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Anselmo, 4th to Santa Claus in the 1964 Derby has to be up there. I remember its 1st hurdle race, it was 3-1 in the morning papers but drifted to 14-1 on course. I went to the local BS in Surbiton and had a small bet at 14's and went home to watch it on the telly. Johnny Haine, imo the greatest ever over hurdles, rode it and it bolted up
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Mountain Kingdom worth a mention.
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Gallileo ran in the Champion Hurdle. He must have been rated pretty high.
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Moonax was he not a nut case who liked to bite humans?
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Moonax liked to bite horses.
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cheers. yeah your right not humans..
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Acropolis -4th in the Arc 2004 to BAGO
Les Arcs -champion sprinter a few years ago |
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Sublimity beat Acropolis in the Alleged stakes (listed Race) in Acropolis's next race after the Arc. Sublimity was rated 110 on the flat
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percussionist
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quality thread on forum shocker!
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gerard 09 Apr 10:21
Mountain Kingdom worth a mention. Nomadic Way 09 Apr 10:26 Moonax was he not a nut case who liked to bite humans? Quito 09 Apr 10:29 Moonax liked to bite horses. Amidst all the confusion, didn't Lazaz try to bite Mountain Kingdom's jocket at Chester? |
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jockey even.
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Spartan General was the sire of Spartan Missile.
His first jump in public was in the 62 Derby when there was a pile-up and he jumped over the prone future Leger winner Hethersett. He was useful but not top-class on the flat,nearly top-class over hurdles and a spectacular winner of his first chase. Didn`t really go on over fences though and was retired to stud. He was a reasonably successful NH sire but made a bigger impression with pt-to-pts. Was champion sire in that sphere about 10 years running I think. |
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No wonder he didn't really progress over fences.....if he still had his tackle intact!
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Obviously he had. There have been one or two entires who have done well over fences. Kadastrof relatively recently, but Fortina I think was top-class and became a successful sire.
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Fortria, SS?
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Fortina was his sire. Fortria was a gelding.
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driver2 09 Apr 10:19
Anselmo, 4th to Santa Claus in the 1964 Derby has to be up there. I remember its 1st hurdle race........ didn't Billy Fury own that one ? |
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Oops. Still, I'd rather be corrected than living in ignorance. :)
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Yes. Mr Fury did.
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Salford city was 5th in the derby. what was Istabraqs flat rating?
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VINTAGE CROP
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Trelawny :)
Oh and Brown Jack. Actually an awful lot of high quality geldings with a claim to stay have gone hurdling at some stage,with varying success. Brown Jack won The Champion Hurdle though before becoming a flat legend. |
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Yes TELL DEL
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Does Vintage Crop win at 119?
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Is that an OR or a Timeform rating. If the latter then Alderbrook and Royal Gait were higher.
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OR
2 Irish Legers and the Greatest Race in the world ;) Legend of a Horse |
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Don`t know then.
I agree he would be one of the best. |