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Who wrote the following, about what and whom?
"There is no earthly point in our staging championship races when the supposed champions, though admittedly fit and well, do not contest them. It makes a mockery of a universally approved system."
A stab in the dark, Paul Nicholls on Best Mate and Henrietta Knight?
Who wrote the following, about what and whom?
"There is no earthly point in our staging championship races when the supposed champions, though admittedly fit and well, do not contest them. It makes a mockery of a universally approved system."
A stab in the dark, Paul Nicholls on Best Mate and Henrietta Knight?
Afraid not, but again a good shout.
Time for a clue. It first appeared in a Sporting Life article and was later quoted in that year’s Timeform Racehorses annual.
John Hislop? Maybe about Crepello not taking part in the 1957 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes?
John Hislop? Maybe about Crepello not taking part in the 1957 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth Stakes?
Another good guess but not the answer Iam looking for.
Another clue: it concerns the decision by connections not to run in the Arc.
Shergar, not contesting the 1981 Arc – as originally said by Tony Morris in the Sporting Life of October 7th.
Well done Adrian, spot on.
It could easily have been mistaken as having been said of Frankel’s connections.
Your turn.
Struggling to think of an original question that can’t be Googled so I’ll ask this old oddity:
Which horse started a short priced favourite for the Prix de l’Arc de Triomphe and then, three starts later, finished 22nd in the Triumph Hurdle at Cheltenham.
Was it Genghis Khan Adrian? Although I’m not so sure about the short priced fav bit, with him being coupled with Montjeu
That’s correct – well done Yeats.
Genghis Khan did go off 6/4 favourite for the Arc – the mere fact he was in the same ownership as a horse called Montjeu is surely co-incidental!!
To keep to The Arc theme, as we know The Derby is run these days on the first Saturday in June, similarly The Arc is run on the first Sunday in October but when was the last time The Arc was not run on the first Sunday in October and what was the reason?
1989 (Carroll House) and probably something to do with celebrating the 200 year anniversary of the French revloution on the Sunday before ?
Lee
1989 (Carroll House) and probably something to do with celebrating the 200 year anniversary of the French revloution on the Sunday before ?
Lee
Correct Lee, well done.
I was hoping someone would know the reason if they knew when it was, sounds good to me Over to you.
Cheers Yeats.
Probably not too challenging for some of the brains on here but:
Which 2 horses clashed in a class 5 AW race in March one year, filled the first two places in a race at the Cheltenham festival the following March and between them were sent off short priced favourites for 3 different races at the festival the following year ?
Lee
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