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Article: Dan's the man to keep Goodwood looking glorious.
- Article from:
- Chichester Observer (Chicheste, England)
- Article date:
- July 22, 2008
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It's normally the jockeys - not the groundstaff - who get the adulation of the crowds at Goodwood. And Dan Smith wouldn't expect it any other way.
But there was one occasion when the then tractor driver had the crowds clapping and cheering him.
"It was in 1968, not long after I'd started here," he recalled.
"I drove the tractor out of a shed and there was a high fence which meant I couldn't quite see what was coming along the road.
"A motorcycle came past and I pulled out after it. Then I realised what I'd done. I'd come out in between a police rider and the Queen's car that he was giving an escort to.
"The crowd thought it ...