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Can anybody name the the 3 mile hurdle race winner,that went on to Win the Arc in the same year,
pre 1960.
pre 1960.
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French-trained Le Paillon (1942, Fastnet-Blue Bear by Blenheim), second in Cheltenham's Champion Hurdle and winner of the Arc on the flat in the same year 1947.
He also won The Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil, sometimes referred to as the French Champion Hurdle in the same year 1947.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Course_de_Haies_d%27Auteuil
French-trained Le Paillon (1942, Fastnet-Blue Bear by Blenheim), second in Cheltenham's Champion Hurdle and winner of the Arc on the flat in the same year 1947.
He also won The Grande Course de Haies d'Auteuil, sometimes referred to as the French Champion Hurdle in the same year 1947.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grande_Course_de_Haies_d%27Auteuil
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