'On my 18th birthday I got an email saying I had a share in Malvern'

Malvern: became disappointing after a fast start to his racing careerCredit: Alan Crowhurst

Luke Townsend, 20, is a young racing fan who received a taste of ownership in the sport he loves via the hugely successful Owners Group syndicate.

My first memory of racing was sending my dad out to have £2.50 each-way on Neptune Collonges in the 2012 Grand National, not knowing a thing about racing at the age of 11. That was where the bug began.

It was in the days before the National was moved to a later start time to account for the 3pm football kick-offs and I was at the football that day watching my dad play in a local fixture in Redditch, where he was a substitute.

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Charlie HugginsReporter

Published on 9 July 2022inFeatures

Last updated 02:36, 21 July 2022

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