Aussie April Fool Alert

[stevecaution]

Allegedly Aussie racehorse Winx has been forced to run under the name Minx next time out because of a court injunction regarding copyright of the name Winx. I’m bleary eyed here but that one smells a bit fishy on an April 1st morning.

Thanks for the good crack. Time for me to move on. Be lucky.

[robnorth]

The Daily Mirror ran April Fool stating that horses would be allowed to wear earphones to play soothing music at the Aintree meeting. They made up some horse names such as Pinch Punch and Youmustbejoking, but really missed a trick in not realising that Imjoeking is entered for Aintree.

[cormack15]

I’d read there was a real issue at play here but, contrary to that report, they were substituting the I in Winx with an A.

[cormack15]

Willie Mullins told me once the earplugs he regularly uses do have piped music. He puts down Douvan’s run in the Champion Chase to the fact that the groom put Coldplay instead of The Clash into the cd.

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