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The turf

Charlie Appleby is the trainer to beat

16 October 2021

9:00 AM

16 October 2021

9:00 AM

I know what Keats was on about with his mists and mellow fruitfulness, but autumn is less of a joy when you daren’t rock up at the local petrol station with a jerry can to fill the mower for fear of being lynched by fuel-hungry vigilantes taking you for a hoarder.

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