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Superstition, hurling and a lovely cuppa - an eclectic week at the Tattersalls Ireland Derby Sale

Aisling Crowe recounts her three days in Fairyhouse which brought a little bit of everything

Tuesday, June 27

The soundtrack to the day before the Derby Sale should have been Stevie Wonder's Superstition, at least that was the song looping on repeat in my mind throughout the day as I ventured in and out of the press room in search of a vendor, any vendor, who would speak to me for the sale preview.

It's such an ear worm that it's now buried in my brain and I can't switch off the incessant and insistent beat. Writing this hasn't helped rid me of it.

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Aisling CroweBloodstock journalist

Published on 30 June 2023inBloodstock

Last updated 17:23, 24 July 2023

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