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Bromance by the bucketload but going for broke proves no laughing matter at the Sceptre Sessions
James Thomas on a dramatic few days at Tattersalls
Monday, December 2
Do you ever feel like the whole world is against you? I do, and it’s almost always on account of public transport. Another cancelled train really wasn’t the ideal way to start the week, much in the same way another public transport reference isn’t the ideal way to start a sales diary. But here we are.
Just the other day a marketing mogul from a major stud stopped me to say he thought he’d seen me at the station, very obviously poking fun at my Poundland Michael Portillo routine (Michael hosted the BBC2 series Great British Railway Journeys, for those who know him only as a jazzily dressed Tory politician).
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- 'I might have to smooth talk him a bit!' - eyecatching mating in mind as Bridestones brings 280,000gns at December Mares Sale
- 'I want to do an Aidan O'Brien' – Resolute Racing on a roll as John Stewart spends 6,265,000gns at Tattersalls
- ‘It doesn’t beat the buzz of winning a class 5 maiden at Southwell!’ - bargain buy booms into 1,550,000gns for Kevin Coleman and Atomic Racing
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