always as a housekeeper rather than a horse. When Barkis famously asked David Copperfield to convey the message “Barkis is willing,” it was intended to let Peggotty know that he was willing to marry her. Eventually they did marry and perhaps there will be a happy ending for the horse as well as for the housekeeper.

Clara Peggotty was bred by Anne Crank, the wife of Reg Crank, who won the 1976 Arkle Chase on Roaring Wind and the 1986 Sun Alliance Chase on Cross Master. Perhaps the next horse they breed could be called Barkis Is Willing.

 

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