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29 Jan 20
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Is run at Leicester? Was he a prolific winner there back in the day?
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He scored his first win there, in the Gopsall Maiden Hurdle over 2 miles, Jan 20, 1931. He was 4yo, and won by an easy 5 lengths at 5/4 fav from 19 others (including 5 and 6yos).
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He won his first race there apparently
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He was described.. 'on this form, he would seem to be a very useful young hurdler, although probably nothing like so good as his owner's other 4yo hurdler Insurance'.
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ged, was it Insurance that won the Champion Hurdle?
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Ged, you must be 108!
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sparrow - yes.
He also won a 3 mile chase there in Jan 1935. He went off at 7/100 and beat 5 others in a canter. He'd done the Gold Cup/Grand National double the year before. |
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Thanks ged, informative as ever.
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Thanks ged, always remember my dad commenting on Dorothy Paget in the days when he was a bookmakers clerk.
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