Twelve for the Flat.(The turf)

During elections, said H.L. Mencken, all the parties rush around the country insisting that the others are unfit to govern--and in the end they are all proved right. I don't bet on politics because as a part-time political commentator I don't want to be accused of letting wagers colour my judgment, but I did advise my friends last autumn to back a hung Parliament when you could still get 4-1 against. The Twelve to Follow over the jumps I named then have not stood the test of time quite so well.

Two never made it to the track, but five managed to win and we had half a dozen seconds. The most enjoyable victory was the 14-1 success of the Evan Williams-trained Pheidippides at Kempton. …