George Freeman's racy past
One of the most interesting revelations this week has been that Mid Norfolk MP George Freeman has racing blood in him.
During the debate on the future of the racing industry he told MPs that his father, Arthur, won the 1958 Grand National on Mr What. Further research has revealed that it was quite a win - by 30 lengths.
Mr Freeman was racing for the Queen Mother during most of the 50s.
He also won the King George VI Chase on Lochroe.
His son, during the racing debate, revealed that apart from having a famous father he'd grown up on a farm near Newmarket and regularly went racing at Fakenham.
His godfather is Grand National winning jockey Michael Scudamore, his brother breaks and prepares horses in California and his mother once owned the future 1971 Grand National winner, Specify.
"Racing is not just an industry, it sits at the heart of what it is to be British", he told MPs.
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