Talking Horses: a misleading gamble and a first run for Champ


JP McManus combines with Nicky Henderson and Barry Geraghty for the day’s most interesting runner

Somebody, somewhere appears to think it’s funny to spoof the betting market with apparent gambles on Daniel Steele horses. There was a 2015 plunge on four horses he owned, which went nowhere in particular as all four were stuffed, and there was another last night on three horses he trains under permit for today’s races which immediately looked silly when Steele himself said one of the trio, Landscape, had scoped dirty and wouldn’t run.

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