He is survived. And years earlier setting off on the countryside march in London, where after about five minutes it became clear this most high-profile of footsloggers would be the focus of vitriolic abuse from those heckling from the pavement. Not a bit of it. . Sam Hanson meets up with Alastair Down to find out where his love for Cheltenham and in particular the Cheltenham Festival all stemmed from. 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. Take a trip down memory lane as. I was put on a morphine pump but wasn't pressing the button often enough because deep inside I was desperate to get out. "I love my hunting and hounds. From the get-go, as our cousins across the pond say, the odds on bay gelding set out seemingly determined, like some recalcitrant child thundering across a beach intent on demolishing every sandcastle in sight, to blast his way through each hurdle rather than follow the conventional approach of rising on the take off side and landing on the other. Other starring roles soon followed: Elizabeth Fanshawe in Frankenstein: The True Story (1973) on television, widely considered to be one of the best Frankenstein films; the title role in 10 50-minute episodes of Anna Karenina, a 1977 BBC television epic co-starring Eric Porter as Karenin and Stuart Wilson as Vronsky; and Liz Rodenhurst in A Bit of a Do (1989) adapted from the Yorkshire novels of David Nobbs, with David Jason and Gwen Taylor. "I was let out but every time I went surfing I was in terrible pain I've never known pain like it. But it was done vast ego aside because he cared above all for you and I. She was delirious and hallucinating. ", "Yes, indeed Miss Frost and thanks for that. But it was done with kindness there was a compassion to Mac that ran deeper than the Mariana Trench. She will, as nothing fazes her. So across the moor I went. 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. Dunguib became Dungubbed in just over four minutes on turf described as virgin by Mr Simon Claisse though few of the jockeys, unsurprisingly perhaps, recognised the chaste element underfoot. And you can tell they mean it. Bryony Frost's father Jimmy and brother Hadden cheer home Pacha Du Polder in the Foxhunter at Cheltenham, Bryony Frost: 'It's awesome to have a life where you can be so proud of your horses and the people you work with', Clifford Baker oversees work in the yard at Ditcheat. Dad's mum, Granny Glynne, is a legend. True TYF, I met AD at last years Oaksey House Quiz, he was in great form then and wrote a wonderful piece about it in the Racing Post afterwards. Andrew Marr made a documentary about post-war Britain and they shot some footage at the Festival and he came out with the line that, there were as many nose studs as trilbies, which is not strictly true, but it does embrace all society; a great sporting democracy of people from Ireland, Scotland, Wales and the north and the west, down to the Home Counties. 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. 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. I've always loved being outside and when I was small I would leave the house at seven in the morning and not be back until nine at night. Yes, probably. 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. So, it is you, you and yours which you are concentrating on. He was an intensely personal man. Members promote, sell or buy goods and services within the network. I thikn we would all wish Alistair, just as we would wish anyone seeking to beat their demons of whatever kind, the very very best of luck, Start Gardening This Summer and Reap the Rewards | Successful Harvesting for Beginners, Gardening is a rewarding experience that brings with it many benefits, from improved physical and mental health to the joy of harvesting fresh produce. Hes very good at his job but excess will hurt both his performance and obviously his health. Colonel Sir Alastair Frederick Down OBE MC TD was a Scottish army officer, accountant, and oilman. For the expanded patch notes, see here. There were no tears at that moment, but I write these sparse words through a hopeless mist. AboutPressCopyrightContact. Hadden got there first as the handicapper has clobbered Dad with a few more pounds round the hips mind you, he has put on a couple of pounds as his diet used to be just an apple a day.". Cheltenham Festivals always seem to create fairytales dont they? 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. As he withered in the fire, he never faltered. If youre really really in crisis, have a bit of luck, and know the system, you might get decent treatment. Then he asks me if I remember the last time I came off them, which is a few years ago, and he digs out the notes to remind me and shows me that I had a massive, massive, massive crash. UNEXPECTED WINNER 2009 FLAT 10 TO FOLLOW COMPETITION! Hes fallen off the wagon back into the splosh then? 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. 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. In my inner heart I hope he understood how deeply he was valued by those privileged to be allowed past the public image. 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. A virtual makeweight on The Sunday Forum and scruffy to boot, his Q&A session in the RP was really trite and very poorly written (blarsay anyone ? 'He's slowing the whole bloody thing down!' So across the moor I went. Horse Racing: THE GREAT ESCAPE; Timmy Murphy talks to Alastair Down about his struggle with alcoholism, his time in prison and the strength of mind and character that has seen him make such a success of his second chance both in the saddle and out of it. Working for The Sporting Life and Old Fleet Street, interviewing Jeffrey Bernard for a job at The Weekender at the Coach and Horses. Willie Robinson, rider of Mill House, at his home near Kilcullen. "Mum was bawling in the paddock and Dad and my brother Hadden were charging up the horsewalk leaping about. It was agony when I was surfing because my body couldn't process the saltwater I was swallowing. Black Cortons success at Kempton put Frost alongside Lizzie Kelly as the only women to win a Grade 1 over jumps. There is no atmosphere like it, you are there in this great democracy of people. 41.9K subscribers Sam Hanson meets up with Alastair Down to find out where his love for Cheltenham and in particular the Cheltenham Festival all stemmed from. "I could see ten hedges instead of one, the grass was a funny colour and I was talking absolute rubbish. You might think that Corm, I couldnt possibly comment. Like when Desert Orchid won the Gold Cup, Id had my boots on the second placed horse, Yahoo at 40s - but he jumped the last with a big leap and I didnt utter a word for Yahoo because I was yelling for Desert Orchid and that is what it does to you. What would you say was your best fairytale? He used to do what we call 'Jimmy wriggles' going into a fence. Alastair Howells (26) is now in the clear, after receiving a specialist procedure to remove the lymph nodes from his abdomen after fears the cancer had spread from his testes. The party he has dedicated so many years of his life to is in a hard place, he says. Somewhere in the maddening, magnificent maelstrom that was Mac there thumped out a belief in ordinary folk and that he was beholden to stand up for them through tremor and tempest. Alastair had just been announced as being unwell, so I thought Id take over, As Alastair is unwell, I have pre-written his race report for the Supreme. 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 But as things got worse which he loved of course I thought "grow a pair Down" and cleaved to his side. This thread reminds me of the time I posted on the Betfair forum a spoof report a week before the 2010 Supreme. 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. "'I don't know, it just came into my head,' was what I said.". Willie found a new lease of life and health when radically altering his diet seven years ago, and says: "In two days I didn't know myself, I felt so much better. Well hello and welcome to a flood tide. Over the last couple of years I have watched an oh-so-steadfast friend corrode and erode from the inside, a man dying before one's very eyes. Sponsored, of course, by Specsavers. Neither friendly nor unfriendly, Campbell describes Corbyn in his diary. He thought nobody would turn up. (exechange) Morrisville, North Carolina, April 29, 2022 Alistair Macdonald, chief executive of Syneos, leaves. They think Boris Johnson is a bit of a character, he did Brexit, blah, blah, blah. I was back in hospital and then septicemia set in. You only realize how good both he and Mac were when you see the viewing figs go down faster than a Thai brass! Alastair Frederick Down was born in Kirkcaldy, Fife on 23 July 1914 to Frederick Edward Down (1872-1956), an officer in the Indian Police, and Margaret Isobel Hutchison (1884-1962). $24.00 - $109.00. Good as his word he strode in and sat at the end of the table. 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With a slightly sheepish smile, she reveals that she sold him on for 8,000. Gardening is a great way to spend time outdoors and get in touch with nature. Who do you tip as being this years leading Festival trainer? 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.. Additionally, modern pennies are only 2.5% copper, so older pennies should be used instead for better results. And why The Booby? Alastair Down, Self: Channel 4 Racing. And there was a resonance of their views with John. So I went back to hospital and they said I must have pulled a muscle and I told them that the pain had to be more than that. I often criticise Down and think his status as the all-knowing historian and wordsmith of racing is rather overblown. She adds that at one stage it was a "throw-up" between racing and show jumping but we decide "toss-up" would be a better description. In 1986 he suffered a psychotic episode in the. But without the slightest side to her. I have enjoyed Alastairs broadcasting and journalistic contributions to the sport over a fair few years. So they told me I would have to go cold turkey for three or four days and that was what tripped my mind. She has fizz, frankness and a fine facility with the spoken word, although she confesses disarmingly that spolling is not her string point. She was just 17 when she went to Rada in 1962. Following his recovery, he was posted to the general staff of the British Eighth Army in North Africa and Italy, and then transferred to the staff of the First Canadian Army in the Netherlands. 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. He ended the war as a full colonel. 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. Eventually after ma-in-law's 80th entreaty he said he would be there in a minute. I can tell you we had something of a day! That takes backbone and bottle. And beating hell out of the breakers had an unusual legacy. In all I had 12 operations, mainly keyhole surgery, and six different stents inserted into my tube. Now, Joanna Moncrieff [the UCL doctor Campbell met while filming his BBC documentary Depression and Me in 2019] would argue that might be because of better lifestyle choices Ive made. It is and it isnt, because he told me to take them! Basically she was fading away and all you can do is sit in a chair and watch. ", This article is available free as a sample. When youre young, you go all day and all night and then have an hours kip and then go again, now that I work at the meeting, it is very different but I love the way also that it has transmitted itself to the next generation - it just has this, almost evangelical ability to get the group gospel across, I mean my three children, they couldnt name another race course, but they never miss a day at the Festival. The family travelled around Nicola had a younger sister, Angela and it was in what is now known as Saint Maur International School, a Catholic establishment in Yokohama, Japan, that a seven-year-old Nicola stood on a desktop and declared she was going to be an actor. He gets right to the heart of it. Campbell recently paid a visit to meet Dr Carol Routledge, the chief medical and scientific officer at Small Pharma, a pioneering British company using DMT, a hallucinogenic and psychedelic drug that occurs naturally in many plants and animals, which experts hope can tackle the root causes of depression. After a stint as presenter on Good Morning Britain throughout Mental Health Awareness Week last month, Alastair Campbell is set for a comeback. Details of his life were hard to garner and it was always my feeling that he was forced to rise above something of an unhappy childhood. I think both [Fiona and I] found it much, much harder to deal with Calums drinking than mine., For any other parent going through the same situation Campbell says: Listen, its really, really hard not to be judgmental but I think you should try not to be. "'Where the hell did that come from?" On graduating she changed her surname to Pagett, then spent several years in repertory theatres, including the Glasgow Citizens and the Connaught, Worthing, before making a London debut in A Boston Story (1968) at the Duchess theatre, adapted by Ronald Gow from Henry James, and starring Tony Britton and Dinah Sheridan. 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. But it is the impression she has made after winning a race that has marked her out as something more than a young athlete on the up. The University of Warwick is a public research university located in Coventry, United Kingdom. I had one that I backed from 25s which went off at 8/1 which fell in the paddock! As he once exultantly explained a definition he had read: "A dim, flightless bird ridiculously easy to catch.". I'd taken a teddy bear in with me a very old one with beans in his bottom, which had gone very saggy. He would return in his bowler hat on a Friday night and I would go and get the racing paper on my bike on Saturday morning. She was delirious and hallucinating. She has bought herself a "bolthole" in Shepton Mallet and hopes to have another by the end of the year. As has been said the recent article on J T McNamara was excellent. Alas no more. This topic has 33 replies, 8 voices, and was last updated. "I did plenty of pony racing and show jumping and had quite a lot of time with Nick Skelton learn, learn, learn.". It makes you think.. The distance from the top of the hill to the winning post.everyone just thinks its down the hill and round the corner - but if you stand at the bottom turn and look up to the winning postthey talk about the Cheltenham Hill; you dont see the winning post until youre on ground level with it and it does rise away from you into that tunnel funnel of noise and people. Alastair talks about owning legs in racehorses over the years, a gamble that went astray at Leicester Races. Ironically, his. Moving from our house in London to a cottage in Surrey in 1997, Alistair hoped to make a fresh start for our marriage. Other amorous adventures follow before she leaves for New York. Well, Henry Daly is a great chum of mine and he doesnt run horses at Cheltenham for fresh air and fun as they say and he is going to have four runners all I would say to people is that they will all be big prices and I would keep them all on the right side as his horses have all run brilliantly this season and they dont go there for social reasons! I saw him in the Mount Royale after racing during Ebor week a couple of years ago. You get so frustrated, you can see what the problem is, its so clear to you, but as I know from when I was drinking too much, other people telling you thats the problem isnt really the most helpful thing you can do. Follow, Join The Racing Forum in discussion about all aspects of horse racing. 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! They had four children: Melinda, Richard, Diana, and Nigel. Her trajectory will mean she has to get used to it. Before you get started, you'll need to decide what type of vegetables you want to grow. Cheltenham has been made easier over the years and many, many more ways than it has been publicised - but rightly so, and we are still making innovations, like after last years four miler - which was a bit like the refute from Moscow but without Napoleon. At the moment we have a mental illness service. It was quite a drizzly day, a very weird day. Throughout the period Campbell still juggled the political with the personal, regularly speaking to Labour leader Ed Miliband, who tried and failed to persuade Campbell to run the partys 2015 election campaign. There are some really interesting questions that arise from that, but I think it was very good that she felt able not just to say Im going off sick, but to say Im going off sick and heres why.. 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! The old roar had grown husky but the heart still pulsed vibrant. Georges Celeste - Bedspread Set. A gamble that went astray at Leicester Races. After the outbreak of World War II, in 1940 Down was placed on active service, seconded to the Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders, and ordered to report to the regiment in Egypt. 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. She hates not being in control of her own body and had worked so hard to make herself a physical athlete. Lastly, one other thing that I wanted to say, if you have never been to Cheltenham, then you must go! It was the Queen Mothers fault; she came into the paddock and everyone started applauding so it went 3 feet up in the air and landed smack on its arse! Im still very busy, very active. I love the atmosphere, I love the anticipation, I love the excitement and I love the test. Frost says: "Dad and I love our lurchers and we were always out lamping. As Basil Fawlty once said: "Enjoy your meal!". Down joined the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company in 1938 in London and was posted to Mandatory Palestine. In part two Alastair talks about not missing a Cheltenham Festival since he was 19. Im 64 now, I probably do live a different sort of life to the one I did, but I still do more than most people do. Mulching is an effective way to keep the root zone cool and moist, while watering more frequently will also help keep the plant from getting too dry. That vast flamboyance stuttering inexorably to the conclusion universal to us all, like some once unassailable ocean liner declining from the regal to a rusted hulk. She is simply uplifting and everything a 22-year-old should be with the world at her feet. Yeah he was. She was wonderful, too, as a seductive Countess in Jean Anouilhs The Rehearsal, translated by Jeremy Sams, at the Almeida and then the Garrick in 1990; and offered what Michael Billington described as a highly intelligent study in devouring sensual rage in David Hares The Rules of the Game, adapted from Pirandello and directed by Jonathan Kent, also at the Almeida, in 1992. Later on at school I would get that rare disease Hunteritis every Tuesday. 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. 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. She says: "Granny has now got my old car, a bright red Peugeot 306. Sad really. "I wouldn't be talking to you if it wasn't for Paul and Clifford Baker, who is simply class. Some days were better than others. Phew. Its incredible.. It is a sadness that few people could see beyond the buffoon and that was his fault. There is TV footage of the pair leaping up and down in the stands son of the demented cavorting joyously with the pleasingly insane. Now it is absolutely for everybody and its much better for it. His stint follows regular presenter Piers Morgan quitting the show in March amid a furious row with bosses over his comments on Meghan Markles Oprah interview. I lacked his utter passion for the cause and moved away from him in the throng. Greene's guest appearances include those with Eric Burdon, Walter Trout, Coco Montoya, Savoy Brown, John Nmeth and Debbie Davies. God knows what he was doing but when you watch the videos it's bloody funny.". This is interesting, because he hasn't appeared for awhile, and I do seem to remember him not looking at the top of his game before and the likes of McGrath and Francome taking the 'mick' live on CH4 telly - . 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. Big Mac with his co-stars, the Channel 4 Morning Line team, Watch: Racing Post chief Alan Byrne pays tribute to 'punting hero' Barney Curley, 'He was everything to me' - Frankie Dettori pays tribute to Barney Curley, Long list of winning gambles contributed to the popular legend of Barney Curley, 'Not only did he make the world more interesting, he made it a better place', 'Nobody will win as much on horseracing this century' - the very best of Barney, Community, Environment and Corporate Responsibility. The only problem is that it was a hands-and-heels race. She says: "When she got septicemia she began to close down. I mean, it ran, but it ran about as quick as I could I nearly became a Republican that day I was so cross! Campbell believes the Prime Minister has little time when it comes to mental health. News . Perhaps the bleak time then was a brutal apprenticeship for the massively exciting now. I sat next to Alistair Down in the press box at Doncaster a few years back. For all associated collection items, see Alistar (Collection). 'Happily now she's fine and fit again and she's still very much a girl. As announced by Syneos Health Inc. in a news release on Friday, April 29, 2022, Alistair Macdonald leaves his post as chief executive officer at the contract research organization, after about six years . "Dad stopped riding in 2002, so I don't remember him in action, though the videos of his Champion Hurdle and Grand National got watched endlessly. My dad, who was a meek, mild and delightful man, was a five Shilling punter on a Saturday who worked in the City of London. 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? I think it would be very hard to do, he says. Whether you live in Las Cruces or Atlanta, there are a few steps you can take to ensure your tomato plants survive the heat and continue producing. 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'. It got into her lungs and she couldn't breathe. He was off the wagon then, drinking red wine. Star Sports (licence number 009177) is licensed and regulated by the Gambling Commission. Additionally, by selecting varieties that are well-suited for your climate and soil type, you can increase the chances of success with each planting season. How much that contributed to the D-Day demise of Dunguib on this singular afternoon in Gods own county is debatable. 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. He was knighted in the 1978 Birthday Honours. This year will be the 45th year I have been going to the Festival, without missing a single day. Copper has been known to kill tomato plants if placed directly into the stem or base, but placing copper wire around the wound may not have the same effect. At 22 she fizzes with enthusiasm and energy. When that happens we can assume weve got to the right place, but I think were a long, long way from there now. She says: "I'm very family orientated and was taught from an early age to respect money. I messed up the start at Fakenham on a favourite and when I rang him on the way home he said 'there was no point in effing talking to you this morning as you weren't effing listening'. Skint Mob! "It was awful. They love having her force and vitality about the place and the girls in Nicholls' office describe her as "fantastic". Mac, deep into the 90th minute, told her where to go. He asks me if I feel better on balance taking them. Usually with shooting stars there is an element of green eye. His writing may not be as consistent as it was 30 years ago but his humour and humanity remain. 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. People without a sense of humour need not, Moderators:Rowan, johne5knuckle, jennywales, 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 about this his illness in his columnin the RP, i personally would like to wish this truly gifted racing journalist and presenter the very best of luck in the battle ahead and to say that takes a real man to own up to their demons and lets hope he comes back better than ever. I first went to the Festival actually when I was 19 and a friend of dads had a wonderful box which he couldnt use. "I can read a hill," she says, "but not a signpost." 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