Doomed,,,

[Spicerack]

,,doomed ah tell ye.
A 1/25 shot (Doom) got beat in a 2 horse race yesterday.
I blame the Tory Government! ;-)

[Ken4155]

Nah, surely Brexit is to blame, Spicey:-))

[10ClarionSt]

Horse racing's bent.

[Ken4155]

^
Yeah, but every now and then, 10C, they bend it my way.

[10ClarionSt]

I know someone who was a jockey. On several occasions, as an apprentice, he was given a real hard time because his horse won. After training for 5 years he gave up saying he couldn't live with those kind of threats hanging over him. He became a motor mechanic and has no regrets.

[Ken4155]

The parents of an army friend of mine used to run a pub/hotel in Gazely, Newmarket - you could see the tack from the windows. A group of us stayed there for a few days in the 70s and i overheard a group of young jockeys sat in the bar, deciding who was going to win the apprentice race the next day. I couldn't see them but i overheard one of them say, "If the rank outsider wins, it would look suspicious so we'll go for the next best price."
Yes, of course i backed the winner:-)
I suppose those young lads weren't paid a great deal and did this to supplement their income. I still steer clear of apprentice races whenever possible

[Ken4155]

That should read 'track' not tack - though both are appropriate:-)
The pub was called The Chequers, as i recall.