Robin Oakley

Second thoughts

Thistlecrack and Yanworth are bankers, based on their form at Festival Trials Day

issue 06 February 2016

Racing Life is all about judgment and I got one thing right at Cheltenham last Saturday after the overnight rain. Waved on to soggy grass by a parking attendant, I demurred, insisting that anyone who parked there would never drive off. I was waved on impatiently and foolishly let her win.

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