"Mind-blowing" is how Bournemouth pawnbroker Kevin Old described winning the John Smith’s People’s Race on Grand National day in front of a massive crowd at Aintree.
Old, 44, looked different class to the other fun riders as he stormed past the winning post on Hoo La Baloo at the end of the nine-furlong charity Flat race held before the big meeting.
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