O'Brien thanked the horse's owners, John and Sue Magnier, Michael Tabor and Derrick Smith.

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Despite suffering his first heart attack in 1988, a leaner John Smith prevailed and, after the failed attempts by Michael Foot and Neil Kinnock to overthrow Margaret Thatcher and then John Major, he was elected to party leadership in 1992.

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Michael Smith scored a hat-trick as Accrington Stanley beat Gillingham in their first game without John Coleman in charge for 13 years.

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