Rite Of Passage - defied an absence of 510 days when coming back to win the Long Distance Cup on Champions Day at Ascot last Saturday..
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Van Der Neer who has been supplemented for the Racing Post Trophy. A colt by Dutch Art he is named after the 17th C Dutch landscape painter.
Wizz Kid - the only French trained runner in a field of 18 when winning the Prix de l'Abbaye a couple of weeks ago.
Sporting Yankee, aptly named colt being owned by William Hill Racing Limited. The highlight of the career of the son of Vaguely Noble was winning the Racing Post Trophy in 1976 when William Hill began their sponsorship of the race which was then known as the Futurity Stakes.
Zoffany - Aiden O'Brien colt beaten only ¾ length by Frankel in last year's St James's Palace Stakes.
Put up another fine performance when failing by a head to land the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly the following month. Disappointing thereafter & now at stud.
Put up another fine performance when failing by a head to land the Group 1 Prix Jean Prat at Chantilly the following month. Disappointing thereafter & now at stud.
Blenkiron William. Founder of the Middle Park Stakes in 1866 which was named after his stud in Kent, it was at one time the most successful in England and the largest anywhere.
Dimble - Zimbabwean filly foaled 1992.
I'd like to report that Dimble is by Statistician out of Prediction but alas it would be a lie.
I'd like to report that Dimble is by Statistician out of Prediction but alas it would be a lie.
Gatwick Racecourse - open for business from 1891 to 1940 after which it was requisitioned by the Air Ministry.
Gatwick Airport South Terminal is on the site once occupied by the home turn, grandstand & paddock. The rest of the course reached up to and beyond the North Terminal.
Gatwick Airport South Terminal is on the site once occupied by the home turn, grandstand & paddock. The rest of the course reached up to and beyond the North Terminal.
Isinglass 1893 winner of the Triple Crown and the 1895 Ascot Gold Cup who won £58,655 in prize money which was then a world record, in 12 starts he won 11 and was second once.
Keeneland - horse racing and thoroughbred sales operation in Lexington, Kentucky.
The conservatively managed Keeneland was the last racecourse in the US to broadcast race commentaries over its PA system. The track finally conceded defeat in 1997.
Also most of the racing scenes in Seabiscuit were filmed at Keeneland, apparently because the place has hardly changed since Seabiscuit himself was around.
The conservatively managed Keeneland was the last racecourse in the US to broadcast race commentaries over its PA system. The track finally conceded defeat in 1997.
Also most of the racing scenes in Seabiscuit were filmed at Keeneland, apparently because the place has hardly changed since Seabiscuit himself was around.
Limited handicap, jump race in which the range of weights carried by horses is narrower to encourage higher rated horses to enter as the weight they will have to concede is restricted. The flat equivalent is a rated stakes race.
Minster Son - 1988 St Leger winner for Willie Carson who thus became the first jockey to win a classic on a horse bred by himself.
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