in the short story The Apples of the Hesperides, Working Lad is a racehorse mentioned by Atlas. After Atlas helped Poirot recover the Borgias goblet and receives ten pounds as reward, he wonders which horse he should bet on the next day. He considers Working Lad, "a grand horse" and Sheila Boyne but in the end takes Poirot's advice and goes for a horse named Hercules.
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