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Old 16-04-2012, 18:30
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An ironic tale indeed given the Duchess Of Cornwall's rather equine features

Big Dipper's forthcoming bestseller: '20th Century Monarchy: The True Story'
Maybe he'll note that Camilla's ex, Andrew Parker-Bowles was a much better race rider than Charles could ever be.

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Old 16-04-2012, 19:55
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Maybe he'll note that Camilla's ex, Andrew Parker-Bowles was a much better race rider than Charles could ever be.
Excellent Recovery - courtesy the Grand National Anorak:

In 1969 the gallant Captain rode in his one and only National on Aintree stalwart The Fossa. Up with the leaders from the off they make a slight mistake at the big ditch but that was nothing compared to what they were going to do at the next fence. The Fossa hit the fence extremely hard and the Captain is catapulted over the horses head.

As the camera pans through the leaders the Captain in the dark red colours is seen to be clinging to the horses head with both feet not only out of the stirrups but hanging over the horses side! The horse has not lost any momentum and is still galloping at full speed. If you look carefully you can see Andy Turnell on Kellsboro Wood in the gold silks leaning out of the saddle with an arm outstretched. By the fifth fence the Captain and The Fossa are re-united and still in the race.

Did Andy Turnell haul the Captain back onto the saddle ? I cannot be certain but in the interests of fair play and good sportsmanship I'd like to think he did.
I can't find a video of this incident (I doubt one is available) but Parker-Bowles did go on to complete the course.
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Old 17-04-2012, 07:45
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Excellent Recovery - courtesy the Grand National Anorak:

I can't find a video of this incident (I doubt one is available) but Parker-Bowles did go on to complete the course.
I think it was established that Andy T at least tried to haul Andy P-B back into the saddle and I'm sure there's film to show this. My recollection is that it wasn't the only time such a rescue act was made in NH racing. I well remember Kellsboro Wood and remember even better that grand old horse.............

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Old 17-04-2012, 08:47
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Good Prospect - a faller in the 1981 Kim Muir Memorial Challenge Cup at the Cheltenham Festival when ridden by Prince Charles.
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Old 17-04-2012, 09:26
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Hard Fought, winner of the 1981 Prince Of Wales' Stakes
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Old 17-04-2012, 13:18
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Itchycoo Park. 1960's Small Faces psychedelic hit and horse of the same name who raced in 2006 but judging by its exploits on the track was spaced out.
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Old 17-04-2012, 14:04
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Jaguar - police horse attached to the Merseyside Constabulary.

Led in Ballabriggs to the winners enclosure after last year's Grand National and maybe performed the same function this year for all I know.
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Old 17-04-2012, 14:41
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Kentucky Futurity, a nineteenth century harness race
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Old 17-04-2012, 15:13
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Love Divine - Oaks winner for Henry Cecil in 2000.

(This race saw the first ever Betfair market. 22 participants struck a total of 63 bets matching £1,476 between them.)
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Old 17-04-2012, 16:30
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Master Oats. Described as an ugly duckling whose rider declared you'll be lucky to win a race with him his trainer Kim Bailey decided to abandon a conventional training regime for him and switched to long hacks and long slow canters whereupon on route to his 15 length 1995 Gold Cup victory he won the Rehearsal Chase, The Welsh National and the Pillar Chase.
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Old 17-04-2012, 18:02
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Nicholson, David - trainer of 1,500 winners in a 31 year career.

Nicholson suffered from 32 different allergies, one of which was horses.
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Old 17-04-2012, 18:24
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Oliver Carter.....trained his own horses at or near Ottery St. Mary in Devon and as far as I recall, included "otter" in all his horses names. Great supporter of both point to point and NH racing and rewarded when he got a classy horse called Otter Way. I seem to remember after he retired from training he placed at least one of his horses with Paul Nicholls.
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Old 17-04-2012, 22:06
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Prince Regent - 1946 Cheltenham Gold Cup winner at the age of 11 and unlucky to be foaled when he was.

Wartime restrictions by English & Irish racing authorities confined his activities to Ireland until 1946 otherwise his Gold Cup tally would have probably been greater.
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Old 17-04-2012, 22:55
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Quentin Durward....Capable French chaser.
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Old 17-04-2012, 23:18
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Trainer, that dodgy early 90's TV series filmed up t'road from me in Compton nr Newbury.
Rough Diamond - 2007 TV series about racing that wasn't quite as good as Trainer.
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Old 17-04-2012, 23:47
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Old 17-04-2012, 23:48
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(see above - although I cannot see a link to those 2)
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Old 18-04-2012, 06:44
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Uxbridge....Quite how a South African horse got to be called Uxbridge I'll never know but it was where I first started work.
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Old 18-04-2012, 07:30
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Old 18-04-2012, 12:14
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Walwyn, trainers and cousins Fulke and Peter.
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Old 18-04-2012, 16:18
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Old 18-04-2012, 18:13
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Ypsilanti - small city in Washtenaw County, Michigan (pop. 19,435).

For years this city has been trying to establish a connection between it and the racehorse Ypsilanti that won several good races in Britain in the early 1900s.

This they have failed to do but irrespective, Ypsilanti was a very good horse that won two runnings of the Great Jubilee Handicap at Kempton (1903 & 1904) when that race was of far more consequence than currently.
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Old 19-04-2012, 06:17
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Old 19-04-2012, 08:22
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Old 19-04-2012, 08:42
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Bottle - 2/1.

Derives from the cockney rhyming slang bottle of spruce = deuce where spruce was some kind of beer, or possibly lemonade.
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