07-04-2020, 12:52
My late father was big into horses. Never rubbed off on me though. Many, many years ago he was losing quite a bit at the races. In frustration he picked 4 rank outsiders for the jackpot. (Four races and you have to pick the winner in all four). The rank outsiders were in the order of 33 to 1. The first three races all his rank outsiders won - and the last race came down to a photo finish. His horse came second. He used to talk about that day for years and years after the event. And yes MH the ponies are an analytical thing. My old man used to study them for hours on end. He was also a numbers guy. Could divide and multiply faster than I could with a calculator. Never quite figured out how he managed to do that. I am absolutely useless with numbers.
'The purpose of life is a life of purpose' - Athena Orchard.

