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Oh my God! Lambasted by a racing legend as a documentary-worthy Craven week proves totally surreal
James Thomas returns for a busy week of sales action on the Rowley Mile
Buyers watch breeze-up two-year-olds put through their pace on the Rowley MileCredit: Edward Whitaker
Monday, April 14
If by some quirk of fate, Morgan Freeman ever ends up narrating a documentary on Craven week, I’m sure he’d refer to the ritual migration between racecourse and sales ring as “a dance as old as time.” Or something like that.
March Of The Pinhookers, anyone? I’d watch it. Admittedly, Morgan Freeman narrating a documentary about a breeze-up sale would require one helluva quirk of fate. But stranger things have happened. Not least during Craven week.
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