The Western Meeting…
Ayr’s party. Not only a Gold Cup, but a Silver and Bronze one too. Bookmaker benefits – usually…
No surprise that they are bookmaker sponsored contests. They would sponsor a Tin, Copper and Pewter Cup too given half a chance….
Sometimes, the punters have their day. Lochsong a memorable winner…
Gary Bardwell on Not So Silly a favourite personal memory. 1987. A few short weeks before the Hurricane that battered our home and the whole of the South Of England. And the Stock Market crash that changed the course of several lives…
I was on a desk at Savory Milln. A few punters around the trading floor. The race must have been run midweek back then or the mists of time really are playing their tricks. I alighted upon the Angry Ant’s mount, and we got stuck in. Roared home with gusto – and a late night in several City pubs…
The last hours of the Bull Market…
MAFNOOD to Newmarket later. Patrick Millman having his first ride for us in this Amateur Rider’s contest….
