Sir Alex’s savage punishment for Man Utd gamers in the event that they attended Cheltenham
Horse racing and Sir Alex Ferguson is a contemporary sports activities love story – but it surely wasn’t all the time the case.
In reality, the Manchester United legend had such an aversion to the racing that his gamers confronted shedding their place in the event that they had been noticed on the programs. More particularly, Fergie had a standing rule that anybody attending Cheltenham can be dropped with out exception.
Of course, that is all modified now that the Scot has no fewer than six runners within the subject at this 12 months’s Cheltenham Festival. But former United defender Gary Pallister defined Ferguson’s stern stance on his stars visiting the annual festivities again within the day.
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“My favourite memories of Fergie and horse racing is that if he found out you’ve been to Cheltenham Festival, he’d drop you,” he said, per FourFourTwo. “He wasn’t into Cheltenham racing then. He didn’t play golf and he didn’t like horse racing. Now he loves his golf and his horse racing and owns horses.
“Back in the day, he wasn’t okay with the lads going off for a day at the races, but that’s all changed and he’s obviously been involved for quite a while now with his good friends from Manchester and had some good success there.”
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Ferguson, 82, has taken a vested curiosity within the horses since retiring from administration in 2013. And he is since turn into a frequent sight at among the greatest meets of the 12 months, each within the UK and additional afield.
One of his steeds, Spirit Dancer, bagged its proprietor simply shy of £1million after profitable in Saudi Arabia earlier this 12 months. That’s after the identical horse earned Ferguson one other hefty payday with victory within the Bahrain International Trophy again in November.
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As for which United team-mates had been most keen on the fillies throughout his time, Pallister stated: “Robbo [Bryan Robson] was the biggest racing nut. I always remember we had the players pool at United back in the early days. He was the man because he knew a few of the jockeys and as I say he was England and United captain so he was going to get invited everywhere.
“Robbo, Incey [Paul Ince] was another one who liked a punt on the horses. I think they were the two main protagonists and they were always having a decent flutter on whatever the tipster got.”
