It was one of those things where the horse was going, and she went behind the tote board on the back side, and I didn't see it, and when the horses showed back up, she wasn't there.

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Among those to be axed, sold off or to have had their functions transferred elsewhere include the Design Council, the Tote, the Renewables Advisory Board, the UK Film Council, Cycling England and England's eight regional development agencies.

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Paul Carberry rode the winners of the first two races - including Wild Passion in the Evening Herald Champion Novice Hurdle - before his sister Nina followed up with victory on board 10-1 shot Mansony in the Tote Ireland 75th Anniversary Handicap Hurdle.

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