So I was listening to Radio Five Live this morning in the shower and I heard Luke Harvey tip a horse called The Local in the 2:40 at Wincanton.
Now my friend Paul runs a Web site in Sweden called The Local, so I let him know. It didn’t take much to persuade him to put a tenner on.
But just before the race started, Paul revealed that there was a lot more than money and a tiny human riding on this horse. If The Local didn’t win then that was a bad omen for his namesake Web site.
Luckily, he romped home and won by three lengths. Paul made forty quid and I was pretty relieved.
He hasn’t offered me any of his winnings though.
Update: He bought me a very good bottle of wine just after Christmas!