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RACING’S GREAT PRACTICAL JOKE, THE FAIRER SEX
February 14, 2021 9:32 am
By Matt Stewart, Racing Editor
Agreeing with Matt Chapman doesn’t come easily to me.
I wrote a yarn few years back about Royal Ascot and the frustrating TV coverage beamed back into our lounge rooms by Chapman and the late John McCririck.
I found the Vaudeville pair colourful yet downright balmy, particularly Chapman and the way he yelled his way through the coverage from what appeared to be a small caravan surrounded by corporate bookie betting screens.
I wrote a line that wasn’t quite accurate, and Chapman’s lawyer demanded a retraction from my bosses, who all but dangled me out the 10