It is my absolute pleasure to introduce this new blog to
you. It has taken me a while to bring it together, but as my Bears Unlimited
friends will tell you, my relaxed and laid back Irish style means I never do
anything in a hurry. The blog is inspired by what I believe to be the finest
hobby in the world; going to the races to see our beautiful equine friends in
action, doing what they do best, running and jumping in the incredible fashion
that only they can achieve.
When I joined the Norfolk branch of Bears Unlimited from
Ireland (please see my Bears Unlimited biography for the full story) I think I
changed their lives in more ways than one – I like to think for the better.
My finest achievement has been to introduce the guys and
girls of Bears Unlimited to horse racing, after discovering they had never been
to a race meeting. I found this
hard to believe as they had the National Hunt racecourse of Fakenham, almost on
their doorstep.
I took them along to a meeting and they loved it. They were
hooked right from the start, and it wasn’t long before we all became Fakenham
members. The great thing about race course membership is that reciprocal
meeting are arranged with other racecourses and you can go along and enjoy
member privileges for the day for free – marvellous! We were all keen to take
advantage of these meetings so started organising our diaries so we could go to
as many as we could. And what a year it’s been: we’ve had a great time
travelling the country and watching
some fantastic racing.
Each race course is unique and has it’s own style and
atmosphere. We therefore thought it would be good to bring you a flavour of
each racecourse and share with you our racing experiences.
And so this blog, slow in the planning, has finally come to
reality. Our plan is to give you an armchair journey to the courses we’ve been
to and feature some of our winners. As we visit more racecourses we’ll add them
in, until we’ve achieved our ambition of visiting every race course in the
country. We’ll also aim to bring you racing news and views throughout the year
as racing is just such an interesting sport. If you’re not interested now,
hopefully you will be as you keep reading.
Lots of love Patrick
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