This is Why Ringo Got Up at 9am (1965)

 

This is Why Ringo Got Up at 9am

By John Edwards

Daily Mirror

December 1, 1965

    What with everyone complaining about the shortage of money and the cold, it's a good job Ringo Starr turned up at the December sales at Newmarket yesterday. For a moment, brief though it was, the atmosphere got a little warmer; the more retiring horse fanciers would probably say it was exciting as it was. Ringo stayed 15 minutes, bought nothing more expensive than a couple of scotches, and disappeared with his wife, Maureen, and two friends in a red Rolls-Royce to have lunch with former Queens jockey, Harry Carr.

    "I don't know anything about horses, and I don't intend to get one," he said. "The only thing that'll make me remember the sales is that I got up at 9am to get here." But Ringo or no, the sales went on almost without interruption. 

Ringo is Guest

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Evening News (London)

December 1, 1965

The Beatle Ringo Starr and his wife, Maureen, who paid a surprise visit to Tattersall's sales at Newmarket, dined with former Queen's jockey Mr. Harry Carr. They arrived in a maroon coloured Rolls Royce and, accompanied by Mr. Fred Black, a racehorse trainer from Berkshire, drove to Mr. Carr's home in Wickhambrook.

     Mr. Carr said, "Ringo and his wife said they wanted a break from the big city, and Newmarket seemed like a good idea."

     Ringo's wife seemed more interested in horses than her husband.