Beggars' Choice

The Race That Stops a Nation, they call it, although a more accurate name might be The Race That Causes People to Momentarily Forget They Have No Interest in Horse Racing Whatsoever and Start Yammering About Animals Called Saintly Lad and The Slug and Glue Boy For About a Week, Although Basically It's Just an Excuse For Champagne Breakfasts Anyway, though perhaps that's too much of a mouthful.

As per usual I grudgingly participated in the office sweep although in an amazing break with tradition my horse did not run second-last for once, it ran last, which means I won some money - $1 to be precise! You beauty!