Happy as Larry

Mentioned the above phrase at work this morning (that place we never talk about) and a colleague looked up its origins on t'internet.

Several on there apparently but we settled for the Australian / New Zealand option of it referring to a boxer called Larry Foley :-

There’s a suggestion that it comes from the name of the nineteenth-century Australian boxer Larry Foley (1847-1917), though why he was especially happy nobody now seems able to say. Perhaps he won a lot of contests? (He was certainly one of those who originated gloved boxing rather than bare-knuckle fighting in Australia and his name is still remembered there.) But this origin is far from certain and the early New Zealand reference renders it less so, without ruling it out altogether.

Thought no more of it until in Ladbrokes at lunch-time and notice that a horse called Happy as Larry is running in the 2.30pm race at Lingfield. Can't ignore an obvious omen like that can you ?

The answer you should be looking for is yes ! Forecast to start 6-1 favourite by the Racing Post, I take the 7-1 on offer, Happy as Larry starts at 14-1 and finishes 14th of 14 !!!!!