Punters battling against odds

A LETTER in the Racing Post last Sunday didn’t half catch the eye of this observer.

It was written by an Edward Benson from London, a son of the late Charles Benson, who was well known in his day in journalistic circles.

Anyway, Benson took William Hill to task for their failure to lay him a bet. Benson said he walked into one of their shops in London and requested an ante-post wager of £1,000 each-way Peddlers Cross at 14-1 for the Neptune Investment Management Novices’ Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.