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Daniel Barber

8 years

Even now this draws a smile. Criminally ignored 'great' race. Edredon ridden into & attacks every fence. EVERY FENCE

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Been building up to writing this sentence for nearly 2 decades

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@DanBarberTF

4 years

Istabarq

RelaxMyDog

@RelaxMyDog

4 years

Barkour

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

This for me is much the most significant point in the whole debate

Kevin Blake

@kevinblake2011

1 year

You may be interested to hear how an Animal Rising representative responded when I asked him on @bbc5live what their plan was for the 50,000 thoroughbreds in the UK if they achieved their goal of having horse racing banned. Very revealing indeed. #StandUpForRacing

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

@SportsBreakfast Head like Chernobyl reactor 4

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

200 winners ridden between us this season…

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Never seen this before but it's INCREDIBLE (with a nod to the one left in front totally turning it in on the run-in!)

IRIS

@IRISRacing

6 years

Well done to Mikey Sweeney on this class recovery today @killeaghp2p @corkwaterp2p @irishp2p

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Hard to believe how any 2m hurdler in history could beat Constitution Hill in any fair fight. Basically a 10/10 in every category - jumping, pace, strength of finish, temperament

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

And @laura_woodsy didn’t even have a penny on Brazil…

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

9 years

"Rel-e-gation. Woohoo, woohoohoo"

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Racing...Only Merrier

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 months

It would be an unspeakable tragedy regardless but this contrast below is the thing that hurts most. To describe John as one of the ’good guys’ in the sport would be underselling him hugely. So warm and positive. As Nick says, all our love & support is with you @HuntyCaller

Nick Luck

@nickluck

3 months

Just incomprehensible how somebody so kind should face such cruelty - all our love is with John @huntycaller

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Happy 80th, Mum!

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

Sincere apologies to anyone who heard my swear word under my breath when I thought my connection had gone for the umpteenth time on @RacingTV just then. Assumed I was out of vision as connection had died completely my end - should know much better by now

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Plenty of bad public etiquette but those people at the back of a checkout queue who then dart to a newly-opened one without asking if anyone ahead of them wants first dips are THE PITS

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

6 years

Could watch Paisley Park's surge from eighth to first in the straight on a loop from now till the lid's closing above me

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Ash Barty’s early retirement reminds me very much of my own at a similar age after a glittering career on G1 Jockey. When delivering Loch of Gibraltar on the line no longer gave me that buzz, I just knew it was time to walk away

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

My old man’s first Rovers game since Dec 2008, after 25 years with a season ticket. Shame about the result but a lovely day all the same

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Constitution Hill awarded 177p by @Timeform after Supreme rout - eclipses Golden Cygnet as highest-rated novice hurdler in the firm’s long history

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

Won’t better this sight all day or season. Didtheyleaveuoutto and @richiemclernon up and ok

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Wish I hadn’t read that article about that poor little lad. Unspeakable. Unthinkable. Worthless c***s

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

7 months

4.13.30 the slowest time for the Supreme this century by more than 5s

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

What a man. Absolutely choked up by the continued frankness and bravery of his posts. Going inside to give mine an extra hug now

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

I'll never forgive you for making me put Talk TV on (!) but great work all the same @kevinblake2011

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

I can’t understand how the signal reaches back to earth when I struggle to connect to my WiFi from the shed

Scott Bateman MBE

@scottiebateman

4 years

Jesus this could be a wet and windy Glen Coe....never mind an inhospitable red planet over 200 Million kilometres from Earth. Wow. Just wow. #mars2021 #Perseverance #NASA

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

Loved every second of 5 yrs working for @AtTheRaces / @SkySportsRacing , especially on-course days w/ Coops, @hayleyjanemoore & @GinaBryce . And immensely grateful, too, to @RacingTV for giving me chance to continue doing a job that never feels like work, starting Friday @ Aintree

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

Just waiting for the call

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Even stayed under the threshold for whip use. What a pro

At The Races

@AtTheRaces

2 years

“Go on Shane!!” Safe to say @kevinblake2011 enjoyed that! #StateOfRest #RoyalAscot

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 months

Alright it’s been a bit of a barren run for us both but no need for that

Josh Toole

@joshtoole91

4 months

@GoingBehind @RacingTV Pair of virgins guaranteed

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

This man is incredible. And I hope he realises how many people - most I guess he’s never even met - are thinking of him and wishing him well. Much love, G

@theformanalyst

3 years

Choosing to write and share this update whilst it’s still raw as I really want this to be as real and as honest as possible. Many of you have been on this journey now for 7 months with me and therefore, only fair I share how today’s appt went and how I’m feeling.

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

Good to see these G2/G3 level animals taking advantage of the easier pickings Down Under. Well done, all

At The Races

@AtTheRaces

4 years

Superstars! Addeybb and @TomMarquand win the Group 1 Longines Queen Elizabeth Stakes for William Haggas!

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 months

This is beautiful from @LydiaHislop and @eddietheshoe

Death of Jonathan Neesom: “He touched far more people than he realised"

Much loved and respected presenter had worked on Racing TV for 20 years

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

42 days FFS. Potentially 6 weeks unemployed. Surely nobody in authority can reflect on that and think it’s an appropriate punishment, whether jockeys had their say in the penalties or not

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

My punting career…

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Confirming See The Sea has broken two course records in 8 days, Ludlow last week before clocking the fastest ‘2m’ time ever run in Britain at Wincanton today @RacingTV @Timeform @SportingLife @donaldmccain

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

Not seen @JohnWathenBerry this happy since Roy Rocket won his 35th race at Brighton

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@CDCHistory

4 years

At the 1988 British Grand Prix

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

Craig David be nearly rewriting his classic: DQ’d jockey who failed to weigh in on Friday Called dead heat ‘cause it was too dark on Saturday Men with wooden boards cause confusion at Fontwell on Sunday

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Quick replay of last couple of minutes in Tampa

CheltenhamRacecourse

@CheltenhamRaces

8 years

7-2F Might Bite wins the RSA Novices' Chase in dramatic fashion from Whisper after swerving his way up the hill #TheFestival

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

9 months

The Kelso City Chiefs

Sky Sports

@SkySports

9 months

It was this cold in the NFL last night...🥶

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

Latest edition of #RacecourseCelebSpot …

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

7 months

Contender for best stewards’ report text ever…

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Rolled back the years and avoided result until I had chance to watch the full replay. WHAT A F**KING RACE!

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 months

We hadn’t touched a drop!

G⭕ing Behind (Steve Bradley)

@GoingBehind

4 months

Anyone watching @RacingTV and glad you are at home instead of being on course with morons like the two pissed up clowns in the background? Or am I just a grumpy old man who preferred it when racegoers were more interested in racing than drinking?

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@DanBarberTF

2 years

Racing TV

@RacingTV

2 years

Twitter... we want to know what has been your highlight of the 2023 #CheltenhamFestival ? 👇🏻

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Head fell off

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

My favourite Willie entry at Cheltenham is Chacun Pour Soi in the Stayers' Hurdle #Willieentry

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

9 months

I’d only just recovered from Goshen

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

How good must Ferny Hollow be?! Gave Appreciate It 5 lengths and gubbed it in the bumper and saw off Bob Olinger with authority after racing wider and going toe to toe

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

For the kids, obvs. But she was every bit as generous with her time as expected. What a star

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Best parts of ‘The Greatest Race’ are that both enhanced their form and status AND neither need be discouraged from taking each other on again

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Just gone fav for the West Wales National at Ffos Las

BBC North West

@BBCNWT

3 years

This 32-year-old horse has been rescued after sinking up to his neck in a bog. Fire crews from Oldham, Ashton and Heywood worked for almost three hours alongside the farm owner to dig him out. Once free, he was walked back to his stable where he enjoyed a warm hosing down.

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

7 years

Use of 'laid out for the race' as reasoning for fancying a Cheltenham horse should result in instant banning from life

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

Basically poetry for @TheFastShow1 fans that Monkfish and Put The Kettle On won on the same day

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Old pal @kevinblake2011 even leading winners up now. Man of many talents

Fergal O'Brien Racing

@FOBRacing

3 years

Good to have a winner #PoeticMusic Even better to have one for a new owner

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Has a goalkeeper ever had a worse shootout? No saves, touched ball once, missed crucial pen

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

About the only good thing this bloke has ever said @donaldmccain

Donald J. Trump

@realDonaldTrump

4 years

#OVERTURN

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

7 years

@CricketTragic58 @roryjiwani @MrMuselk @aotearoaxi Cannot for the life of me apply my brain in the necessary manner to work this out

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

So moved by this Josh Moore news. Keep scrapping, fella. Everyone pulling for you and your family

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

In my memory this was far more workmanlike than the reality watching it back now

Racing TV

@RacingTV

1 year

10 years ago! 😮 The mighty Sprinter Sacre, winner on his sole start in Ireland to bring up a Cheltenham, Aintree and @punchestownrace hat-trick in six weeks. We can't wait for the Punchestown Festival, and it all gets under way a week today!

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Never thought I'd be sat here thinking 'we need a fifth against Real Madrid' when I was going to Walsall and Crewe away back in the day

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Anything he does over hurdles is a bonus

Costas Goulas

@LsabreAvenger

2 years

This picture of Edwin Moses taking off to a hurdle in the men's 400mh at the Olympics in LA in 1984 has definitely become a classic

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

7 years

Further context to below - if any were needed, as one view makes you spot it's a freakish display. Didtheyleaveuoutto covered the final 2f faster than all bar one Flat horse (Aurora Grey - 22.7 vs 22.8) this year over that C&D, inc First Mohican (TF-rated 106)

At The Races

@AtTheRaces

7 years

Wow - from the family of Denman, @GiffordNick 's Didtheyleaveuoutto makes a striking impression on debut at @LingfieldPark !

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Can’t not love @yorkracecourse . See so many people you know and the course, atmosphere, racing and city itself always so uplifting. 10 on 10 as per

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

6 years

Top work from my boy @LynchyTF presenting solo on @AtTheRaces tonight. Nerve-wracking game at times that requires plenty of prep & hard work - despite majority view that anyone doing it arrives via the gravy train, just reads Spotlights for 3 hours and then dashes off home

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Just a little something…alongside the Grand National trophy and a serviceman

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

The pound plummeting now means that Rice has usurped Sterling as the most valuable commodity in the England lineup

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

The idea that Laporte (or any other player in similar position) is gaining an advantage by his armpit being adjudged by Windows '95 version of Paint to be a nanometre in front of the defender's studs. Just shite

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Just no greater shame than an inadvertent WhatsApp group call. Your pal could be lying in a ditch and nobody in the group is answering either

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

Mister Coffey finally win his first race over fences in 2024 Topham?

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

@seandw14 @1Easterbrook @JohnBrewin_ He’s since added ‘the room’ to the things he wasn’t able to read at school

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Been jarred up but full of zest at home and looking to preserve winning run, so may be worth a go on the spreads

At The Races

@AtTheRaces

2 years

👀 @sevenbarrows and @NdeBoinville with one at @plumptonraces ! Marmalaid returns to the track after a 309-day absence this afternoon - live at 1.50pm on Sky Sports Racing 👇

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

Doing everything I can to avoid sounding self-indulgent (like anyone cares I’m signing off for Christmas) but wanted to wish everyone a Happy Christmas. Try and make the best of it. I find booze helps. Over and out peeps

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

No surprise to see Hypotenus jump at right angles

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

80 next year but still trying to knock the Blackburn Rovers out of him...

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

It's world class telly @LydiaHislop . Simple as

Racing TV

@RacingTV

5 years

🗣 "If I could have 40 seconds of my riding career back, that would be the 40 seconds I would want" Make sure you find time to watch Ruby Walsh walk the course at Cheltenham in the company of Lydia Hislop. Watch here >>>

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

They’ve just reopened the Goshen Saloon @hughcahill7 @kevinblake2011 @tony_calvin #ROB

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

More than 11 hours later and all I can think about is Goshen's legs getting stuck together on landing. Enough to make you self-isolate on its own

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Me with my Uncle and his friend of 54 years

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

😢You'll be remembered. That's for sure. Much love to Denise and those beautiful kids you sired. RIP pal

@theformanalyst

2 years

Peacefully, on May 25th at 7.05pm, after a determined and dignified journey following a metastatic bowel cancer diagnosis. Graeme Dand, devoted Husband to Denise and Dad to Sofia, Olivia and Jude, passed surrounded by his closest loved ones.🤍🏇

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

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The PhD Place

@ThePhDPlace

6 months

What’s the most memorable feedback you’ve received on your work?

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

This was a happier moment at Catterick today. Still sharp as anything - even as I pestered him with all the great names he trained that I used to love as a kid

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Unexpected use of the phrase ‘prolapsed penis’ by @LydiaHislop in @nickluck podcast yesterday ought to ensure one of the 2 maintain their stranglehold atop the Racing Broadcaster of The Year awards in 2022

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Now that's quite the gap developing from top pair to the others on @Timeform bumper ratings, even though I'm still a big fan of Redemption Day...

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

I discovered on here you could toast potato waffles during the first lockdown so not gonna get downbeat just yet

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

Looks like he’s about to attempt double 16

Patrick Mahomes II

@PatrickMahomes

2 years

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

Imagine the bidding wars for deteriorating ex-Gigginstown horses if Frankie wins the last 2

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

NAHvan

Racing Post

@RacingPost

3 years

BREAKING: Today’s meeting at Navan featuring the Grade 2 Boyne Hurdle has been abandoned due to a waterlogged track following this morning’s inspection

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Real sickener, this. A likeable, classy and genuine animal

Sue Smith Racing 🐎

@suesmithracing

3 years

We’ve had two winners today. But they’ll be no cheer on the yard tonight. What a brilliant, talented, great horse Midnight Shadow was. A legend in his own right and a stable superstar. Give your horses an extra cuddle tonight because you never know. Rest easy Midnight ❤️.

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

8 months

Such a brilliant day @CheltenhamRaces . So many to choose from - athletes Sir Gino and Lossiemouth just all quality - but the biggest roar saved for Paisley Park’s stirring rally

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

ShaT in

At The Races

@AtTheRaces

3 years

Golden Sixty is a machine! Hong Kong’s superstar wins the Group 1 Longines Hong Kong Mile under @vincenthocy again at Sha Tin #HKIR

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

1 year

Full, full marks to @MulqueenStephen this week. Probably the two most significant rides of his life and yet he’s ridden Douglas Talking and Apple Away like a veteran of the big stage. Bravo

Great British Racing

@GBRacing

1 year

A day he'll never forget! Congratulations to jockey @MulqueenStephen on winning his first Grade 1 race. The rider partnered Apple Away, owned by the many members of @OldGoldRacing , to win the Sefton Novices' Hurdle.

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

If you are a horse racing person please join the challenge of posting a racing photo. Just one picture, no description. Please copy the text in your status, post a picture and look at some great memories/pictures.

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Busselton @kevinblake2011 ?

Joe+

@AndAwayTheyJoe

3 years

What is the most memorable 2nd place finish in horse racing? Blame and Zenyatta for me

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

Absolutely ridiculous, even all these years on

Timeform

@Timeform

5 years

With 1 week to go until #RoyalAscot , what better reason to relive Frankel's astonishing Queen Anne victory in 2012. Recording a Timeform rating of 147, this made him our highest rated Flat horse of all time, surpassing Sea-Bird's 1965 Arc rating by 2 lb.

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

2 years

@theformanalyst Absolutely devastated. But what a lasting impression you have made and will continue to make; so pleased to have interacted and got to know you a bit. Thinking of you all - Denise and the kids couldn’t have a better inspiration

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

4 years

Eileendover’s value just gone into 7 figures

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

5 years

Pork products cooked on the radiator for half an hour while Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall had his morning bath

JB

@buckmoy

5 years

@fryuppolice check out this £9.50 travesty from @rivercottage - where do you start!

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Daniel Barber

@DanBarberTF

3 years

Let’s not ignore @hughcahill7 ’s shout - get that +40p from Constitution Hill added to his P&L @BetfairBarry ...

Betfair Racing

@BetfairRacing

3 years

🤡 Another winner for @DanBarberTF and listeners of our Racing…Only Bettor podcast with Killer Clown at Wincanton. ✅ A 30/1 double up for Dan on #BetfairDoubleDailyRewards week following Another Crick earlier on the card.

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