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Chit Chat
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Visited Brighton racecourse yesterday as part of my birthday celebrations and as we were making our way to the entrance this well dressed chap approached my wife and myself and asked if were going to the races.
I told him we were and he asked me to wait and disappeared into the trainers/owners entrance.5 minutes later he came out with two tickets, plus racecards, which allowed us to all parts of the racetrack.On top of that he produced two vouchers that admitted us to the owners/trainers lounge with complimentary tea and sandwiches.
We were both extremely grateful and i offered to pay for the tickets but he refused and said he enjoyed doing a good turn.My wife pointed out it was my birthday and he said in that case have a bet on the John Jenkins horse in the 4/05 race.It won at 5/1 ( i took the 7's).
This mystery man appeared with connections in the winners enclosure and i called him over to thank him.I asked him who he was but he just smiled and said "i would rather not say".It wasn't John Jenkins,that i do know, but what a thoroughly decent bloke.He really made my day extra special.
I told him we were and he asked me to wait and disappeared into the trainers/owners entrance.5 minutes later he came out with two tickets, plus racecards, which allowed us to all parts of the racetrack.On top of that he produced two vouchers that admitted us to the owners/trainers lounge with complimentary tea and sandwiches.
We were both extremely grateful and i offered to pay for the tickets but he refused and said he enjoyed doing a good turn.My wife pointed out it was my birthday and he said in that case have a bet on the John Jenkins horse in the 4/05 race.It won at 5/1 ( i took the 7's).
This mystery man appeared with connections in the winners enclosure and i called him over to thank him.I asked him who he was but he just smiled and said "i would rather not say".It wasn't John Jenkins,that i do know, but what a thoroughly decent bloke.He really made my day extra special.
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Good stuff.
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Nice one twizzle, what a top bloke.
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Great stuff
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it was Slippy Blue
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It was nice to put a face to your name at last twizzle
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Very good
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Did he have a monocle?
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You waited for 5 minutes because a stranger asked you to?
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.. ''WELL Dressed'' stranger - makes ALL the difference!
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lovely story.just told the lady vicar,she was suitably agreeable
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Top story.I enjoyed that.
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The horse is now down as owned by a relation of the trainer -
either daughter, unmarried sister, or aunt. Spare Owners and Trainer tickets entirely makes sense here - given the ownership being within the Trainer's family. Until a year ago - it was trained in Ireland - having originally been a Godolphin trained horse in England. It was bought by Condon, and went to Ireland - but did not go through the Sales Ring when returning to England to Jenkins. As a long-shot - Perhaps the man could have been the former owner, James Mescall - or, even, somebody from the bloodstock world with a connection to former,former, owners Godolphin. |
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dont think we"ll ever know who the mystery man was
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It'l be a first if Chit Chat can't solve the mystery. This should be easy peasy after all the murders and things that's been solved in the past.
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a good story
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Sounds like the start of Midsomer Murders to me.
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Possiby payment for services rendered. Was your wife busy last weekend?
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superb stuff.
made me smile |
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The Bristol landlord?
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A similar thing happened to me in the gentlemans toilets at Kings Cross Station, when I was around 14, by a man who looked over the top of the cubicle I was in.
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^ Some people always have to come along and spoil a thread -
Sadly - THEY usually think that THEY are funny, aswell.  |
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blackpood bares his soul and you through it back in his face.....I despair sometimes
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Hardly trying to spoil anyones thread Onlooker. This actually happened to me, and also involved the offer of tickets, but if you are going to be ar$ey, I wont finish the story.
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Nice work Twizzle & belated birthday greetings.
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Why do you all want to know who the gentleman was? You don't NEED to know and the chap said that he would rather not say. Respect his wishes you nosey buggers! He didn't want you to know, so leave it at that.
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Truth is all....nothing is secret nowadays
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...and so the thread goes downhill
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Sounds too fishy I'm afraid. Like the bad plot in the last Line of Duty drama.
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It doesn't matter who he was, twizzle is old school and crossed paths with a very decent bloke at the races, end of story.
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great story.....all I meet is t****
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Great uplifting story.
I hope the day finished with good, comfortable sex. |
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for you united ?
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sounds too akabula imo
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I've not been on here since Friday.
Was it me? |
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was it david cameron in disguise?
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A pleasing story
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Possibly, Leopard.....possibly
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Did he have a red coat and a white beard or was he very small, green and kept saying begorrah?
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