Rumour, gossip, innuendo, swirl around a racecourse. But ordinary conversation is always interesting. Today I was listening as well as watching horses:
Overheard out the back (1): “You bite me, and I’ll bite you back!”
Overheard out the back (2): “Gosh! A man just jumped out of those bushes!” “At least he’s got his clothes on!”
Overheard in the Island Bar: “Seriously, Stevie Wonder would have seen you down there!”
Overheard on the mounting yard rail (1): “I don’t like that jockey!” “Yes, but his mother loves him!”
Overheard on the mounting yard rail (2): “Geoffrey, what do you like?” “Number three”. “Anything else?” “No!” Number three, All Cerise, won in a hand canter.
Overheard on the mounting yard rail (3): “Go Chile Express! I patted him!” “Well, if it wins you’d better not wash that hand for a week!”
Good to see you back. Hope missus is still on the improve.