Horseracing, gambling, food, politics. Opinions are personal and not related to any of my various jobs.
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Bit of a problem with @Betfred where my max stake is 20p each way but the minimum bet on the market is 50p each way. Customer service can't solve this one apparently. Almost certainly saved me 40p though.
Spread betting pioneer and City Index co-founder Jonathan Sparke dies aged 76 racingpost.com/news/britain/…
Very sad at the death of Jeremy Clarke, Low Life of the Spectator and much more. A fine writer with a sense of the absurdities of life and the need to find fun in everything he did.
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Detailed explanation of what is happening in Sudan, long read but well worth it theguardian.com/world/2023/a…
Aintree looking magnificent this morning in the sunshine. Walking the course feels like genuine good to soft and no rain forecast during the day.
An estimated £300 million will be bet on today’s #JapanCup and £450 million (yes, that’s correct translation of the yen amount) on the entire Tokyo meeting
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Amazing to meet Contrail, son of Deep Impact, Triple Crown winner and one of Japan’s most promising stallions, standing at Shadai Stalliok Station in Hokkaido
@British_Airways @HeathrowAirport Please can you tell us where our bags are? BA682 passengers told bags not being offloaded from plane and to go home but 24 hours later your systems aren't working and phones are ringing out.
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Hard not to love horseracing when you see something like this. Duke of Luckley, who runs tomorrow in the 1.30 Chepstow, nearest the camera.
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@ChrisBloomstran I think I may have a bet for you today oddschecker.com/horse-racing…