@itvracing@olibellracing@chamberlinsport Please could you wish David Croft, a valuable member of your behind the scenes team, a very happy birthday!! #ITVRacing Does anyone have a Birthday winner for him?
Frank Hayes - famous for being the only jockey to win a race after dying. It was his first official ride, and despite having a heart attack, he managed to stay aboard 'Sweet Kiss', who was then known as 'Sweet Kiss of Death'.
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Still on the long journey of catching up from the start with @nosuchthing, but enjoyed the horse racing segment involving both Tod Sloane and Frank Hayes (1/3)
Tod Sloane - in 1896, 97 and 98, he had a SR of 30, 37 and then a mighty 46%, respectively. His success in England was the spark of the Cockney rhyming slang, tod, meaning 'own', as in 'on his tod' https://t.co/5zVTr19gWX
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Our bookmakers are big but want to be bigger in Australia, where they have to adhere to minimum bet rules, cannot close honest winning accounts and must pay more to racing.
If they can do it there, they can do it here
My latest @RacingPost members' column
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