Just as well that Twitter (or the Betfair forum) didn’t exist in 1949 or it would have exploded this particular afternoon. (Written by John Rickman in the Racing book in the ‘Homes of Sport’ series, published in the spring of 1952).
@JohnWathenBerry Do you remember John Rickman (‘Robin Goodfellow’) born the same year as my Dad (1913) on my birthday (28 May)? Died 1997. He was on World of Sport for 23 years. Always raised his trilby to the camera. The face of ITV racing from the start🙂🏇
@JohnWathenBerry I doubt today's crowd would've been any more amused - being "barracked" putting it politely. Unbelievable that it wasn't voided and the riders disqualified for bringing racing into disrepute, etc.
@JohnWathenBerry Doesn't strike me as an ideal prep run for the Leger!
@JohnWathenBerry Ah the great man of the original ITV racing