"Mandy The Nag"- another Marwan Koukash owned horse, Mandy being the name of his wife.
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No Nay Never - US trained 2-y-o who followed up his victory in Royal Ascot's Norfolk Stakes with a good win in the G1 Prix Morny last month.
Prostate Awareness - 2-y-o colt owned by a Mr Colin Peach who once suffered from an infirmity in that particular bodily area.
Triple Tiara - US distaff counterpart of the Triple Crown.
Comprises the Kentucky Oaks (9f at Churchill Downs) the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (9f at Pimlico) & the Acorn Stakes (8f at Belmont Park).
Comprises the Kentucky Oaks (9f at Churchill Downs) the Black-Eyed Susan Stakes (9f at Pimlico) & the Acorn Stakes (8f at Belmont Park).
Veliefendi - Turkish racecourse where Richard Hughes guided Richard Hannon's Producer to a win in the €450,000 G2 Topkapi Trophy earlier this month.
Warning. Top rated European 2yo in 1987 who missed the guineas through illness but went on to win the Sussex Stakes and the QEII and was the top rated European horse in 1988. Pat Eddery described Warning as "a brilliant horse, an absolutely top miler, a lovely little fellow, not very big but a gentleman".
Young Niall Madden is known as Slippers whereas his father Niall Snr carried the nickname Boots.
Slippers won the 2006 Grand National on Numbersixvalverde, his first ever ride in Britain.
Slippers won the 2006 Grand National on Numbersixvalverde, his first ever ride in Britain.
Zilzal, top class class miler who only raced as a 3yo for 5 months when he won 5 of his 6 starts including the Sussex and the QEII in 1989, he was rated by Timeform that year 2lbs superior to Nashwan.
Barclay Sandy. Champion apprentice in 1966 he was chosen at 20 by Noel Murless for the plum job as stable jockey at Warren Place in 1968 replacing Piggott and was an immediate success winning amongst other big races the Coronation Cup, Eclipse and King George on Royal Palace that year. His time there was short lived and in 1971 he took the job of retained jockey for Francis Boutin's stable in France where he was very successful and later also rode in India.
Dayjur. European Sprint Champion in 1990 when he won the Temple, Kings Stand and Nunthorpe Stakes, the Haydock Sprint Cup and the Prix de l'Abbaye. He lost the Breeders Cup Sprint by a neck that year due to jumping a shadow on the course twice in the closing stages, he'd jumped a shadow previously at Longchamp. He is the third highest rated sprinter by Timeform on a mark of 137.
Fabre Andre. French trainer who left universtity with a law degree but went into racing as a groom and work rider and went on to be the leading French jump jockey before turning his hand to training firstly over the sticks and then the flat. He has been French champion flat trainer 24 times and has trained a record 7 Arc winners and is one of the most successful trainers worldwide winning top races in the UK, Ireland, Italy, Germany, Canada and the US.
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