{"id":24618,"date":"2019-06-05T11:53:59","date_gmt":"2019-06-05T10:53:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/?p=24618"},"modified":"2019-11-13T17:29:25","modified_gmt":"2019-11-13T17:29:25","slug":"my-pod-or-yours-martin-smith-blindfold-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colossusbets.com\/blog\/my-pod-or-yours-martin-smith-blindfold-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"My Pod Or Yours: Racehorse trainer Martin Smith faces the Blindfold Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: left;\">The lads from My Pod Or Yours headed down to Martin Smith&#8217;s stables in Newmarket to put him through the Blindfold Challenge. His task was to try and work out the identities of five of his horses with his eyes covered, though there was a twist in store at the end!<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\">How did Martin get on? Find out for yourself below.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/aSPXTPno5yw\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><span style=\"color: #ffffff;\">Youtube<\/span><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">You can listen to the My Pod Or Yours podcast on <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/6mUDBzzJqnhZKz0zYDf16k?si=2ijDPZQ6RLKpyyTZiA7mlw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Spotify<\/a>,<a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/gb\/podcast\/my-pod-or-yours\/id1439906224?mt=2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\"> iTunes<\/a> or <a href=\"https:\/\/soundcloud.com\/mypodoryours\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Soundcloud<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The lads from My Pod Or Yours headed down to Martin Smith&#8217;s stables in Newmarket to put him through the Blindfold Challenge. 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