Interpol, a Gymnasium, calorie-burning and joking bloodstock agents plus one that got away - my July Sale week

James Thomas on his back and forths to Newmarket, including via a taxi from Dullingham

Michael Donohoe of BBA Ireland: always obliging, and a helpful calorie-shedder to bootCredit: Alisha Meeder

Tuesday, July 11

I headed to Tattersalls with the words of Interpol (the band, not the International Criminal Police Organization) ringing in my ears.

It’s not that the sharply dressed New Yorkers have anything particularly profound to say about horses-in-training sales, but because I began July week by watching them perform in the courtyard of the palatial Somerset House on Monday evening.

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James ThomasSales correspondent

Published on 16 July 2023inSales reports

Last updated 15:35, 16 July 2023

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