Summary
At home, his trainer tells me, Grey Abbey has a mind of his own. 'He's buzzy. He goes down the road sideways. If the string leaves the yard to turn left and he wants to turn right, he goes right and has to be brought back round. It's no use checking him on the gallops, you've just got to let him lob along.' In short, a natural Boy Racer. Certainly, most of us in the media will want Howard Johnson, who won the juvenile hurdle too with 50-1 debutant Akilak, there on Gold Cup Day.
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Happy Faces
'Depend on the rabbit's foot if you will,' said the philosopher. 'But, remember, it didn't work for the rabbit.'
On the whole, I ignore superstition. I walk cheerfully under ladders, unless occupied by a decorator holding a pot of paint, and I contentedly obser...See the full content of this document
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