By Stephen Foster on April 12, 2012
Heineken-owned John Smith’s is a running a campaign by Aesop, supposedly advising racegoers not to get drunk and disorderly at this weekend’s Grand National race meeting at Aintree in Liverpool, which it sponsors. But it all looks a bit half-hearted given that this TV ad, also by Aesop, is also running; indicating the delights of [...]
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By Stephen Foster on March 13, 2012
Rebekah Brooks (pictured) and her former racehorse trainer husband Charlie have been arrested as part of Scotland Yard’s Operation Weeting probe into phone hacking – the second time for Rebekah, this time on suspicion of ‘perverting the course of justice.’ Today is the first day of National Hunt racing’s Cheltenham Festival, which the horsey couple [...]
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By Stephen Foster on June 9, 2010
But it might be coming to a racecourse near you, the horse racing panjandrums in Kentucky, home of the famous Derby, have just approved new regulations allowing sponsors to place their logos (and doubtless other messages besides in due course) on jockeys’ be-jodpured bottoms. One presumes this applies to ladies’ races too. This is all [...]
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