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Noted for hanging left or edging left in his races.

Won a 6 furlong maiden at Newmarket at 10/1.

Finished 2nd in the St Leger Yearling stakes

Finished 3rd in the Sportsman Champagne Stakes (Group 2) 

Won the English 2000 Guineas

Won the Irish 2000 Guineas

Cost punters a fortune when backed off the boards in the St James Palace Stakes, finishing 5th at evens.

Retired to the National Stud where his original fee was £10,000

The following year it was £8,000

For the following two years it was £4,500

The following year it dropped to £4,000

The following year it dropped to £2,500

Is was then moved to a stud in France for a fee of 3,000 Euros, and the the following year it went back up to 4,000 Euros.

Who was the horse?
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Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 3:12 PM BST
Cockney rebel
Report spellingandgrammarchecker April 30, 2015 3:20 PM BST
That didn't take long.  Happy

Huffer planing a comeback.


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http://www.racingpost.com/news/horse-racing/g-a-huffer-huffer-planning-return-to-training-as-bha-ban ends/1804910/#newsArchiveTabs=last7DaysNews
Report alun2005 April 30, 2015 3:31 PM BST
Very well done indeed Zilzal my old racing reminiscence pal. 

Dare I ask who was the lucky girl who graced that particular era?
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 4:26 PM BST
It was the era of "The Current Wife" after a spell which i inadvertently had a fling with a lusty Norwegian named Wenche whilst living on Crete whilst still married..i escaped to Thailand for some peace where i met some bint who was a Tax Inspector and ended up in Newcastle for a few months..

It was some mid life crisis and im now steering clear of all those temptations

the only thing i do now 5 times a night is sadly going to the KarsieSad
Report alun2005 April 30, 2015 4:31 PM BST
CryCryCry

A fascinating glimpse though into the complex life of an International Playboy. I still say that Grace Kelly is SEETHING in Heaven about the car crash that took her life in 1982 and thus out of your ever-cricling orbit. Wink
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 4:38 PM BST
Laugh 1982 was a great year.... The Middx and Herts country club in Harrow Weald was a goldmine...sahdes of Sharpo, Golden Fleece, Kalaglow and Century City lit up the flat season


its no wonder that ive little money left, well relatively..still Hoping that the 12s Lucida Sunday will pay off...really fancy Educate to land the 9f hcap on sat as well
Report spellingandgrammarchecker April 30, 2015 4:47 PM BST
Phil Cunningham Snr & Jnr and their business associate, an Irish chap whose name I can't remember (Eamon?) used to bet with us. They won an absolute fortune when Cockney Rebel won the Guineas, all layed off at monstrous prices of course.
Report alun2005 April 30, 2015 5:11 PM BST
Zilzal - yes, I'll be keeping my fingers crossed for Lucida too.
Report alun2005 April 30, 2015 5:13 PM BST
S&GC - which tracks do you trade at... if that's not too inquisitive?
Report spellingandgrammarchecker April 30, 2015 5:17 PM BST
This was in a shop. He had an account, and always paid on time.
Report pumphol. April 30, 2015 6:00 PM BST
zilzal1    30 Apr 15 16:38 
Laugh 1982 was a great year.... The Middx and Herts country club in Harrow Weald was a goldmine


I went there a few times around that time Happy
Report SlippyBlue April 30, 2015 6:50 PM BST
1982 was indeed a wonderful year, I spent the entire Summer in San Antonio Ibiza bang on it. Happy days, it was like pass the parcel back then.
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 7:43 PM BST
Nightclub of the year in the 80s a few times Pump, twas great to be 23 then, shelling peas job...Slippy was there a couple of times the year after....seem to remember a big outdoor place halfway between San Antonio and Ibize town


wish i could do it all over again...
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 7:55 PM BST
And of course that year we had one of the best games in World Cup History when Italy Turned over Brazil..hell even West Ham were pretty decent then..Cool
Report alun2005 April 30, 2015 8:04 PM BST
I just about cried when Brazil lost that match. To add insult to injury, that Italian team (rancid during opening group, and with the supposedly 'banned' Rossi conveniently back in the fold) were cheered to the rafters when beating my beloved Germany. Horrible.
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 8:13 PM BST
That was Karma though Alun...bloody hell, Germany and Austria stiched up Algeria in that infamous group match which led to them all playing at the same time after

Then Schumacher took out the french guy in the semis..... in other sports there was the masterful Chip in by Watson to beat big Jack in the US Open and a great Connors/Mac wimbledon final
Report Mikael D'Haguenet April 30, 2015 8:23 PM BST
zilzal1     30 Apr 15 20:13 
Then Schumacher took out the french guy in the semis


Your recollection is a little hazy. That was a clear goal kick...
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 8:32 PM BST
You spelt actual bodily harm wrongly......
Report MisterBadger April 30, 2015 8:51 PM BST
in other sports there was the masterful Chip in by Watson to beat big Jack in the US Open and a great Connors/Mac wimbledon final

don't forget golden fleece in the derby  Love
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 8:54 PM BST
Ah, a thing of Beauty..on Derby Morning the headline in the Guardians racing pages by Richard Baerlin was      "A Golden way to Fleece the bookies"

just wish he could have stayed sound...
Report Capt__F April 30, 2015 8:55 PM BST
had £100 on Brazil to win that world cup on £35 a week @time
Report blackbarn April 30, 2015 9:00 PM BST
Zilzal - I liked Richard Baerlein! 

"Baerlein had been a racing correspondent for 44 years when he saw Shergar make his debut at the Guardian Classic Trial. The horse, owned by Baerlain's friend the Aga Khan, won his first race by 10 lengths and Baerlein made his now-famous call-to-arms "at 8-1 Shergar for the Derby, now is the time to bet like men". Baerlein did so well out of Shergar's victory that he named his house after him"
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 9:00 PM BST
Ouch, what a team to watch though....  SOCCCCCCCCCCCCRATEEEEEEESSS
Report alun2005 April 30, 2015 9:07 PM BST
That was Karma though Alun...bloody hell, Germany and Austria stiched up Algeria in that infamous group match which led to them all playing at the same time after

Yes, as you say Zil, that and the Schumacher incident did them no favours with neutrals. How ironic though that Italy, the kings of Corruption Football (see also 2006), and in the 1970s regarded as virtual devils when England played them, were suddenly everyone's favourites. CryCryCry
Report Mikael D'Haguenet April 30, 2015 9:09 PM BST
To be fair, I don't think the average Ingerlander needs much persuading to cheer against the Boche.
Report MisterBadger April 30, 2015 9:15 PM BST
Ah, a thing of Beauty..on Derby Morning the headline in the Guardians racing pages by Richard Baerlin was      "A Golden way to Fleece the bookies"

I remember brough scott interwiewing robert sangster after the race, he said he'd had 10k at 10/1 with laddies, that's more than respectable even today, back then it was breathtaking
Report SlippyBlue April 30, 2015 9:40 PM BST
Zilzal that must be the Ku nightclub where Wham recorded their Club Tropicana video. I've been in that swimming pool a few times wearing not a great deal.Plain
Report zilzal1 April 30, 2015 10:33 PM BST
Rings a bell slippy, went on a trip to Formentera for the day and passed it on the way to Ibiza town. speaking of pools i used to work for the Playboy club in the early 80s and wennt for a staff do at stocks which was Lownes's gaff...the jaccuzzi was massive and all the bunny girls were there.


Had to stay thee for a good hour until the erection wore off ffs.....
Report SlippyBlue April 30, 2015 10:44 PM BST
Well thank you for sharing that with us all, most enlightening I must say. Plain
Report SlippyBlue April 30, 2015 10:49 PM BST
abitofinterest would have there like a bear no doubt. Not my thing really.
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