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Day: April 7, 2017

#4 – The Red Rum Fortuity

 

A man who rarely bets, Forty-three years, and a winning bet on Red Rum, all in the week before the Grand National returns. Fortuitous.

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Posted on April 7, 2017March 26, 2020 by AJPosted in #100DayProjectTagged 100DaysOfCreating, 100DaysofSmallFates, News, Racing, Scotland, TwentyFiveWords. Leave a comment
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