Gatwick Racecourse - replacement race for the Grand National was run there during WW1.
A-Z of Horse Racing (Part 2)
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Nizam - ruler of the old Indian state of Hyderabad.
In 1868 the Nizams opened a racecourse at Moula-Ali in Hyderabad and they are commemorated by the Nizam's Gold Cup now run at a different track in Malakpet.
(I swear this is true. The last Nizam, Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi, died in 1967. A few months before his death there was a headline in The Times that read Nizam Of Hyderabad Dead. The following day in the same newspaper there was another headline that read Nizam Of Hyderabad Slightly Better.
In 1868 the Nizams opened a racecourse at Moula-Ali in Hyderabad and they are commemorated by the Nizam's Gold Cup now run at a different track in Malakpet.
(I swear this is true. The last Nizam, Sir Mir Osman Ali Khan Siddiqi, died in 1967. A few months before his death there was a headline in The Times that read Nizam Of Hyderabad Dead. The following day in the same newspaper there was another headline that read Nizam Of Hyderabad Slightly Better.
(Do you know what, that anecdote actually rings a bell 
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Oldest horse to win the Arc was Motrico, aged 7, in 1932
))Oldest horse to win the Arc was Motrico, aged 7, in 1932
St. Leger named after an army officer who lived near Doncaster called Anthony St. Leger who devised the race which was first run in 1776 over two miles. Its present distance was established in 1813 and geldings were no longer allowed to run in it from 1906.
Ulan Bator - capital city of Mongolia.
There is currently no racecourse in Mongolia but horse racing is one of three sports featuring in the Naddam Festival which takes place in Ulan Bator in July. The horses race cross-country over distances from 10km - 30km and are ridden by children aged 5 - 13.
There is currently no racecourse in Mongolia but horse racing is one of three sports featuring in the Naddam Festival which takes place in Ulan Bator in July. The horses race cross-country over distances from 10km - 30km and are ridden by children aged 5 - 13.
Aston Villa - colt by Villeroy.
Couldn't handle top class company and was eventually dropped in grade.
Couldn't handle top class company and was eventually dropped in grade.
Candy Kittens, sponsors of tomorrow's Solario Stakes, nothing to do with trainer Henry but apparently is a new range of sweets with advertising concentrating on just for a change sexy girls.
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