Guardian tips testing Brighton

Apologies the tips are for Thursday

and they still got them all wrong

Who was the Guardian tipsterer who often went through the card? Not Richard Baerlein but that era. He stayed close to the front of the market but that was where the winners often were.

Chris someone?

Chris Cook.

You would have thought they would have got a few right on a left handed track.

The tipster is Greg Wood

Chris Cook is far too young, being the son of former New Labour Foreign Secretary, the late Robin Cook. He now works for the Racing Post.

Chris Hawkins?,  ramruma.

Yes, Chris Hawkins. Thanks, sparrow.

Unless it was the other one there at the time.

Dad let me skive off school to go to the horses
Edward Hawkins started skipping school with his father aged just six, to bet on horses. It was an education with a difference. And what's more, he'll be doing exactly the same thing with his children too
https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2013/oct/12/dad-skive-school-horses-education-children-bet

Some Guardian articles by Chris Hawkins
https://www.theguardian.com/profile/chrishawkins

But I think there was a third one who only tipped.

Only other one I can think of was the great Richard Baerlein.

Harry Heymer?

Yes penzance, forgot about Harry Heymer.

The Chris Hawkins piece was a little disingenuous, I think. The photo of him at Sandown 'skipping school' would have been a Bank Holiday (that's the only time Sandown raced on a Monday), so wouldn't have been a school day. Apart from that, I liked the article.

I managed to not have any lessons on  Friday afternoon from about my 2nd year - coincidently Newbury always raced on a Friday and my dad happened to be a member.......