Tadpole

Who sets off in pursuit of the European heptathlon gold in half an hour.

A golden rule of gambling is never to become attached to one horse/player but to judge each tournament on its merits and the prices available. Good advice, but I've always said you should allow yourself a few horses at any one time that are metaphorically stabled with you for the season (Somersby and Weird Al for this jumps season), who you support like a fan.

I extend this to sportspeople and Jessica Ennis joined my stable a few years ago. Kelly Sotherton was in the stable at the time, but it was becoming obvious that she would never win a heptathlon doing well in six events, but throwing a javelin like, well, like a girl. At the time there was a small bundle of energy following her around the arena like a feral younger sister, whom Kelly affectionately dismissed as "tadpole". I couldn't help notice that said tadpole looked likely to turn into a mighty jumping frog. Just worried she may have timed her pre-eminence wrong in terms of winning Olympic gold.

I'm also adding Tom Lancashire to my stable - looks progressive.


.