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Simon Dow
Simon Dow was born on 13 June 1961. He is a first generation racehorse trainer and is based on the Epsom Downs. He has had several horses that have enjoyed fan club status. These include Dark Honey, Confronter, Young Ern and Chief's Song. More recently horses such as Birkspiel (owned by Soccer AM's Helen Chamberlain Helen Marie Chamberlain (born 2 April 1967) is an English television presenter, best known for presenting ''Soccer AM'' on Sky Sports for 22 years. She previously worked as a holiday-camp entertainer. Biography Chamberlain was born on 2 April ...) Aurigny, Nagnagnag, Turtle Valley, Gallery God, Bettalatethannever and Quantum Leap have kept the winners flowing. External linksSimon Dow British racehorse trainers Living people 1961 births Place of birth missing (living people) {{UK-horseracing-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Racehorse
Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition. It is one of the most ancient of all sports, as its basic premise – to identify which of two or more horses is the fastest over a set course or distance – has been mostly unchanged since at least classical antiquity. Horse races vary widely in format, and many countries have developed their own particular traditions around the sport. Variations include restricting races to particular breeds, running over obstacles, running over different distances, running on different track surfaces, and running in different gaits. In some races, horses are assigned different weights to carry to reflect differences in ability, a process known as handicapping. While horses are sometimes raced purely for sport, a major part of horse racing's interest and economic importance is in the gambling associated with i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Epsom Downs
Epsom Downs is an area of chalk downland, chalk upland near Epsom, Surrey; in the North Downs. Part of the area is taken up by the Epsom Downs Racecourse, racecourse, the gallops are part of the land purchased by Stanly Wootton in 1925 and are open to users such as walking, ramblers, model aircraft flyers, golfers and cyclists. Since January 2006 model aircraft flyers on the Downs have been required to be members of the Epsom Downs Model Aircraft Club. There are over 20 km of routeways for hack (horse), hack riders. There are bylaws for the use of the Downs. There are panoramic views of London to the north from the Downs. The area is served by Epsom Downs railway station, Epsom Downs and Tattenham Corner railway station, Tattenham Corner railway stations. Conservators Epsom Downs is managed by the Epsom and Walton Downs Conservators, which consists of six borough councillors, three representatives of the Epsom Downs Racecourse and one from the racehorse trainers. They are ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Chamberlain
Helen Marie Chamberlain (born 2 April 1967) is an English television presenter, best known for presenting ''Soccer AM'' on Sky Sports for 22 years. She previously worked as a holiday-camp entertainer. Biography Chamberlain was born on 2 April 1967 in Street, Somerset. She worked as a Bluecoat at Pontins holiday camp and an announcer at Chessington World of Adventures, before becoming a club Disc Jockey. She was discovered at Chessington by a producer for Nickelodeon, where she began presenting in 1994. She began presenting on Sky Sports's Saturday morning show ''Soccer AM'' in 1995. She also guest presented on two former Channel 4 breakfast shows – ''The Big Breakfast'' (alongside Johnny Vaughan) and '' RI:SE'' – and was a presenter for Sky TV's dedicated Poker channel Sky Poker. She appeared in a photo shoot for the May 2004 edition of ''Penthouse''. She also modelled in underwear for Euro 2004 in Trafalgar Square. Chamberlain left ''Soccer AM'' in August 2017, shortly ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Racehorse Trainers
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1961 Births
Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 (Koivulahti air disaster): Douglas DC-3C OH-LCC of Finnish airline Aero crashes near Kvevlax (Koivulahti), on approach to Vaasa Airport in Finland, killing all 25 on board, due to pilot error: an investigation finds that the captain and first officer were both exhausted for lack of sleep, and had consumed excessive amounts of alcohol at the time of the crash. It remains the deadliest air disaster to occur in the country. * January 5 ** Italian sculptor Alfredo Fioravanti marches into the U.S. Consulate in Rome, and confesses that he was part of the team that forged the Etruscan terracotta warriors in the Metropolitan Museum of Art. ** After the 1960 military coup, General Cemal Gürsel forms the new government of Turkey (25th gove ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
