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Chepstow case should see stewards bring in Murphy's law
Oisin Murphy: what he was thinking at Chepstow was anyone's guessCredit: Edward Whitaker
On this Saturday's Uttoxeter card 14 years ago Roberty Bob justified a shade of odds-on in the long-distance handicap chase.
According to the available data he did so without any fuss, prevailing by a length and a quarter from Dads Lad, with Follow The Flow another couple of lengths back in third.
Those two were well out of the handicap, and the in-running comments for Henry Daly’s winner read: “Always prominent, reminder after 5th, ridden to lead 10th, jumped right 2 out, eased towards finish.”
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