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Who is this?
First and foremost a punter but for the last 18 years has worked part-time in the racing industry. He provides paddock comments and writes a weekly column for publications. He also carries out some radio work and, since 2002, has appeared regularly on tv.
This is an easy question to answer:
Steve Mellish
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Not that easy TBB, 2 got it wrong. Thought the "first and foremost a punter" might have foxed one or two.
Well done anyway, your turn
Which ex lambourn trainer had a brother named
John
and his father was called the "
Major
".
His father was a Derby wining trainer.
They trained at Kingsdown Stables in Upper Lambourn.
Cirrus Des Aigles’ trainer Corinne Barande-Barbe owned a 1980s winner of the Prix Morny. Which one and which classic winner finished third, and who owned it.
^I don’t think it was your turn yet
but as no answer to earlier one I’ll try this one too:Deep Roots
Ma Biche = Maktoum al Maktoum [or Mrs Ghislaine Head owned it as 2 year old if that’s what you want]
^I don’t think it was your turn yet
but as no answer to earlier one I’ll try this one too:Deep Roots
Ma Biche = Maktoum al Maktoum [or Mrs Ghislaine Head owned it as 2 year old if that’s what you want]
Oops, just re-read the title and hadn’t realised the procedure!
Correct though, 1982 and Ma Biche carried the Beige and Black Head colours.
..oh thank you.
Name the colt who ran unplaced in Troy’s Derby [1979] whose mother was once officially rated superior to both Mill Reef and Brigadier Gerard.
..oh thank you.
Name the colt who ran unplaced in Troy’s Derby [1979] whose mother was once officially rated superior to both Mill Reef and Brigadier Gerard.
My guess would be
Man Of Vision
(Owned by Jerry Sung, Trained by Michael Jarvis, ridden by Bruce Raymond) – finished 7th to Troy.
His dam was
Cawston’s Pride
winner of the Queen Mary, Molecomb and Lowther prior to the Brigadier stepping up to the equivalent of Group 1 company in 1970 Middle Park, and during the period when Mill Reef was beaten by My Swallow in the Papin. She ended up champion 2-y-o filly, unbeaten in 7 races. She was trained by Freddie Maxwell and owned by L B Hall. At stud she produced Cawston’s Clown and Solinus to win the Coventry Stakes, the last named also going on to becoming a Champion Sprinter.
Man Of Vision’s best perfromance came in the 1979 King Edward VII at Royal Ascot when runner up to Ela Mana Mou.
…almost spot on Ivanjica and I really didn’t think anyone would be bothered with that one, so that’s a big
from me… and well done,…I’m really impressed…just a minor correction, she won 8 races as a 2yo…
I was very upset when Man of Vision, one of my favourite horses, was shipped to Japan after the King Edward VII – seemingly never to be seen or heard of again….
now it’s your turn
…almost spot on Ivanjica and I really didn’t think anyone would be bothered with that one, so that’s a big
from me… and well done,…I’m really impressed…just a minor correction, she won 8 races as a 2yo…
I was very upset when Man of Vision, one of my favourite horses, was shipped to Japan after the King Edward VII – seemingly never to be seen or heard of again….
now it’s your turn
Thanks UM, apologies but been at work the past two days. Been struggling with a question that will stretch the expert minds on here, but here goes with a bit of trivia:
What links former big National Hunt owner Sir Robert Ogden with the great Irish chaser of the late 1990s/early 2000’s Florida Pearl.
I would make a guess at cancer. Florida Pearl was pts with a rare form of cancer and Sir Robert Ogden has provided a huge amount of money to help provide a cancer centre at Harrogate Hospital, to be named after him.
I hope I’m wrong here, as I really will struggle to provide another question. Fingers uncrossed!
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