We own a horse!

Not quite a whole one, but a small part of one. The 'Southwark News' (on sale every Thursday, only 30p, from all decent local newsagents) has established a Racing Club. Now I know nothing at all about horse racing, in fact I've only ever been to the races once in my life. Many years ago at Kempton Park, & I never left the bar, and never won a single bet! I'm not entirely sure how a 'Racing Club' works, except that lots of people purchase a minor share, & that total combined then owns a larger share of the horse that is bought to race. One share costs £50 for the year, I assume we have to pay this fee each year. sounds a lot, but it's only a fiver a head for those of us who contributed. (Though I don't know the actual breakdown of this, maybe some of us paid a bit more than others?)
The whole idea is the brainchild of the 'Snooze' legendary 'hoss racing' tipster THE SHADOW.
Now it's not for us to 'out' him to his many fans so I won't name him here, but most of us know him as the father of two of our players, and a few of us have even had the honour of meeting the great man in the flesh! He still takes a keen interest in the Hamlet via his paper, & always gives our team 'The Rabblers' a plug when we go on tour. So it was the very least we could do but to add our name to the list of nearly a hundred who have over-subscribed on an unraced two year old, registered as 'Southwark Newsboy'. Such has been the success of the Club, made up in the main of honest working class folk dipping into the sport of kings, that a second nag will be invested in as more people sign up, with the moniker for this one 'Southwark Newsflash'.
I'm not sure which gee-gee we have a little piece of, but it's great to be involved. When one or the other does finally come under starters orders maybe we could organise a Team Day Out to see it race. What do others think?
The only slight downer was that we were included in the full list of members in the current edition of the paper, but they marked us down as 'Dulwich Supporters FC'. Incorrect, we are Dulwich HAMLET Supporters' FC. I know Andy Tucker pointed this out to the editor in a quickly fired off email, and I have also sent off a letter of complaint.
But that's only a minor gripe. Roll on the day when 'The Shadow' tips OUR horse in his column.
Maybe some of our more avid fans of racing can keep an eye on the Southwark horses for us. Over to you Matt Hammond!