FOR ALL her sterling work at Thomas Cook, Dido Harding will probably be best remembered for her lovely horse.
A little over 12 months ago her 25-1 outsider Cool Dawn romped home in the Cheltenham Gold Cup – an achievement which raked in ú150,000.
Since her departure from Thomas Cook last April, Dido has written a book telling of the ugly duckling that became a swan – it’s not an autobiography, we should point out.
Instead, it tells the story of Cool Dawn, which she bought as a gelding six years ago for a bargain ú7,000.
So far he has picked up a Gold Cup and seven other races. Readers will know if he added a second Gold Cup last week, but Backchat could not wait for the result as the print presses were calling.