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Hoofington Post does not know anything about Shamela Hanley’s mum – except for the fact she obviously has good taste. For as the picture here shows, tweeted by her daughter on Christmas Day, she saved some Racing Posts especially to wrap her presents in.
A quality touch and one that must have gone down well with Hanley jnr, a work rider and photographer based in the UAE.
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Nick Skelton, top showjumper and father of Dan and Harry, may need to up the security at his Warwickshire yard – and not just to guard his Olympic gold medals.
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