Originally Posted by jmclaugh:
“Fireside Chat.”
Cripes.
If I recall correctly in 1970 this was a 2-Y-O trained by Fulke Johnson Houghton, and the animal started hot favourite for a small race at Salisbury but got turned over by none other than Mill Reef who was making his track debut.
If I'm not mistaken the horse was ridden by
Lester Piggott.