View From The Stands by Graham Clifford

Biography: Graham is the sports editor of the Irish Post newspaper in London and has
been a broadcast and print journalist for the last eight years working in the U.K.,
Australia and in his native Ireland. He presents a show on local BBC radio in the South
East of England and claims to have Psychic powers. He once convinced Shane McGowan to
drink milk in a pub instead of all the top shelf products and is said to be 853rd in line to
be King of Spain.

Papal knees up for Bonnybrook farm

Thinking outside the box – that’s what we like on View from the stands though the phrase ‘thinking
outside the box’ must be the most annoying in the world of modern business…anyway I digress.
This week’s competition winner is Bonnybrook farm who said the world leader he’d most like to
have a pint with is Pope Benedict XVI! Why? Well as Bonnybrook said “A brewery in Stuttgart, so I
read, once sent a truck with 700 litres of beer to him. He loves the stuff and so do I, so lots to talk
about. Might even get a few human confessions out of the man when we're dancing round the
altar.” I don’t know when you were last at a roman catholic mass Bonnybrook but dancing around
the altar is strictly forbidden! Anyway congratulations, ten crisp pounds worth of bonus credits will
be winging their way to you my friend. Other top answers include this one from Henry’s stable
“Obama because when he his drunk I can do his misses hmmmmmmmmmmmmm nice” – tut,tut
and from slowstables “Gordon Brown so that I can give him a pint of sulphuric acid!”

Handy Andy’s off the mark

From little acorns…….. Last week heralded a bright day for the Andy Copley yard when the first of
what we hope will be many winners crossed the winning post in a stakes race. A delighted Andy
reacted by writing the following post “WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOOO! first of many I’m sure!” Indeed
Andy’s OTT reactions to success have already seen him get into hot water. At a race meet in
Australia yesterday he was physically removed from the track after his 2 year old colt named Igniti
won in a small field of three. Now racecourses across the globe are on high alert since it’s now
inevitable that Andy will have more and bigger winners in the weeks and months ahead!

I wonder………….

I see where Al from the Al mighty yard put’s Paul Gascoigne’s 30-yard screamer against Scotland
down as one of his favourite childhood memories…..I wonder if Gazza himself can remember it?!

Robbie Williams is a massive Raceclubs fan

It’s obvious – ‘Let me entertain you’ was penned after the singer watched Ken Allen land another
challenge final win. ‘Win some lose some’ sums up the career of a raceclubs owner. And it was
revealed this week that the split which ended Robbie’s connection with Take that came after Gary
Barlow suggested the band should spend less time playing raceclubs and more time eating chip butties.

Atkins diet is just the ticket!

Whatever Atkins is eating its working. At the time of writing the stable sit on 496 wins just four off
the magic 500. With us since May 2005 the stable have perhaps the most impressive profile picture
of any on raceclubs though I have a sneaking feeling it is not a true representation of the stable
owner. If it is then roll on the raceclubs Christmas party! With just seven horses in the stable it’s a
tight and highly successful yard which over the past four years or so has amassed over 17k in prize
money. It’s now only a matter of time before the brilliant Montsegur signs off her raceclubs career
with that 500th win!

Irish jeweller moved to secure location

After the recent high profile robbery of 40 million pounds worth of jewellery from the Graff
Diamonds store in London the raceclubs jockey ‘Irish jeweller’ has been moved to a safe house.
While the location of the safe house is a state secret BigBoySteve did give a clue to the owner’s
place of hiding when he told journalists from the Sun – “he’s in my spare room’.

So how bad is the UK Economy?

• I got a pre-declined credit card offer in the post.
• Parents in Notting Hill are considering raising their own children.
• I saw the CEO of Asda shopping at Asda.
• A prostitute asked me if she could borrow £20 until she can get back on her back.
• I saw a van full of legal immigrants illegally crossing the border into Scotland.
• I saw four CEOs playing miniature golf.
• Even people who aren’t in Gordon Brown’s cabinet aren’t paying taxes.