{"id":269902,"date":"2025-07-17T17:42:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:42:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/269902\/"},"modified":"2025-07-17T17:42:13","modified_gmt":"2025-07-17T17:42:13","slug":"punting-was-a-big-part-of-what-we-were-doing-but-you-get-more-of-a-buzz-out-of-having-a-winner-as-an-owner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/269902\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8216;Punting was a big part of what we were doing &#8211; but you get more of a buzz out of having a winner as an owner&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-testid=\"Text__0__GlideArticleBody\">Tucked away in a quiet corner of Tattersalls auction house in Newmarket, Martin and Chris Dixon are sat round a table finalising their strategy for the day&#8217;s trade.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__1__GlideArticleBody\">As they emerge from the relative cool of the Wall Box cafe into the unusually hot mid-morning sun, they are halted in their tracks by an Irishman in a green cap urging them to check over one of the lots at the three-day July Sale.<\/p>\n<p data-testid=\"Text__2__GlideArticleBody\">&#8220;We can&#8217;t go far without getting stopped by someone,&#8221; 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