Blackpool can tower above rivals

BLACKPOOL Billy is one of the shining lights on an informative afternoon at Ayr today.

Mon, 31 Jan, 2011 - 00:00
“Faugh-A-Ballagh”

Ferdy Murphy’s nine-year-old is open to bags of potential over fences, and is unquestionably a major player for the Play Poker At victorchandler.com Handicap Chase.

Although he was decent over hurdles, Murphy said long ago that Blackpool Billy would only really come into his own as a tyro chaser.

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