Yep, I knew where and what Mandown was, that's why I mentioned Lambourn. It was more the age old tradition of racing journalists' taking up pen names to write under like Martingale, Kettledrum etc I was angling at. Mandown was ringing a strong bell with me and I couldn't recall from where or when. I thought you might know, but clearly your association with this particular proper noun was personal not journalistic. My mistake.


mandown wrote:

> Mandown is the name of one of Lambourn's workgrounds. I used to
> Live a couple of miles outside Lambourn.
>
> George