Ferret racing anyone?

For anyone who enjoys a punt over the weekend Kitchen Rat has an insider tip - Eric the Ferret. Sadly you won't find Eric enjoying a canter round Epsom but the little fellow will be racing as fast as his little legs can carry him down a drain pipe at this weekend's ferret racing meeting at the Bovey Castle hotel in Devon.

Kitchen Rat has learnt that Eric has a name-sake - Eric Jager, the deputy general manager at the Bovey Castle. Apparently the similarity hasn't gone down well with the Austrian, particularly with the staff asking him to get his ferret out.

For those from Yorkshire (by 'eck) familiar with the sport of ferret legging the notion of getting your ferret out takes on a whole new meaning. With your ankles and your waist tied tight on your trousers there is only one place the ferret is coming out from and that is your fly....