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Market Rasen Flat Friday: Handicap Hunters and Maiden Mysteries
A proper Friday afternoon's entertainment at Market Rasen with handicap puzzles galore and some promising maidens worth keeping tabs on for the future.
Tom O'Brien
Horse Racing Writer
236 articles published
Born and raised in County Tipperary, Tom O'Brien grew up surrounded by jump racing. His family have been involved in point-to-pointing for three generations, and Tom spent his twenties working as a stable lad at several Irish yards before moving into sports journalism. He covers National Hunt racing with the passion of someone who's mucked out the stables.
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