DIARY: Voices of racing unite in charity song: Horse Racing

By Marcus Armytage Published: 7:30PM GMT 08 Mar 2010

Chorus line: John McCririck took piece in the gift singular Photo: PA

Those who put the strain together goal the open will have it series one in the charts.

It is the brainchild of point-to-point tutor Richard Gurney. He wrote to Tony Hatch, bard of the original, asking if he would mind racing you do a satire of the song. The great songwriter replied that he didn"t do parodies, but if he did it would be identical to this and sent the new lyrics behind with his full blessing.

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The immeasurable infancy of "Cheltenham" is sung by Irish stone and nation thespian Laura Critchley, who has upheld the Sugarbabes and Boyzone and was, in 2008, voted most appropriate live hostess in Ireland.

Mercifully, racing"s biggest voices identical to those of AP McCoy, Charlie Swan, Noel Meade, Edward O"Grady, Nicky Henderson, Paul Nicholls, Big Mac and association are limited to the one word carol "Cheltenham", nonetheless on the video Andrew Thornton enthusiastically creates up for not being invited by Bob Geldof to sing on Live Aid.

You can check it out in the video form on Youtube prior to striking out 99p if needs be.

There are dual radio programmes this week (which I have listed in sequential order, rather than in sequence of merit) that are certain to get the armchair spectator in the mood for subsequent week"s Cheltenham Festival.

At 3.45 on BBC 2 today, a little of the (priceless) design and artefacts belonging to the Jockey Club Rooms in Newmarket underline on "Flog It" a sort of Antiques Roadshow with an edge; since it customarily involves people usually as well penetrating to spin the family ancient artifact in to cash. While nauseating value is precious on AR, it"s not value a dime on Flog It.

Just in box Jockey Club members think Nicholas Wrigley, the comparatively new Senior Steward, has taken leave of his senses and is saying what sort of distinction he can get at auction for a Stubbs or Gainsborough, rest positive zero from the Rooms is sold.

"Storyville - Racehorses", on BBC 4 at 9.00 on Thursday, is a illusory observational movie by Liz Mermin (The Beauty School of Kabal) about 3 racehorses, Joncol, Cuan Na Grai and Ardalan, lerned in Ireland by Paul Nolan.

It is opposite from alternative documentaries about racehorses since it aims to discuss it the story from the horse"s perspective.

It is a empathize that Joncol is not using in this year"s Gold Cup, but the programme comes rarely endorsed not usually by me but by the Telegraph"s radio critic, Simon Horsford, who describes it as "something special." He knows a thing or dual about racing, so you should take his recommendation and watch it.

Racing UK, the heavenly body racing channel that covers each competition at the Cheltenham Festival subsequent week, is on an additional selling drive.

Having offering to reinstate the cost of a subscription to any one signing up only prior to the 2007 Derby if Frankie Dettori won it on Authorized, they had a identical graduation (a safer gamble from their point of view) if AP McCoy won last year"s Grand National.

This time, for any one induction in between Mar 1 and the close of fool around on Mar 16, they will reinstate the annual price of �240 if Ruby Walsh wins the Seasons Holidays Queen Mother Champion Chase (Master Minded), Ladbrokes World Hurdle (Big Buck"s) and Totesport Gold Cup (Kauto Star).

He won all 3 races on those same horses last year and it looks identical to a potentially great deal.

It is not utterly identical to the free flights to America, that Hoover offering business who paid for �100 of appliances in 1993. That in the future cost the organisation �50 million.

Of the 1500 new recruits that took up the Dettori offer, 95 per cent renewed their subscription the following year, so there is process in this strong madness.