A construction worker has won big after he followed a 62-year-old horse racing tip found in a time capsule hidden in a south London park. The capsule, which included four old coins and a handwritten note, was discovered underneath a statue during renovation work in Crystal Palace Park. The "spooky" note, dated to 1964, said the coins were winnings from a horse called Santa Claus that ran that year. It urged the finder to back a horse with an associated name. Site manager Josh Smalls followed the tipster's advice and put £20 on a horse named Christmas Day, which romped home to victory at 7-1 odds on Saturday. Smalls, who moved to London from County Armagh in Northern Ireland two years ago, said he grew up with horse racing and that his uncle was a horse trainer. "It was very exciting. I was like a child on Christmas Day. To find a piece of history like that - and for it to link up so well with the horse this year - it was kind of spooky," he told the BBC before this year's Derby took place. "I looked through the rosters of the last few years and couldn't find any other horse with a Christmassy name." After Christmas Day - trained by Aidan O'Brien and jockeyed by Ronan Whelan - pulle
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A construction worker has won big after he followed a 62-year-old horse racing tip found in a time capsule hidden in a south London park. The capsule, which included four old coins and a handwritten note, was discovered underneath a statue…
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