High stakes by Dick Francis

Author:Dick Francis
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: Fiction, General, Fiction in English, Horse racing, Mystery & Detective
ISBN: 9780330248365
Publisher: Pan Books
Published: 2009-12-15T19:11:23.279323+00:00

Grapevine (Mrs R. Wantage) B. Fritwell

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Pirate Boy (Lord Dresden) A. G. Barnes

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Hopfield (Mr Paul Hatheleigh) K. Poundsgate

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There were reams of them. I finished the Worcester entries with a sigh. Three hundred and sixty-eight down for one novice hurdle and three hundred and forty-nine for another, and not one of them what I was looking for.

My coffee was nearly cold. I drank it anyway and got on with the races scheduled for Taunton.

Hundreds more names, but nothing.

Ascot, nothing. Newcastle, nothing. Warwick, Teesside, Plumpton, Doncaster, nothing.

I put the Calendar down for a bit and went out onto the balcony for some air. Fiercely cold air, slicing down to the lungs. Primeval arctic air carrying city gunge: the mixture as before. Over in the Park the zoo creatures were quiet, sheltering in warmed houses. They always made more noise in the summer.

Return to the task.

Huntingdon, Market Rasen, Stratford on Avon… I sighed before starting Stratford and checked how many more still lay ahead. Nottingham, Carlisle and Wetherby. I was in for another wasted morning, no doubt.

Turned back to Stratford, and there it was.

I blinked and looked again carefully, as if the name would vanish if I took my eyes off it.

Half way down among sixty-four entries for the Shakespeare Novice Hurdle.

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