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John Hunt ‘in the thoughts’ of ITV presenter Ed Chamberlain at July Festival

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John Hunt ‘in the thoughts’ of ITV presenter Ed Chamberlain at July Festival

ITV Racing presenter Ed Chamberlin has said racing commentator John Hunt will be kept “in our thoughts” during the July Festival at Newmarket.

Hunt’s wife and daughters were killed with a crossbow on Tuesday in the quiet cul-de-sac of Ashlyn Close in Bushey, Hertfordshire.




A minute silence was held for Hunt during Ladies Day, the first day of the festival taking place at Newmarket Racecourse in Suffolk.

Racing commentator Chamberlin, 50, introduced ITV’s coverage of the racing, and said: “We should be excited about the start of the July festival.

“But as I’m sure you’ve seen in the news, leading commentator John Hunt’s wife and two daughters were killed yesterday in their own home.

“We will have four live races for you with John and his family very much in our thoughts.”

Fellow racing commentator Richard Hoiles, a friend of Hunt, paid tribute to his colleague at the start of ITV’s programming.

Hoiles said the commentator would often talk about his wife, Carol Hunt, and two daughters, Hannah and Louise, and recalled how, at an “annual shindig at Christmas 20 odd years” he proudly showed pictures of his daughters to people in the pub.

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