Dascombe delight as Eartha proves far from useless

Tom Dascombe: back among the winners and trains the promising Eartha KittCredit: Edward Whitaker

Never be too quick to write something off as a waste of money – even the whitest of white elephants can turn out to be a bargain in the long run.

Ask Andrew Black and Tom Dascombe, who claimed Baldovina for £17,000 in 2007 and failed to win a race with her.

"I trained her and she was useless, then she went to David Pipe, he ran her over hurdles and she was useless again," Dascombe recalled.

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David CarrReporter

Published on 14 October 2016inReports

Last updated 16:25, 15 October 2016

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