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Tight, but bookies get home by a neck

TALES FROM THE BETTING RING
Simon Nott at the Cheltenham Festival Tight, but bookies get home by a neck

Tuesday
The Festival going ahead despite the threat of a coronovirus pandemic was the first result for many. And once on course and away from the news there appeared to be no worries about health, just wealth. Cheltenham did do their bit handing out latex gloves to bookmakers to help contain the spread via bet transactions. They also dotted hand sanitisers around the course.
There was an element of surprise in the result of the Sky Bet Supreme Novices' Hurdle, not that Shishkin won but ho...

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