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A-Z of Horse Racing (Part 2)
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jmclaugh
31-08-2012
Frankel whose next race connections have confirmed will be the Champion Stakes. Very disappointing imo as that will be just ano facile victory as opposed to seeing him the Arc. The fact they said 'next' and not 'last' does however give a glimmer of hope he may run again.
Terrence Chant
31-08-2012
Got to agree with you jmc, bit disappointed.....
jmclaugh
01-09-2012
Hollandaise, the 1778 St. Leger winner ridden by George Herring who also combine very well from a culinary aspect.
Big Dipper
01-09-2012
Incitatus - horse owned by Caligula (Roman Emperor 37AD - 41AD).

Caligula is reported to have spent a lot of time at the Circo Massimo watching races in which Incitatus took part.

The horse allegedly lived in a marble stable and ate oats mixed with gold flake from an ivory manger.
Terrence Chant
01-09-2012
John Smith's Grand National
Big Dipper
02-09-2012
Kondrat, Adam - Polish jockey and rider of The Fellow.

The horse was beaten a short head in both the 1991 & 1992 Cheltenham Gold Cups then ran 4th in 1993, after which Kondrat was heavily criticised by some sections of the press (especially a fat bloke with thick sideburns and a notable lack of dress sense).

Kondrat rode a fine race to finally get The Fellow home in front the following year, a just reward for persistence on the part of horse, rider & trainer Francois Doumen.
Terrence Chant
03-09-2012
Liverpool.....home of the National
jmclaugh
03-09-2012
My Stable, the Life's new free service which emails you when your selected horses, trainers or jockeys are in action. It doesn't appear to be sponsored by a bookmaker.
Terrence Chant
03-09-2012
Newcastle held the Lincoln in 2007
jmclaugh
03-09-2012
Orojoya, 1985 Haydock Sprint Cup winner.
Terrence Chant
03-09-2012
Pecked on landing
jmclaugh
03-09-2012
Qualification, as in for a race.
Terrence Chant
03-09-2012
Red Splash, winner of the first Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1924
Big Dipper
03-09-2012
Sticky Toffee Pudding Novices' Hurdle - run at Cartmel's late May Bank Holiday meeting.

Possibly the most delicious race title in the history of race titles.
scorer
03-09-2012
Topsham Bay (decent chaser in the earlier to mid 90s)
Terrence Chant
03-09-2012
USA...where they call an apprentice a 'bug boy'...
Big Dipper
04-09-2012
Vallée Enchantée - unlucky in running in the 2004 Coronation Cup but owner Alec Wildenstein decided that jockey Dominique Boeuf was 'an asshole' and fired him on the spot.

Thus the luckless Boeuf joined a long list of top class riders to fall foul of the Wildensteins, a family once described by Lester Piggott as, 'inveterate bad losers'.

The previous year Vallée Enchantée had gained her only Group 1 success in the Hong Kong Vase.
Terrence Chant
04-09-2012
Wantage: where Lester might have been when he said it
Big Dipper
04-09-2012
XXVI - number of Jockeys Championships won by Gordon Richards.

Only three other riders won the title between 1925 & 1953 (including wartime seasons).
Terrence Chant
04-09-2012
You Tubing old Nationals....
jmclaugh
04-09-2012
Intermezzo, 1969 Leger winner.
Big Dipper
04-09-2012
Alice Keppel Handicap - a listed race for fillies run at Goodwood in June.

Judith Keppel (of Who Wants To Be A Millionaire fame) had a great-grandfather who was the 8th Earl of Albermarle. He was Alice's brother-in-law and Alice herself was a long-time mistress of Edward VII.
Terrence Chant
04-09-2012
Breeders Cup Grand National Steeplechase
Big Dipper
05-09-2012
Corporal Clinger - trained by Martin Pipe, won what is now the Boylesports International Hurdle in 1985.

This contest has the second richest purse for a hurdle race after the Champion Hurdle. Corporal Clinger is presumably named after the cross-dressing soldier in Mash.
jmclaugh
05-09-2012
Darley who have bought top 2yo Reckless Abandon seemingly as a stallion as he remains with Clive Cox until the end of 2013.
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