Farmer Brown lands gamble in style

TRAINER, Pat Hughes, lashed out at an on-course bookmaker after his newcomer, Farmer Brown, had landed a gamble in the Kevin McManus Champion Bumper at Limerick yesterday.

Mon, 11 Apr, 2005 - 01:00
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The Bob Back gelding was backed from 10-1 to 11-2 and did his job in style for the talented Niall Madden.

“I asked one of them for €7,000 to €1,000”, reported Hughes.

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