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Paddy McGuffin welcomes you to the Westminster steeplechase

Hello and welcome to the Norfolk and Chance New Year's handicap steeplechase live from Westminster.

Already we've had quite remarkable scenes here with Universal Credit throwing its rider before the race has even started. We've been informed that the horse is OK but the vets have had to shoot Iain Duncan Smith.

Meanwhile the start has had to be delayed because Grant Schapps, aboard Bedroom Tax, seems in two minds about which of his three stalls to enter.

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