A buried message from the past helped four lucky punters scoop £2,500 by picking the winner of the Epsom Derby yesterday.
They put their money on a horse called Christmas Day after the recent discovery of a ‘time capsule’ letter buried 62 years ago which urged the finder to back any runner whose name could be linked to Santa Claus.
That was the name of the horse that won the Derby in front of the late Queen in 1964 – and spookily it appears there have been no Santa-themed horse names in the race since then until yesterday’s remarkable coincidence.
Santa Claus became
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