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British trainers afraid to shoot at Cheltenham - so how do they expect to score?

No disrespect to my old French teacher but Del Boy had a better grasp of the language than she did. I learned that 'bonjour' means goodbye but that's about all she taught me.

Anyway, my point is that it's almost impossible to start a sentence with 'No disrespect to...' without going on to disrespect the person you are about to discuss.

So, out of respect to Dan Skelton, I won't begin this particular rant by saying no disrespect to the ambitious young trainer for whom I have a deep respect.

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