Animal crackers at the porcine races

IS Lester Piggott on drugs? We refer, of course, not to the great jockey but to his porcine namesake who streaked to victory …

IS Lester Piggott on drugs? We refer, of course, not to the great jockey but to his porcine namesake who streaked to victory at the recent pig steeplechase race at Augher, Co Tyrone. Among the vanquished were Douglas Hogg, Richard Dunpiggy and the Margin's own favourite, Linford Crispy. Prize for the worst pun goes to Ulster Pork and Bacon Forum chairman, Robert Overend, who wondered if it was likely to become an "Olympig sport". A rash suggestion, surely.

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