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Old 27-05-2013, 21:35
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Rooster - rock/pop group formed in 2002.

The band name derives from vocalist Nick Atkinson collecting £250 from a bet on subsequent (2003) Champion Hurdler Rooster Booster.
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Old 27-05-2013, 22:24
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Starlight express- mare trained by Emma Lavelle who broke her maiden at the eight attempt, and then refused to race in her next two starts and then putting in 2 lifeless efforts (pulled up) before presumably being retired.
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Old 28-05-2013, 06:59
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Old 28-05-2013, 12:43
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Old 28-05-2013, 14:00
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VI - there are 6 racecourses within 14 miles of Paris city centre.
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Old 28-05-2013, 15:07
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W. Six UK racecourses start with this letter.
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Old 28-05-2013, 17:15
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Red CadeauX - globetrotting 7-y-o trained by Ed Dunlop. Effective from 10f-16f.

Winner of £3.2m prize money collected in exotic places like Australia, Hong Kong, Dubai, Japan and parts of North Yorkshire.
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Old 29-05-2013, 07:50
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Young Jockey was the blythest lad....Burns' 1790 song / poem
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Old 29-05-2013, 10:18
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Zaida, broodmare who produced two classic winning fillies in the very early 19th C.
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Old 29-05-2013, 12:53
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Airports - racecourse grandstands have been used for airport terminal scenes in at least two James Bond films.

In Goldeneye Epsom doubles up for St Petersburg while Ascot plays Shanghai in Skyfall.
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Old 30-05-2013, 08:06
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Brigadier Gerard Stakes, Sandown
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Old 30-05-2013, 10:03
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Coronation Stakes, the name of the above race until 1973 when it was renamed in honour of The Brigadier following his retirement.
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Old 30-05-2013, 15:14
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Dead Jockey - Frank Hayes is almost certainly the only corpse ever to win a race.
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Old 30-05-2013, 16:02
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Old 30-05-2013, 17:31
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Further reading on Frank Hayes reveals that in allowing Sweet Kiss to keep the race the Jockey Club waived all the usual rules.

I was curious to know whether the luckless rider was carried to the scales for the weigh-in. Probably not. But the key question arising out of this incident is surely whether or not horses need jockeys on top.

After all, the horse was carrying dead weight up the home straight and still managed to win.
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Old 31-05-2013, 07:31
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Heheh, some good points!

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Old 31-05-2013, 14:04
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Hunt Ball - sold to an American syndicate for an undisclosed sum a couple of weeks ago after owner Anthony Knott decided to quit the sport.
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Old 31-05-2013, 14:22
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Old 31-05-2013, 16:11
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July 31 - the date of the 1917 Derby and the latest in the year the race has ever been run.
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Old 31-05-2013, 16:16
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Kettledrum- winner of the 1861 Epsom Derby
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Old 31-05-2013, 16:45
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Old 31-05-2013, 18:02
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May 4 - the date of the first Derby in 1780 and the earliest in the year the race has ever been run.
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Old 01-06-2013, 09:02
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Old 01-06-2013, 10:51
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Old 01-06-2013, 14:39
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Prowess - dam of yesterday's Oaks heroine Talent. Won one minor race.

A very well bred mare from the Northern Dancer line. Her sire was Arc winner Peintre Celebre.
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