The Silverstone Race to the Sky was an annual automobile and motorcycle hillclimb to the summit of a mountain. The race was held every year from 1998 to 2007 for two days over the Easter weekend. Major international drivers compete to see who is the fastest to ascend the hill.
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“If this bureau had a prayer for use around horse parks, it would go something like this: Lead us not among bleeding-hearts to whom horses are cute or sweet or adorable, and deliver us from horse-lovers. Amen.... With that established, let’s talk about the death of Seabiscuit the other night. It isn’t mawkish to say, there was a racehorse, a horse that gave race fans as much pleasure as any that ever lived and one that will be remembered as long and as warmly.”
—Walter Wellesley (Red)
“Suspended lion face
Spilling at the centre
Of an unfurnished sky ...”
—Philip Larkin (1922–1986)