Gosling's Grouse: Horses for courses

GOSLING'S GROUSE

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Do you ever get the feeling picking a fund is a bit like picking the winner in the Grand National?

You know the logic we apply to the National? Pick one in your favourite colour, pick one because you like the name or because of a dream you had last week, look at the form, or maybe choose one because there is a story behind it. Of course, there is a story behind every winner and you usually kid yourself you knew that one was going to win because of the story. This year the story idea worked. AP McCoy, the best jump jockey of the past 15 years, went into the race having lost it 14 times before, riding a horse trained by a former top jockey who himself had never even finished the Nati...

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