Winged horses? And like, they were going to get to fly them eventually RIGHT? Surely? Or even better maybe they'd get to RACE them. Bet on them. Which led West to his answer, he put his hand up, "Racing." Okay that needed elaboration.

"Like, Wizardkind have been racing different winged horses for centuries and gambling on the outcomes. Laurentia Fletwock was a famous breeder and racer of winged horses. My aunt Linda's old boyfriend or ex-husband or whatever --I lose track on account of she gets married a lot-- he works at the ministry in Games and Sports and likes betting on the Granian races best on account of they're so fast and all." He'd also said if you win lots of galleons, you win lots of ladies, but who knew if that part was true? Chevron Wilkes never really seemed to have all that much of either, from what West had seen.