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BETTER THAN PROPER JOB: Simon Nott takes ‘work’ to the beach and Ireland’s Laytown Races

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It’s been 12 months, this meeting last year since I was racing in Ireland which is far too long given how much I enjoy it. Ryanair made me wait an hour longer after my flight to Dublin was delayed but I was still greeted by the smiling face of Des White, brother of bookmaker Colm and a top man.

Charity dip at Laytown

Des hadn’t minded waiting after being charged with the job of picking me up from the airport and within the hour we were at Laytown.
I’ve previously been lucky with the weather for this meeting but such was the rain tipping down when we arrived Des deemed it prudent to stay p...

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