Doyoun 1988 2,000 Guineas winner and sire of Daylami and Kalanisi.
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I'm guessing that Rubio is the only horse ever to pull a trolley bus around the streets of Towcester then go on to win a chase at the town's racecourse a couple of years later.
Rubio went on to win the 1908 Grand National.
Rubio went on to win the 1908 Grand National.
Last horse standing as in the 1928 National when 41 out of the 42 runners fell. A friend of the winning jockey, William Dutton, had called out to him before the race began, "Billy boy, you'll only win if all the others fall down!"
Morley Street - 1991 Champion Hurdler.
Also particularly effective at 2½m around Liverpool where he won at least 5 times over that trip including a Grade 2 Novices' Hurdle and 4 consecutive Aintree Hurdles (1990-1993).
Also particularly effective at 2½m around Liverpool where he won at least 5 times over that trip including a Grade 2 Novices' Hurdle and 4 consecutive Aintree Hurdles (1990-1993).
Peter Simple - at 15 the oldest horse to win the Grand National when taking the spoils for the second time in 1853.
Sixes & Sevens - in 2012 the minimum age for a Grand National runner was increased from 6 to 7. A 6-y-o hasn't won the race since 1915 so the new rule probably makes little difference. In recent years 7-y-os haven't fared much better with the last winner from that age group coming in 1940.
(Back in the mists of time 5 horses obliged at the age of 5, the most recent being Lutteur III in 1909.)
(Back in the mists of time 5 horses obliged at the age of 5, the most recent being Lutteur III in 1909.)
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“Uxizandre - very useful horse. Can be used for U, X or Z as required.”
“Uxizandre - very useful horse. Can be used for U, X or Z as required.”
Uxizandre - takes a massive step up in class today by contesting the Grade 1 Sefton Novices' Hurdle for which he is freely available at 16/1.
Workman - 1939 Grand National winner by Cottage who also sired later National winners in Lovely Cottage (1946) and Sheila's Cottage (1948).
Year - contains 365 days (mostly).
In 1881 John Manners-Sutton (aka Lord Manners) struck a wager that he could buy, train & ride the winner of the 1882 Grand National. He bought, trained & rode Seaman to a short head victory in the race (although he doesn't seem to be credited with training the horse). With the proceeds of his bet Manners built a calendar house at Avon Tyrell in Hampshire.
I hadn't heard of a calendar house before but apparently it's a residence that features architectural elements in quantities that represent the respective numbers of days in a year, weeks in a year, months in a year, seasons in a year and days in a week. Avon Tyrrell has 365 windows, 52 rooms, 12 chimneys, 4 wings and 7 external doors.
(The corresponding numbers for my house are 10, 5, 0, 0 and 1.)
In 1881 John Manners-Sutton (aka Lord Manners) struck a wager that he could buy, train & ride the winner of the 1882 Grand National. He bought, trained & rode Seaman to a short head victory in the race (although he doesn't seem to be credited with training the horse). With the proceeds of his bet Manners built a calendar house at Avon Tyrell in Hampshire.
I hadn't heard of a calendar house before but apparently it's a residence that features architectural elements in quantities that represent the respective numbers of days in a year, weeks in a year, months in a year, seasons in a year and days in a week. Avon Tyrrell has 365 windows, 52 rooms, 12 chimneys, 4 wings and 7 external doors.
(The corresponding numbers for my house are 10, 5, 0, 0 and 1.)
Auroras Encore who while not having any windows, chimneys etc has a record over jumps of - 22521C62FF156P1F20191R4052F1P5006312U0P45F51. Grand Crus and Diamond Harry share the spoils of having beaten him by the longest distance, 116 lengths.
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