Cantab - classy Ryan Price trained hurdler.
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Gordon, Adam Lindsay - 19th century Australian poet, politician & jockey.
Wrote many works about horses, perhaps the least obscure of which is How we Beat the Favourite.
Wrote many works about horses, perhaps the least obscure of which is How we Beat the Favourite.
Indian Skimmer - top class filly trained by Henry Cecil, won 6 Group 1 races 1987-1989 to earn a Timeform rating of 133, the same mark as her illustrious contemporary Miesque.
Killingholme Clay....named after well errrrr, Killingholme Clay, dug in North Lincolnshire not far from a place that gave it's name to a decent horse called Glanford Brigg. I'll be up that way tomorrow.
Nineteen Thirteen....the Derby year suffragette Emily Davison fatally ran in front of King George V's horse, Anmer.
The Oaks in which Dettori won't ride for Godolphin as they announce he no longer has first choice over the stables runners.
Qipco or Qatar Investment & Projects Development Holding Company who sponsor the British Champions Series.
Sir Thomas the first Derby winner, 1788, owned by a member of the royal family, the then Prince of Wales and future George IV.
Originally Posted by Terrence Chant:
“Purse of £1,325,000 for this years Derby”
“Purse of £1,325,000 for this years Derby”
But only 9 runners. Camelot's frightened them all away.
Vanroy....poor performer from back in the 90s, though I'm sure there was a decent Vanroy in the sixties owned by a woman (Mrs. B Mountain???) who put "roy" at the and of all her horses' names. Another guess is that Walter Nightingall trained for her.
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