TELLYTRACK INSERT ON ABINGTON PLACE, MIKE DE KOCK'S UK HEADQUARTERS

Thought you might like to get a definite flighting time on the insert I produced on Abington Place, the Mary Slack-owned stables, in Newmarket, which has become Mike de De Kock's headquarters and which was housing the likes of Vercingetorix, Varierty Club, Heavy Metal and Alexandra Palace (a recent Dubai winner), at the time it was filmed.

We interviewed Assistant Trainer, Steven Jell, who is normally resident there, and he took us on a tour of the outstanding facilities, and explained to us how difficult it is to prep horses for the Dubai Carnival, bearing in mind the climate changes involved in the arduous journey there, which entails three months in Mauritius and a further month in the UK, moving from a warm to a very inhospitable climate, during the month of November, when we were over there.

Abington Place is a magnificent estate, which backs directly onto the Newmarket Heath and an outstanding array of training tracks, and the 16 minute insert reveals the place in its full splendour.

It's on the Tellytrack loop as from this evening but will have a scheduled flighting at around 18h50 tomorrow eveing, after the close of racing.

You got a lovely job Jimmy. All the way there for 16 minutes.

onyerway Wrote:

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> You got a lovely job Jimmy. All the way there for
> 16 minutes.

Lovely it was, but it takes a lot of hard work to put 16 minutes of video together. And it was damned cold, at times, too.

Im sure it is. I would love to see an insert on Flamingo Park

I look forward to it James (tu)

onyerway Wrote:

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> Im sure it is. I would love to see an insert on
> Flamingo Park

Funnuly enough, been there, done that. Even went in search of some flamingos, to give it some authenticity, and that was a muddy business. To be honest, though, there's not a flamingo within sight at the racetrack itself, and the stated intention of Phumelela to give the racetrack an African bush feel, with wild life enclosures in the infield, has never materialised. Funny, though, despite its bleakness, I used to like presenting from there. The people were always friendly.

I might take a trip there on the 17th if I can get on the famous bus?

scotia Wrote:

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> I might take a trip there on the 17th if I can get
> on the famous bus?


Thumb a lift from Ziets

I am a bit nervous in helicopters

just watched it james and it was top class thank you

James, is there any way to watch this and previous inserts online?

intergoal Wrote:

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> James, is there any way to watch this and previous
> inserts online?

I will ask our editor to post it on Youtube and let you have the link. Will be in the next day or two.