{"id":231,"date":"2008-01-08T03:30:54","date_gmt":"2008-01-08T01:30:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.wheresjo.com\/2008\/01\/08\/thames-races\/"},"modified":"2017-12-21T22:10:01","modified_gmt":"2017-12-21T22:10:01","slug":"thames-races","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wheresjo.com\/?p=231","title":{"rendered":"Thames Races"},"content":{"rendered":"

By Mike <\/strong><\/p>\n

These are not the high society races of Ascot, more the local country meeting of Wincanton that I remember from my childhood.<\/p>\n

We set off at 10:00 to allow us some time to do a bit of shopping before meeting Lynda & John at 12:00.<\/p>\n

We stopped on the way into Thames to get some roof racks for Jo\u2019s car.<\/p>\n

We drove on to Thames arriving just in time to meet with Lynda and John for coffee before going off to the races.<\/p>\n

After a few detours, because taking the wrong turnings, we finally made to the race course. The entry fee was $5 each, not a large amount to pay but still too much for some, as previous years entry had been free.<\/p>\n

To get to the parking we drove across the race course and parked up, then having to cross the racecourse on foot to get to the stands.<\/p>\n

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The meeting is not just about the races but it\u2019s about meeting old friends and family that you have not seen for some time.<\/p>\n

We were advised on the type of bet to place,a quinella, picking 3 horses and only requiring two to finish in first and second place. Not too difficult ! !<\/p>\n

We tried our hand but soon we realised that we didn\u2019t have a clue what we were doing. After losing on the first two races we then discovered the running sheets for the meeting, along with the notes on the horse\u2019s recent performances.<\/p>\n

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The ones both Jo & I had been backing all seemed to be the ones that had seen better days.<\/p>\n

So we decided to leave while we still had some money left and before the big rush at the end of the meeting.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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