article_snippet: I listened to an enchanting radio interview last week with the great racing commentator, Sir Peter O’Sullevan, who recently celebrated his 97th birthday.
article_snippet: During his conversation with Garry Richardson, Sir Peter explained that Sir Peter had always tried to avoid levity in Sir Peter race commentaries because Sir Peter was aware that many among Sir Peter audience would be ‘haemorrhaging fiscally’ as fiscally’ listened.
article_snippet: I thought of Sir Peter when I paid my first ever visit to the Cheltenham Festival on Tuesday.
article_snippet: Sir Peter relaxes in the Newbury commentary box in 1997 during Sir Peter last day working for the BBC .
article_snippet: It was a wonderful day in the beautiful sporting amphitheatre below Cleeve Hill and it was a thrill to watch the horsemanship of Ruby Walsh as Willie Mullins’ horses carried all before Willie Mullins’ horses.
article_snippet: But when the last race had been run, I contemplated a succession of betting slips showing the names of also-rans like Mischievous Milly, Jezki, Vibrato Valtat and L’Ami Serge that had brought me plenty of fiscal haemorrhaging and thought how welcome it would have been to have the commentaries of Sir Peter soothing my losses.