Horse death threat punter avoids prison by a nose

A GAMBLER with zero horse sense has avoided jail time by a nose, having threatened to kill a thoroughbred nag if it wasn’t withdrawn from a race.

Many is the unlucky punter who may have felt like unceremoniously dispatching a horse, but such thoughts are usually “also rans”.

Not so in the case of British better Andrew Rodgerson, 26, who warned a Co Meath stud manager not to run 2008 St Leger winner Conduit in a valuable Group One race at Ascot after he forgot to place an accumulator bet on behalf of a syndicate.