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ROONEY NAMES HIS NEW NAG

Will he score with ‘Switcharooney’? Soccer ace Wayne Rooney and wife Coleen shouldn’t have too much trouble remembering the name of their new £63,000 two-year-old racehorse that’s now officially been called ‘Switcharooney’. The unraced colt, sired by stallion Bahamian Bounty, is trained at the Cheshire stables owned by Wayne’s Manchester United team-mate Michael Owen, and under the care of top trainer Tom Dascombe. However, the naming of the colt wasn’t all plain-sailing.&...

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