Specify a neck winner of the 1971 National owned by Sir Fred Pontin of Pontins holiday camps. He wanted to change the horse's name to Specify Pontins but Jockey Club rules prevented horses being renamed after they were three-years-old.
Not quoted, a now defunct practice whereby on-course bookmakers would accept bets at odds offered by backers. Cure-All and Pioneer were consecutive winners of the 1845 & 1846 Nationals at 'not quoted' odds.
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In 1997/1998 improved by 54lb to a mark of 148 over 5 races culminating in good wins at Cheltenham and Liverpool.
all (flat) racehorses in britain trace to 3 original stallions including the Darley Arabian and Godolphin Arabian
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Brough Scott's book about the Great Man is scheduled for publication in September.
Equinoctial - took a novices' handicap hurdle at Kelso in November 1990 at 250/1.
Flat switch for Graham Lee
Ridden by Gee Armytage for owner/trainer G A Hubbard (after whom the horse was named).
The Land O'Plums steeplechase originally run at Pershore (the town's last racecourse closed in 1939) was revived at Worcester in 2010.