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I’m sure Mysilv ran in the Champion & Stayers Hurdle at the same festival…..1996 and was 2nd in the latter behind Cyborgo.
Brown Lad won the stayers hurdle in an absolute canter in 75, and was then due to run in the 3-mile novice chase the next day, only for the meeting to be abandoned after Ten Up’s Gold Cup. The first day had also been abandoned that year.
Has anyone won on their second run at the same Cheltenham Festival since Sound Reveille in 95 though?
Value Is EverythingLooking at the result, Rhyme “N” Reason would have still won under the revised weights. Of course you wouldn’t know that at the time.
Anyone remember a similar “fiddle” in the Ces involving a Kim Brassey horse and another trained by his former assistant Willie Muir? Don’t remember the exact details but Destroyer may have been one of the horses.
I thought that Elsworth was a truly great dual purpose trainer.
However , (I know that this will be unpopular) , there seemed to be a number of articles in the press back in the day that , he and Burridge , may have “arranged” comparing Desert Orchid to Arkle.
Just a personal opinion , but I found those irksome.GT, Our Armageddon won the final running of the Cathcart on his second start at the Cheltenham Festival in 2004, so there’s one at least!
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