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Tuesday, 13 March 2007 - Reported by DWNP Archive

Torchwood and Doctor Who character Captain Jack Harkness has had a racehorse named after him.

And both of them will meet up later this month when actor John Barrowman goes to the colt's stables at Hucking, near Maidstone, Kent.

The two-year-old thoroughbred, pictured below, is one of the Hucking Horses syndicate and has been named Hucking Harkness.

On kentnews.co.uk trainer John Best says: "We were discussing the Hucking Horses and this colt - a son of the stallion Dr Fong - stood out as a tricky one to name.

"Somebody mentioned Dr Who and from there we reached Captain Jack - and Hucking Harkness was born.

"We got in touch with John Barrowman’s connections to see what they thought of us using the name and they loved the idea."

Barrowman will visit the stables on March 30. He said: "I can't wait to meet the colt and I’m hoping to see him race.

"It’s straight out of a Torchwood script - two Harknesses in the same place at the same time!"

Click on the image below for a larger version.

Note: Barrowman is the guest on A Taste Of My Life tonight on BBC2 at 6.30pm. The show is repeated tomorrow at 2.15pm on the same channel.




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