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Only joking btw,since my mini stroke it is just a challenge on short and long term memory,no offence meant to anyone.You all help in your own way and it is very much appreciated.
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Not associated with the Derby but did Brigadier Gerard win over six furlongs?
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Actually, I just googled and it won a five furlong race. Unbelievably it's total career winnings were only £253,024.70. Yes, a good while back and it's hard to make comparison's from different era's but I believe that had it raced in the same era as Frankel it would have beaten it, especially over 10 furlongs.
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Just looked at currency updates . £250,000 in 1972 would be worth 3 and a bit million today.
Frankel had career earnings of just less than three million. Interesting, and surprising. |
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Thanks for that info brians.
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Well my useless bit of trivia is that sometime after Hector Protector was conceived, his mum and dad got back together again and produced Bosra Sham. Not a bad repeat breeding
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UK prize money has fallen a long way behind inflation since 1972 so I'm not sure the comparison is valid.
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That's actually interesting LiF.
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Mill Reef also won the Coventry, by 8 lengths, and won the Gimcrack by 10 lengths, the Dewhurst, the Derby, Eclipse, King George and Arc. Then the Ganay and the Coronation Cup. Gutted he never turned up for the '72 Eclipse or King George.
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I always refer to them as the best brother and sister double act ever Stewart
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Lance - great bit of trivia. Is there a better brother and sister???
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Battaash and Altaayshah
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cacique and his brothers and sisters weren't too bad
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Ruby and Kate Walsh
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Hi Andrew. How are things? I am in quarantine now for another week. Made it back for Champions Day. Wish I hadn't now.
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Hi Laurie
Doing good thanks, Covid free so far (thankfully) but 2 guys in the DLR (German Aerospace centre) here have had it (both recovered). Still in 'Das Faderland' no thanks to KLM. I had a flight booked to go to Linköping on November 14th for 4 days, my first trip home since March but i received an email this morning informing me the flight is now cancelled (it's actually still showing on their web-site). I guess this is due to the ramp up in European cases. Any chance of me coming over to watch the Tingle Creek disappeared long ago, but i do have a cash bet from a Korals shop on the US election, so if that goes my way, i wouldn't mind a few days off in London. Champions day is not what it should be, wrong time of the year to start with and often with heavy ground. Good luck. |
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We had a return flight booked for the 4th Nov but that was cancelled a couple of days ago. Not good times at the moment any decision making is out of the question. There still seems to be a hell of a lot of this virus still about and doesn't look like going anywhere anytime soon.
You may be right about Champions Day but I still remember being soaked to the skin in 1971. It was like a bog. I came down from the stands thinking we were beaten but I met the travelling head lad at the bottom of the stairs and he said we had won, no problem. He was right. |
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My bit of trivia
 In 1944 Dante won the Coventry Stakes by four lengths. The race was run at Newmarket Racecourse instead of its customary venue of Royal Ascot because of wartime restrictions. |
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And first Northern horse to win the Derby since 1869
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