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Goodkat
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On my travels I had the honour of meeting a great man, a humble man, a man of the people, much like myself, and it turned out, much to my delight, that we shared a common interest. The man in question was a certain Mr Yuk-Ting Szeto, known to close friends and associates as Tingting, due to his remarkable resemblance of the classic cartoon character.
Turns out, Mr Szeto had recently acquired a couple of horses, two un-named yearlings, and a few older horses currently in training on our very shores. We had a great discussion for many, many hours about numerous different aspects of the game, international racing, the whip, prizemoney, yearling sales and lots more.
Anyway, he is not one for spending over the odds on a horse and picked up his yearlings for peanuts, in racing terms. "I will make a few yen on them", he told me, before eating another piece of the most succulent lamb, "but the one that I am most excited about is a horse I just bought in Britain".
He poured another glass of the finest red, and proceeded to tell me about his big hope for the new year, a horse called Riverdale, trained in Yorkshire, under the elegant guidance of Nigel Delfosse Tinkler. "Riverdale is a brute of a horse", he tells me, as he sips cautiously away at his vintage Romanee-Conti, "Nigel tells me he is a very well handicapped animal, the only problems he has, are in his fine looking head. But we believe we have found the key, Nigel left him out in the field for 3 months and it seems to have worked the oracle, he's in the form of his life. You cant work this horse, at all...he has to be very, very fresh. We are planning to run him on the all weather surface at Wolverhampton next week as we have a hunch that he will enjoy it, and I would advise you to have a nice investment as he should be a fair price."
The meeting ended abrubtly due to a rather unsavoury incident involving a dog, and I had to leave for dinner with the family.
So there you have it, 2.30 at Wolves tomorrow, Riverdale is one to keep a close eye on, and I would advise going in e/w at the current price of 16/1.
Turns out, Mr Szeto had recently acquired a couple of horses, two un-named yearlings, and a few older horses currently in training on our very shores. We had a great discussion for many, many hours about numerous different aspects of the game, international racing, the whip, prizemoney, yearling sales and lots more.
Anyway, he is not one for spending over the odds on a horse and picked up his yearlings for peanuts, in racing terms. "I will make a few yen on them", he told me, before eating another piece of the most succulent lamb, "but the one that I am most excited about is a horse I just bought in Britain".
He poured another glass of the finest red, and proceeded to tell me about his big hope for the new year, a horse called Riverdale, trained in Yorkshire, under the elegant guidance of Nigel Delfosse Tinkler. "Riverdale is a brute of a horse", he tells me, as he sips cautiously away at his vintage Romanee-Conti, "Nigel tells me he is a very well handicapped animal, the only problems he has, are in his fine looking head. But we believe we have found the key, Nigel left him out in the field for 3 months and it seems to have worked the oracle, he's in the form of his life. You cant work this horse, at all...he has to be very, very fresh. We are planning to run him on the all weather surface at Wolverhampton next week as we have a hunch that he will enjoy it, and I would advise you to have a nice investment as he should be a fair price."
The meeting ended abrubtly due to a rather unsavoury incident involving a dog, and I had to leave for dinner with the family.
So there you have it, 2.30 at Wolves tomorrow, Riverdale is one to keep a close eye on, and I would advise going in e/w at the current price of 16/1.
