Haydock Park - venue for a 34-runner event in November 1929 won by outsider Coole, with the only racecourse punter who backed it to win on the Tote receiving a record win dividend of 3410/1.
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Keele Park - former racecourse in Staffordshire, opened 1896 & closed 1906.
If you travel north up the M6 and stop at Keele Services you are standing on what used to be the racetrack which extended some distance due south towards Whitmore.
If you travel north up the M6 and stop at Keele Services you are standing on what used to be the racetrack which extended some distance due south towards Whitmore.
Originally Posted by scorer:
“Panto Prince - close second to Desert Orchid in 1989 Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot in one the best finishes of all time.
Anyone got a clip of that.”
“Panto Prince - close second to Desert Orchid in 1989 Victor Chandler Chase at Ascot in one the best finishes of all time.
Anyone got a clip of that.”
Open this YouTube link (52 sec) and you get the race from two out.
(Sorry it's taken 6 months but I believe there are copyright issues with this clip and it hasn't been universally accessible. It might not be up for long.)
^ If successful she will become only the third horse to win the same race more than three times at the Festival.
Rite Of Passage - 2010 Ascot Gold Cup winner trained by Dermot Weld.
Previously twice a beaten favourite at the Festival running 2nd in the 2009 Champion Bumper and 3rd in the 2010 Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle.
Rite Of Passage - 2010 Ascot Gold Cup winner trained by Dermot Weld.
Previously twice a beaten favourite at the Festival running 2nd in the 2009 Champion Bumper and 3rd in the 2010 Neptune Investment Management Novices' Hurdle.
Above Board
foaled in 1947. won a big handicap, but not sure which. My dad mentioned this horse as one of 3 winners he had around the time
http://www.pedigreequery.com/above+board
foaled in 1947. won a big handicap, but not sure which. My dad mentioned this horse as one of 3 winners he had around the time
http://www.pedigreequery.com/above+board
Buena Vista - David Pipe trained 11-y-o veteran of seven Cheltenham Festivals and winner of the Pertemps Final in 2010 & 2011.
Down to run in the same race this year. Has shown little since last March (but then neither did Willie Wumpkins between his three wins from 1979-1981).
Down to run in the same race this year. Has shown little since last March (but then neither did Willie Wumpkins between his three wins from 1979-1981).
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