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I don't know about original, but I remember a Drakes Drum running in a 2m handicap at Kempton in the 1960's. Might even have been the Queens Prize. Bric-a-Brac was one of the runners.
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I think Frankie Durr might have ridden it that day.
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It was bought by Paul McCartney for his father,he always was a cheapskate little prat.
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DRAKES DRUM was a sprinter, trained by Colin Crossley, on the Wirral.
PAUL McCARTNEY bought the horse for his father, as a present. Paul had to put out a plea to fans to NOT back the horse - simply because of the Beatles connection- in the Hylton Handicap over 6 furlongs - at LIVERPOOL on Grand National day 1966. The bloody thing won at 20/1.  |
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hmmm - I think it might be Captain Drake I'm thinking of.
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The late Billy Fury had a horse too.Unlike McCartney senior Billy could afford the training fees.
Anselmo was its name and it finished fourth in the Derby.I am not sure but it may have appeared in a film with him. When this body that was once a Temple has got itself wrapped around a few bottles I give the neighbours a wonderful rendition of "Halfway To Paradise".Sadly they do not appear to be music lovers. |