With his striking feathered headdress, his jewelled and embroidered attire and his signature cry of ‘I gotta horse!’, Ras Prince Monolulu ...
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The 1970 Flat racing season was all about one horse, Nijinsky. The incomparable Irish superstar, who had become the first ...
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A winning prize of £25,000 was on offer for the field of eight many of whom had ...
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Did you know that Palace House Stables has been the home of four Derby winners?
It’s hard to believe but in ...
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Two years later the mighty French horse Gladiateur (Triple Crown winner) was trained in Newmarket followed by Hermit in 1867, ...
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Other than Paul Nicholls, who has trained as well as ridden a winner of the Hennessy Gold Cup? The answer ...
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After the war, he sought a quieter life and concentrated on racing, with Derek riding for him ...
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We know that “The fastest horse wins the Guineas; the luckiest the Derby – and the best horse wins the ...
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The Anglo-French clash in the St Leger was eagerly awaited and appeared to be a two-horse race. Heliopolis had won the Chester ...
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In the 1870s Warwick Races was rocked by a betting storm, where threats of prosecution abounded.
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