Bushes, The - many racecourses have bushes growing by the side of the track but only those at Newmarket have a name, which is The Bushes.
Anyway, it's a group of small trees (or bushes to be strictly accurate) growing by the side of Newmarket's Rowley Mile course a little over 2f from the finish.
It's commonly thought that Charles II favoured this spot for watching races in the 17th century.
Dip, The - many racecourses have a dip in the track but only the one at Newmarket has a name, which is The Dip.
Anyway, it's the downhill section of Newmarket's Rowley Mile course starting at the 2f marker and reaching its lowest point about 1f out before the uphill stretch to the line.
Lottery, rather aptly the winner of the first official running of the Grand National in 1839.
Northampton - the race conditions for the 1840 Great Northampton Steeplechase specifically barred Lottery from entering, the horse being thought so superior to any potential rivals.
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Anyway, it's a group of small trees (or bushes to be strictly accurate) growing by the side of Newmarket's Rowley Mile course a little over 2f from the finish.
It's commonly thought that Charles II favoured this spot for watching races in the 17th century.
Anyway, it's the downhill section of Newmarket's Rowley Mile course starting at the 2f marker and reaching its lowest point about 1f out before the uphill stretch to the line.
Trained by Steve Woodman whose father Syd trained King Credo's dam Credo's Daughter (also owned by Bolam) to win several good chases in the 1970s.