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Tiutchev fall mystifies connections - 2004-02-01
Tiutchev was reported to be shaken but otherwise alright after his uncharacteristic fall at the second last fence at Ascot on Saturday.

Connections of the 11-year-old are at a loss to know why he suddenly came under pressure at the end of the back straight in the Servo Computer Services' Ascot Chase.

They will have him thoroughly checked before considering another outing.

Jerry Wright, who fronts the Liars Poker Partnership which owns Tiutchev, said: "We were absolutely gutted because he was going for a third win in the race and it had been his target all season.
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Player flushed with success - 2004-02-01
Poker has never really been sexy. We tend to imagine professional poker players as fat, sweaty, middle-aged men, hunkered down around a green felt table, enveloped in a haze of acrid cigar smoke.
And one really loud guy in a bolo and cowboy hat —there's always that guy in the cowboy hat.

Best case scenario: It's James Bond or the Rat Pack, resplendent in their tailored tuxedos, sitting around being manfully cool to the inevitable bevy of adoring, exotic women around them.

Evelyn Ng could be a Bond girl. Or a Bond villain — the femme fatale type who wins him at cards, and then beats the living snot out of him.
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