Deputy Sam is Fergie's friend

Sam Thomas stepped off the substitutes’ bench to score aboard Alex Ferguson’s What A Friend in the rescheduled Lexus Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

Wed, 30 Dec, 2009 - 07:27

Sam Thomas stepped off the substitutes’ bench to score aboard Alex Ferguson’s What A Friend in the rescheduled Lexus Chase at Leopardstown yesterday.

The Manchester United manager was at the Dublin track 24 hours earlier to see his Hennessy runner-up perform under Barry Geraghty, but the race was abandoned because of thick fog.

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CourtsRacingHeathrowPlace: LeopardstownPlace: DublinPlace: NewburyPlace: AintreePlace: PunchestownPerson: SamPerson: FergiePerson: Sam ThomasPerson: Alex FergusonPerson: Barry GeraghtyPerson: GeraghtyPerson: ThomasPerson: Paul NichollsPerson: DenmanPerson: JoncolPerson: Notre PerePerson: Nicky Richards’Person: Nicholls’Person: Tom GeorgePerson: Philip NelsonPerson: NichollsPerson: DitcheatPerson: KautoPerson: GedPerson: MasonPerson: SirPerson: AlexPerson: Money TrixPerson: Voy Por UstedesPerson: CooldinePerson: Paul TownendEvent: Cheltenham Gold CupEvent: Gold CupEvent: RSAOrganisation: Manchester UnitedOrganisation: Lexus ChaseOrganisation: Hennessy
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