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Prince of Style rocks up to Dunstall Park
Expect the unexpected at Wolverhampton on a Friday night - like bumping into a world number one.
Not a horse or a jockey of course - notwith just £25,000 on offer in eight races and the jockeys' championship safely done and dusted.
But a darts player. Rod Harrington, who topped the rankings for three years in total back in the 1990s.
Not that you would guess his profession to look at him. He's not the stereotypical beer bellied scruff who appears to get his fashion advice from re-runs of Bullseye.
The man nicknamed 'The Prince of Style' when he was throwing arrows for a living, who walked on to 'Sharp Dressed Man' by ZZ Top, is as smart as ever at 53, looking trim in a dapper pinstripe suit.
He is in town for the William Hill Grand Slam Of Darts, which gets under way inthe Civic Hall in Wolverhampton tomorrow, and with his Sky pundit's hat on he tipped Phil Taylor outright ('brilliant' value at 5-4) and local boy Wayne Jones for his first-round match.
Fellow celebrity Michael Owen was not here to see Third Half win in his colours - probably just as well as commentator Derek Thompson managed to call his horse Third 'Hall' all the way up the straight.
David Carr: Movember progress
PICTURE: David CarrJohn Hlls had a fine excuse for missing Press Baron's victory. The trainer was acting as a waiter to a group of nonagenarian war veterans at a special Remembrance Day event at the Queen's Arms in East Garston.
Can I finishby making an appeal for help in connection with the Movember campaign?
Not for more money - though do please go to http://mobro.co/davidcarr if you want to contribute to a very worthwhile cause.
But as a novice I would like to know from any permanently moustachioed readers how they cope with kissing their wives, girlfriends or anyone else they feel like showing their affection for?
Apparently it is extremely uncomfortable for the person on the receiving end - I have never kissed anyone with a moustache myself so I wouldn't know but Mrs Carr assures me that my new growth is exceptionally prickly.
Is there anything I can put on it? Wax? Conditioner? Fabric softener?
Or does she just have to put up with being married to a hedgehog until a fortnight on Thursday?
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