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Stefano Cherchi succumbed to his injuries. Most known for his association with the Marco Botti and Amy Murphy stables in Britain and he appeared to have a promising future. In the race immediately prior to his fall he'd won on a 60-1 shot which shows how cruel this great sport can be.

Most of the remaining members of the 1974 Dutch World Cup squad pictured (yesterday I'm pretty sure). Johnny Rep the only living absentee.

Stan Bowles a hit for Prophet and myself

I meant to post this several weeks ago, but forgot. Pat Murphy has been diagnosed with Stage 4 Lung cancer. He trains in Lambourn, doesn't have a battalion of runners but is a Welsh National winning trainer as the article notes (just as well, as he would have been a possible Pointless answer for even the most diehard racing anorak). Will obit in the Post anyhow. He turned 66 this week.

It was very sporting of connections to give her a go in Europe, admittedly at the twilight of her career. A sad loss. Her Melbourne Cup win was really impressive, even if the European contingent was severely limited that year (I can't recall whether due to covid, or Racing Victoria's onerous and silly veterinary checks).

Possibly, but I wouldn't be completely certain that Labour pick it up. It's a very White Working Class seat with a strong military background. It's difficult to say with Mercer as he's quite divisive, but possible he gets a better than average incumbency bonus. I can see a scenario where Labour get a majority of say 40/50 and this seat just about holds on for the Tories, whereas less marginal targets may perish. It all depends on where you think Labour's swing is going to come from, is it likely to be greater or lesser in amongst demographic groups which have been trending away from them since at least 2010? Might well be big enough swing to make the distinction a moot one in Mercer's case but it is dangerous to call an election this far out (2017 anyone?).

One of the first elections I have a vivid memory of (I was a very nerdy 11 year old, whereupon he was elected as Cambs' inaugaral Police & Crime Commissioner). I doubt we will ever see a Conservative MP in Luton in my lifetime (unless we switch to STV and it gets amalgamated with various parts of Bedfordshire - and this assumes the persistence of a "Conservative" party in the UK after the forthcoming general election).

You'd make Player about the best bet of any octogenarian male still alive to reach 100 though. He's surely fav to outlive Nicklaus at any rate.

Nigel Twiston-Davies' assistant Richard Bevis is in an induced coma following a farming accident. His brother is also a small trainer up in Cheshire, on initial glance I thought the article might be about him.

Woodland in the field for next week's Sony Open

Bill Rodgers (SDP) Caren Marsh Doll Charles Burrell (jazz) Clive Brittain Günter Bernard James Whale Jimmy Carter June Spencer Larry Merchant - JOKER Linda Nolan Mario Zagallo Niall O Donnghaile Nigel Starmer-Smith Noam Chomsky Pete Murray Peter Oosterhuis Rob Burrow Valdas Adamkus Violeta Chamorro Yoko Ono Reserves: Esther Rantzen Ron Yeats Ron Jeremy Charles Rangel Neil Harvey (Aussie Cricketer)

Charles Burrell (jazz) Clive Brittain Derek Draper Esther Rantzen Francoise Hardy Frank Field George Eastham Jack Burke Jr James Whale Jean Chretien Jimmy Carter Julie Walters (JOKER) June Spencer Katherine Jackson Larry Merchant Linda Nolan Mario Zagallo Neil Harvey (Aussie cricketer) Nigel Starmer-Smith Pete Murray Peter Oosterhuis Rob Burrow Salman, King Of Saudi Arabia Stan Bowles Yoko Ono Reserves: Quentin Blake Denis Law Ron Yeats

2 stallion deaths over the past week Speightstown at 25 and Dandy Man at 20. Speightstown will continue to have a decent legacy in the states, as he's got several sons at stud.

Callaghan is most famous for training Danehill Dancer who has become very influential as a stallion (albeit not as influential as his father - Danehill). His training career was before my time, but seemed he actually did better in the mid 2000s after a blip at the end of the 1990s. There would be definite theme team potential if someone knew the precise composition of various Suffolk nursing homes, albeit most would be Hares obits rather than DDP material.

Michael Hendry, whose leukaemia diagnosis caused him to miss the Open this year, is playing again. Played a couple of weeks ago in the Queensland PGA and is in the field for this week's Australian PGA which is co-sanctioned with the European Tour. Probably one to take off the shortlist for the time being.

Protectionist, the 2014 Melbourne Cup winner has died at 13. Hasn't been massively supported at stud, despite being based in his native Germany whose industry values stamina far more than British and Irish breeders.

In most of my teams this year, but does appear to still have his marbles.

Trainer David Brown has passed away at 79. He had a rather unconventional route into training, going to night school whilst a member of stable staff and setting up a company. Didn't have vast numbers towards the end, although I believe that was a conscious choice as much as anything. Had a decent sprint handicapper a few years back called Four Wheel Drive (who ended up in Bahrain, not to be confused with an American racehorse of the same name).

Jessica Harrington, who had cancer earlier in the year, out in America for the Breeders Cup meeting. Wouldn't have her on my shortlist for 2024.

I also had Kaczynski but doesn't appear to be replicated on the front page leaderboard (not that I expect to challenge)

I knew him primarily from an academic footnote I once saw on Twitter ("mostly known for his other work").

He was from a couple of villages down from myself, made a bit of name of himself in local politics. Got 3.3% of the vote in South Cambs back in 2010.

Alan Mullery (now 81) looked "very well" according to the commentator at tonight's game. That's just about the only positive I can fathom from a 5-1 drubbing at home.

Trump strikes me as the type to have much quicker decline than Biden. Biden could easily still be alive into his 90s, irrespective of whether you believe he should continue as President or not.

Our annual form-spotting guide -the Masters Champions Dinner. We already knew Phil had lost weight, I don't believe it's anything like a Chadwick Boseman situation (despite the fact he's playing terribly). Tommy Aaron looks the most likely to go next, though will be interesting to see if Nicklaus can swing a club tomorrow morning. I don't think Crenshaw looks great for 71, but he played the par 3 contest. As did Gary Player.