Tarry & July – A King’s Ransom?
There are suggestions that the SA champion trainer is holding the July to ransom again, as he did with the previous July and Met…
7th May 2016
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There are suggestions that the SA champion trainer is holding the July to ransom again, as he did with the previous July and Met…
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