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Crokes Cross shares the record for longest-priced winner with Blowers, which won at the same price at Exeter in December, beating the previous record of 250-1, set at Kelso by Equinoctial in1990.

From BBC • Apr. 3, 2026

Blowers became the longest-priced winner in UK racing history when he took the opener at Exeter on Thursday at odds of 300-1.

From BBC • Dec. 18, 2025

The contract for the two ferries was awarded to the shipyard in 2015, just a year after it had been rescued from administration by Clyde Blowers, an investment firm led by businessman Jim McColl.

From BBC • Feb. 13, 2024

Times reporter Ryan Divish and myself have received numerous inquiries that basically can be boiled down to: Where the heck is Blowers?

From Seattle Times • May 31, 2023

Blowers spill out of planters, slightly overgrown and a bit wild, here at the furthest edge of summer.

From "Orphan Train" by Christina Baker Kline