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Article: GET YOUR MONEY ON ME ..I'M AS NIPPY AS LINFORD..SHAME ABOUT MY LUNCHBOX!; The Mirror HORSE AVRO ANSON TALKING TO TED MACAULEY (The man who has interviewed Red Rum, Paul Newman, Richard Burton, Michael Schumacher and George Best).(News)
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- The Mirror (London, England)
- Article date:
- April 3, 1997
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I've interviewed some major stars in my lifetime - mega sportsmen, Hollywood actors and international celebrities.
But they didn't come any bigger than Avro Anson...about 17 hands in fact and handsome, too, despite a chin as whiskery as Desperate Dan's.
I interrupted his rehearsals for his big spectacular as the Mirror horse in the Grand National - the greatest steeplechase of them all - yesterday up in Yorkshire.
"Look, flower, this is the biggest day of my life and I think I can do the business OK. If I was a betting man - which clearly I am not ...