Gigginstown House Stud Farm
A-Z of Horse Racing (Part 2)
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Hunt Ball - following his Cheltenham victory a couple of weeks ago the horse is now officially rated 152, an improvement of 84lb in the space of 4 months.
Lamb, Ridley - won the 1987 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Arthur Stephenson's The Thinker.
Drowned when his car plunged into Seahouses harbour in Northumberland seven years later.
Drowned when his car plunged into Seahouses harbour in Northumberland seven years later.
Ogden, Harry - widely considered to be the first bookmaker in the country.
He was apparently the first man to offer prices on all horses in the same race at a Newmarket meeting circa 1794.
He was apparently the first man to offer prices on all horses in the same race at a Newmarket meeting circa 1794.
Singspiel - globe-trotting middle distance horse trained by Michael Stoute around 15 years ago.
Between September 1996 and August 1997 won 4 Group 1 races in 4 different countries - Canada, Japan, Dubai and England.
Between September 1996 and August 1997 won 4 Group 1 races in 4 different countries - Canada, Japan, Dubai and England.
Westwood, Lee - 5 shots off the lead in the US Masters as we speak.
Co-owner with his manager Chubby Chandler and trainer Peter Easterby of last year's Stewards' Cup winner Hoof It.
(The horse carried 10st to victory, 4lb more than any other winner in the history of the race.)
Co-owner with his manager Chubby Chandler and trainer Peter Easterby of last year's Stewards' Cup winner Hoof It.
(The horse carried 10st to victory, 4lb more than any other winner in the history of the race.)
Zetterholm, Amanda - Swedish rider attached to Michael Bell's stable.
Won on My Mate Jake at Nottingham last October but lost the race for weighing in 2lb light (the tolerance being only 1lb).
Won on My Mate Jake at Nottingham last October but lost the race for weighing in 2lb light (the tolerance being only 1lb).
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“Ogden, Harry - widely considered to be the first bookmaker in the country.
He was apparently the first man to offer prices on all horses in the same race at a Newmarket meeting circa 1794.”
“Ogden, Harry - widely considered to be the first bookmaker in the country.
He was apparently the first man to offer prices on all horses in the same race at a Newmarket meeting circa 1794.”
Betting Post - before Harry and his ilk arrived on the scene this was the go-to place for a bet on the racecourse.
When you liked a horse's chance and wanted to back it, or didn't like it and wished to lay it, you'd go to the betting post and invariably there would be someone happy to accommodate you.
It's taken over 200 years but the wheel has finally turned full circle with the advent of today's exchanges.
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