‘I’m 18. She knows one’: Harry Redknapp reveals he kept his vast collection of racehorses a SECRET from his beloved wife Sandra
Harry Redknapp has revealed he hid all 18 racehorses he owns from his beloved wife Sandra, only telling her of one.
The former football manager, 75, was unmasked by his son Jamie as the couple filmed this Saturday’s episode of The Jonathan Ross Show.
Asked by the host if there’s anything Harry and Sandra still can’t agree on after 54 years of marriage, former footballer Jamie said: “I know one thing – horses.”
Secrets: Harry Redknapp has revealed he hid the 18 racehorses he owns from his beloved wife Sandra, only telling her about one
Harry explained: “I own a racehorse. I buy race horses.
Jamie asked, “How many do you have?”
To which Harry replied: ‘Well mum will watch this program… I’m 18. She knows one.
‘Sandra came into the room the other day and I said, ‘My horse is racing. Look, it’s gonna win. And she said, “I didn’t think that was the name.” And I said, ‘We changed the name.’
Love: The former football manager, 75, was unmasked by his son Jamie as the couple filmed this Saturday’s episode of The Jonathan Ross Show, with Harry revealing he owned 18 horses (Harry pictured with Sandra)
Speaking about his relationship with his wife Sandra, Harry said: “We have actually been married for 54 years. We went out last year to celebrate our 55th birthday and they brought us a cake with 55 on it.
“We sat there and started working, it had only been 54 years! We ate the cake anyway but we didn’t tell them.
It comes after Harry detailed the worst year of his marriage to Sandra in an interview with The Sunday Times Magazine.
He said: “Probably the worst thing I’ve done is accidentally run over Sandra.” She never held it against me.
Harry had previously admitted he believed his wife, 74, was dead when he knocked her down in a freak accident.
He accidentally mowed her down in October 2016, in Westbourne, four miles from the couple’s £5million mansion in the wealthy Sandbanks area of Poole, Dorset.
Sandra – who has been married to her husband of 49 years and shares sons Jamie and Mark with him, was heard screaming in agony and had surgery for ankle ligament damage.
Speaking out: Jamie (left) said Harry and Sandra could disagree over how many horses Harry has
His wife spoke about the accident when she joined Harry for the Sunday Times interview.
She said: ‘When Harry accidentally knocked me into his car, I was more worried he was feeling guilty than anything.
‘My granddaughter brought me a Primarni [Primark] dressing gown at the hospital, so I found myself on the front page of the newspaper wearing it.
“I thought there must surely be more important things going on in the world.”
Just a few months after the shock event. Harry spoke of his sadness at what had happened.
He said, “I thought I had lost her. I thought I had done his foot. I thought a car had hit her. I heard him scream. I didn’t realize it was me.
“When I came out, at first I thought I had lost her. Then I thought I’d screwed up and realized it was me.
A few months after the incident, Harry revealed his wife was recovering well and insists there was no discomfort or sarcastic jokes about it.
Harry and his childhood sweetheart Sandra got married today June 30, 1968.
Blunder: It comes after Harry detailed the worst year of his marriage to Sandra in which he accidentally knocked her down
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