Royal Ascot’s ‘massive’ seven-race cards welcomed by bookmakers Share
April 1, 2021
Royal Ascot has made the decision to expand its race card to seven meetings a day, in a move which has been well received by betting industry figures.
The
Palace of Holyroodhouse Stakes and the
Golden Gates Stakes flat races were fixed to the venue’s week long event last year.
This was followed by the inclusion of the
Buckingham Palace Stakes after the COVID-19 pandemic opened up a space for extra meetings. The race was initially scrapped in 2015 and replaced by the
Commonwealth Cup,
As part of the expansion plans, the 0-105 mile handicap
Sep 09, 1927
Dec 09, 2020
Henry Orr “Boley” Brodnax, of Wall, Texas went to be with his Lord and Savior on December 9, 2020 at the age of 93.
He was born September 9, 1927 in Rockdale, Texas, the third of eight children and the only boy, to Barry Orr and Linda Stork Brodnax. In 1928, his family moved to West Texas and settled in the Fairview community where they ran a dairy and farmed.
He joined the U.S. Army after World War II helping with the clean up of Germany and working with the flight crews. Boley was a storyteller and he had many interesting stories about his time in Germany and the beautiful countryside.