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"Many moons ago the local newspaper here the Evening Express had a syndicate to buy a share in a racehorse, I thought it looked a good bit of fun and being a relatively well off loon with no kids then sent in my £50, I probably owned a toenail,    The horse was called Yorkshire Fisher, it was a fucking donkey, lost race after race but no big deal, the owners hotline kept you up to date and said it was recovering from injury etc and not to bet as it wasn't fit, things were soon to change!    One day after calling the line the trainer, Mick Easterby (a pretty well known name in racing circles in Britain) said it was flying in training and this may be its race, I still recall heading to the bookies in Kincorth after work with half my co workers in tow (it was a Friday night), this was pre internet betting days, the horse was 12/1 and we all piled on, I was a nervous wreck chain smoking in the corner (pre smoking ban days), I can almost still recall the noise as the horse headed for the line with a 20 length lead, we were bouncing about the place and made a racket that could have been heard in town, it won the race easy and we cleaned out the bookie, most including me headed into town and got pissed, I won £600, about a Months wages.   The investment returned fuck all but that betting day did, it made me a lot of pals for the night as well.   The horse never raced again, fuck knows what happened to it, they never said, probably cat food, I'll always love that thing though for those few seconds running up to the line!   I reckon investing in this guy could be a bit of fun is the moral, you'd be screaming at your telly every time he got the ball. "
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