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Another cunning plan

plus Goodwood, Deauville, Beverley and Yarmouth on telly

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Nick Boyd
Aug 24, 2025
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A dreadful week at York, where it turned out to be easier to break a leg than to pick a winner. Theatrical, but pointlessly expensive. This in turn has led to the discovery that some blood thinners, necessary to prevent clotting as a result of cast boot wearing, generate the most violent leg muscle spasms, which are entirely unconductive to sleep. (No s…

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