Nobody communicates his pleasure in winning with a more all-embracing bonhomie than professional gambler Harry Findlay. Labrador puppies presented with a dog treat are a model of restraint by comparison. Even so, the degree of Harry’s enthusiasm as I presented him with the trophy earned by his Inler in the Barry Hills Biography Stakes at Doncaster on Saturday came as a surprise. It turned out that his joy in accepting the capacious ice bucket, the £7,546 he will share with the Sangster family and a free copy of Frankincense and More was just a little supplemented by learning that he held eight of the 14 winning tickets in that day’s Tote’s Scoop6, giving him a decent chance of picking up the £1 million rolling bonus this weekend.
Harry, it turned out, had already nearly finished the book, but there were copies, too, for trainer Brian Meehan and jockey Kieren Fallon, both delighted to see Inler, once a 2000 Guineas fancy, back to near his best.
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