25/3/1988 I rode Baluchi 9/2
25/3/1988
I rode Baluchi 9/2
Aston Handicap Chase
Ludlow Racecourse
Finished 1st / 9 ran
As I got legged up on Baluchi in the paddock the trainer said to me
“If you don’t win
don’t come f?cking back”
😉
25/3/1988
I rode Baluchi 9/2
Aston Handicap Chase
Ludlow Racecourse
Finished 1st / 9 ran
As I got legged up on Baluchi in the paddock the trainer said to me
“If you don’t win
don’t come f?cking back”
😉
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