BBC Radio 4 always seems one of the more dignified shows on the radio, but not today when a presenter offered a slightly crude horse racing tip – by accident, it appears.
Speaking at around 6.30am, the presenter Garry Richardson gave an update on latest football scores, before letting listeners know who he backed to win races taking place at Haydock Park Racecourse today in Merseyside, and his pick wasn’t PG.
He said: “Here are the selections: we’ve picked out two for Haydock – at 20 minutes to 1 it’s number 8, Seymour Cox, and then Haydock at 1.15 it’s number 7, Ned Tanner.”
It seems that Richardson suffered from an unfortunate mix up as Racing Post lists no horses named Seymour Cox participating in races today at the competition. It does however, name the horse Seymour Sox (not Cox) who is running at 12.40.
And, in the 7.30am sports bulletin – clearly having realised his error – Richardson correctly called the horse Seymour Sox.
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Bet 365 gives odds of 11/2 that the horse will win big, as it races against Niceandeasy, One Fer Mamma, Macho Mover and O’Hanrahan Bridge as its main competitors.
Reacting to the presenter giving it an unwelcome name change. people thought the slip of the tongue was pretty funny:
Seymour Cox, you say? Is that a hot tip? #r4today pic.twitter.com/kQzj1bIpZP
— SJ2 (@sjames1132) December 1, 2021
Nice job, @BBCr4today with your sports section racing tip. "Seymour Cox"? Really? You didn't see that one coming, clearly.
— GP Future (@gpfuture) December 1, 2021
Was it just me or did the #r4today racing tip change from “Seymour Cox” to “ Seymour Socks” between 6.35 and 7.35am ? 😳
— Stan Dupp (@SDupp) December 1, 2021
I imagine that very few of you were listening to R4Today at 06.30 for the racing tips.
— OE Whitworth 💙 (@OEWhitworth) December 1, 2021
Seymour Cox was the first tip.
Some training stable has had a fun morning
The horse-race tipster for #r4today could not resist going with Seymour Cox. The pause after the presenter read it out was the highlight of my week so far.
— Tim Bennett (@timothybennett) December 1, 2021
Did #r4today REALLY just tip a horse called Seymour Cox?
— Miranda Arnold (@MirandaArnold) December 1, 2021
It comes days after another Radio 4 issue in which the channel went off air due to an alarm in the building on Monday and was briefly replaced by a documentary about t-shirts.
Happens to the best of us. We look forward to seeing the BBC announce that Mike Oxlong is competing in the Grand National.
