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A-Z of Horse Racing (Part 2)
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Poethlyn - the only horse to win the Grand National on two different racecourses.
He won the War National Steeplechase at Gatwick in 1918 & followed up by taking the real thing at Liverpool in 1919.
He won the War National Steeplechase at Gatwick in 1918 & followed up by taking the real thing at Liverpool in 1919.
Tidal Bay - talented but quirky animal with a noticeably high head carriage. Formerly with J Howard Johnson now trained by Paul Nicholls.
Winner of £650,000 in prize money over 7 seasons. Must be one of the few horses to run in 5 different races at the Cheltenham Festival.
Winner of £650,000 in prize money over 7 seasons. Must be one of the few horses to run in 5 different races at the Cheltenham Festival.
Vintage Horse Racing Slot Machine Game From The 1930s.
It operates by vacuum. 60 seconds of the video is enough to get the idea. Further viewing is necessary to learn about the mechanisms that drive the game.
It operates by vacuum. 60 seconds of the video is enough to get the idea. Further viewing is necessary to learn about the mechanisms that drive the game.
Yattendon - Berkshire village 7 miles northeast of Newbury.
There is, or there used to be, a good 2-y-o maiden at Newbury called the Yattendon Stakes.
1989 2,000 Guineas & Derby winner Nashwan won it first time out in 1988 and other top class horses have contested the race over the years.
There is, or there used to be, a good 2-y-o maiden at Newbury called the Yattendon Stakes.
1989 2,000 Guineas & Derby winner Nashwan won it first time out in 1988 and other top class horses have contested the race over the years.
Azza as he was known to connections and Zerty to his fans and officially Azertyuiop, in 25 starts never called on those typing up the results to use the letter F on their keyboard.
Beyer Number - A handicapping tool, popularized by author Andrew Beyer, assigning a numerical value to each race run by a horse based on final time and track condition. This enables different horses running at different racetracks to be objectively compared.
Casey, Peter - trainer of Flemenstar, top Irish novice chaser over 16f-20f last season with 5 wins from 6 outings including 2 Grade Ones.
Here (37 sec video) is Casey's reaction to Flemenstar's first G1 victory in the Arkle Novices' Chase at Leopardstown on 29 January this year.
Here (37 sec video) is Casey's reaction to Flemenstar's first G1 victory in the Arkle Novices' Chase at Leopardstown on 29 January this year.
Elite Racing Club formed in 1992 it now has over 20,000 members and is the most successful racing club for owning horses in the UK
Originally Posted by Terrence Chant:
“Jockey - the lightest: apparently a fellow named Kitchener weighed in at 49lbs in the 1844 Chester Cup. That's three and a half stone - I find that a bit disturbing.”
“Jockey - the lightest: apparently a fellow named Kitchener weighed in at 49lbs in the 1844 Chester Cup. That's three and a half stone - I find that a bit disturbing.”
Feather Weight - here's an extract from James Lambie's book The Story Of Your Life:
Quote:
“Little Sam Kitchener confirmed in a letter to the (Sporting) Life in 1864 that the lowest weight he ever rode at was 3st 12lb on a filly in the Wokingham Stakes at Ascot in 1840. Only 10 years old at the time he maintained that his actual body weight had been just 2st 7lb and that he had to make up the excess with "a heavy saddle and cloths".”
“Little Sam Kitchener confirmed in a letter to the (Sporting) Life in 1864 that the lowest weight he ever rode at was 3st 12lb on a filly in the Wokingham Stakes at Ascot in 1840. Only 10 years old at the time he maintained that his actual body weight had been just 2st 7lb and that he had to make up the excess with "a heavy saddle and cloths".”
The average weight of a 10 year old boy today is approximately 5st.
When Kitchener weighed out at 3st 7lb to ride Red Deer in the 1844 Chester Cup he would have been 14 years old. The average weight of a 14 year old boy today is roughly 8st 3lb.
^ It might be more useful (if that's the word) to look at this from another angle, which is that today 2st 7lb is the average weight of a 3' tall 4 year old boy.
Henrythenavigator - first classic winner by the official distance of a nose when taking the 2,000 Guineas in 2008.
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