New Posts For Thread: Provoke 1965 St Leger - Question For The Oldieshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31910461/provoke-1965-st-leger---question-for-the-oldiesOr someone with a better library than me. Does anyone know what happened to him? Bolted up on very bad ground - Timeform 130 - and was expected to be a leading stayer in 1966, but didn't race again. Owner was a breeder so you wouldn't have expected hDD.I don't have records of that time except in my head. I backed Provoke in the Melrose but not in the Leger despite folowing the stable at the time. I'm not sure if the Leger was on a Saturday then but I was married (first) on the Saturday that weekhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31910461/provoke-1965-st-leger---question-for-the-oldies?post_id=565566315#565566315DD.I don't have records of that time except in my head. I backed Provoke in the Melrose but not in the Leger despite folowing the stable at the time. I'm not sure if the Leger was on a Saturday then but I was married (first) on the Saturday that weekSun, 06 Sep 2026 06:29:27 -0500Thanks it must have been pretty bad to curtail his career and then be sold to Russia. Can't be many Classic winners to take that route. We never got to find out if that Leger was a one-off on bad ground. Previously, he had only just got home in a Melhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31910461/provoke-1965-st-leger---question-for-the-oldies?post_id=565566229#565566229Thanks it must have been pretty bad to curtail his career and then be sold to Russia. Can't be many Classic winners to take that route. We never got to find out if that Leger was a one-off on bad ground. Previously, he had only just got home in a MelSun, 06 Sep 2026 05:15:29 -0500This according to the net, viral infection so didn't run & was sold to Russia (1966) where he dieda short time after.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31910461/provoke-1965-st-leger---question-for-the-oldies?post_id=565565985#565565985This according to the net, viral infection so didn't run & was sold to Russia (1966) where he dieda short time after.Sat, 05 Sep 2026 17:46:45 -0500Or someone with a better library than me. Does anyone know what happened to him? Bolted up on very bad ground - Timeform 130 - and was expected to be a leading stayer in 1966, but didn't race again. Owner was a breeder so you wouldn't have expected hhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31910461/provoke-1965-st-leger---question-for-the-oldies?post_id=565565981#565565981Or someone with a better library than me. Does anyone know what happened to him? Bolted up on very bad ground - Timeform 130 - and was expected to be a leading stayer in 1966, but didn't race again. Owner was a breeder so you wouldn't have expected hSat, 05 Sep 2026 17:32:20 -0500