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nil desperandum

(ˈnɪl ˌdɛspəˈrændəm)

sentence substitute

never despair

[from Latin, literally: nothing to be despaired of]

nil desperandum

A Latin phrase meaning never despair.

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Nil Desperandum I LOVE to sing, I love to dance, But, at my age, I've missed my chance.

POEM OF THE DAY

Situated on the south-west corner of the Curragh Training Grounds, near the army's Curragh Camp, Clifton Lodge covers more than ten acres, including a four-bedroom house, and was home to Crowley's 2005 Irish 1,000 Guineas heroine Saoire, as well as Grade 1 chasers Sackville, Moscow Express and Nil Desperandum.

Deegan quick top lay down fears overy ard

A second boat, Nil Desperandum 111, with four crew, went to help but it also ran aground.

9 crew are saved in sea drama

Last year she looked to have her best chance of ending that run, with the ill-fated ante-post favourite Nil Desperandum.

Horse Racing: Williams hopes Mon Mome changes luck; JOHN SMITH'S GRAND NATIONAL 2008 THE TRAINERS' VIEW

Last season's renewal of the four-mile, one-furlong hike was particularly informative for it went the way of Nil Desperandum.

Racing: Kempton's a cracker

The horses include Grand National favourites Nil Desperandum, Little Brick and Far From Trouble.

'Don't bet on racing's deadly spectacle' PROTEST: Grand National slammed

THE prospect of a sixthIrish- trained winner of the John Smith's Grand National in nine years has crept even closer following the demise of ante-post favourite Nil Desperandum.

Horse Racing: Favourite's fatality puts Irish in frame; Nil Desperandum disaster changes National outlook

But trainer Venetia Williams suffered a crushing blow as her John Smith's Grand National hope Nil Desperandum suffered a fatal injury.

Horse Racing: BARON IN A RUSH TO TAKE NATIONAL

BARON WINDRUSH gave a game staying performance to win the John Smith's Midlands Grand National at Uttoxeter in a race overshadowed by the loss of Nil Desperandum.

Horse Racing: BARON HIGH

Heavily backed Little Brick broke a shoulder at Cheltenham on Tuesday and had to be destroyed and the same fate befell ante-post favourite Nil Desperandum who fractured a leg early in the Uttoxeter race.

Horse Racing: Windrush storms in for Maguire

But the race was marred when Nil Desperandum, favourite for the Aintree spectacular, broke a leg after jumping the eighth fence.

Horse Racing: BARON PUTS WIND UP'EM

Aintree favourite Nil Desperandum is the stable's leading hope on the book but it could pay to forgive The Outlier a disappointing effort at Haydock last month.