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(The author in his younger days, atop a horse named Book of Kells.)

It was a freezing cold mid-week afternoon in February 1986 at Nottingham racecourse. Only a handful of hardy racegoers speckled the grandstand, stamping cold feet and rubbing hands. Most spectators were watching the race on TV from the comfort of their living rooms.

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