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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Sean Ingle at Cheltenham

Redknapp‘s Gold Cup hopes faded but the impossible dream is on to save Spurs

Harry Redknapp at Cheltenham.
Harry Redknapp (centre) with trainer Ben Pauling and jockey Ben Jones in the parade ring before The Jukebox Man ran in the Gold Cup. Photograph: Tom Jenkins/The Guardian

Harry Redknapp is the living embodiment of Spurs’ motto, Audere est Facere: To Dare Is To Do. And on the day one improbable dream ended, with his horse The Jukebox Man fading to finish eighth in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, the 79-year-old switched his sights towards another bold adventure: saving Tottenham from relegation.

“It’s a big challenge,” said Redknapp, who managed Spurs between 2008 and 2012. “Do I need the pressure at this stage of my life? Why not? I’d give it a go. I’m not too old. I feel as fit as a fiddle. If they ask me, I think I’d do a good job.”

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