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DUFF
Edward Lynam’s Duff won the Group 3 Coolmore Stud House Of Champion Stakes beating Dohassa and Three Rocks. He was also successful in the Ballycorus Stakes at Leopardstown and the Listed Sunbury Stakes at Doncaster where he was a crowd favourite.[attachment=0:2hrie23y]19270_214432219839_1310521_n.jpg[/attachment:2hrie23y]
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DARJINA
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Country of Origin : FR Owner : Princess Zahra Aga Khan
Colour / Sex : Bay / Filly Last Rating :
Import Type : VIS Sire : Zamindar
Total Stakes* : $1,600,000 Dam : Darinska
No. of 1-2-3-Starts* : 0-0-1-1 Dam’s Sire : Zilzal
Same Sire : Nil
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[attachment=0:1k0w7hag]article-1229313-0748BDB2000005DC-739_306x449.jpg[/attachment:1k0w7hag]Desert Orchid
Known as Dessie, was an English racehorse. The grey achieved iconic status within National Hunt racing, where he was much loved by supporters for his front-running attacking style, iron will and extreme versatility.He was rated the fifth best National Hunt horse of all time by Timeform.In the 70’s I always had a soft spot for The Dikler. Built like a brick outhouse, with his big white blaze, he was an old-fashioned looking racehorse. Didn’t look speedy but he powered his way to some great wins.[attachment=0:3svhsty9]The Dikler.png[/attachment:3svhsty9]
Rathgorman – 1982 Champion chase winner. Saw him win over 2m carrying 12-7 on my first ever day at the races at Wetherby in Feb 82. Ridden by Kevin WHyte and trained by the one and only MW Dickinson.
Raffingora great sprinter trained by Bill Marshall used to carry 10stone to victory many times very consistent animal.
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In the 70’s I always had a soft spot for The Dikler. Built like a brick outhouse, with his big white blaze, he was an old-fashioned looking racehorse. Didn’t look speedy but he powered his way to some great wins.[attachment=0:2iod3xtq]The Dikler.png[/attachment:2iod3xtq]
well done, good work.
A great old favourite of mine was the northern ‘chaser Titus Oates who, like The Dikler, also sported a white blaze but the most memorable characteristic of the horse was that he always seemed to race with his head bowed very low, almost touching the ground, in fact. A very game and consistent ‘chaser, Titus Oates won several big chases between 1969 and 1971. He once fought out a great finish with The Dikler in the Coventry Pattern Chase at Kempton (now the Racing Post Chase). TO won by a neck and, if I remember correctly, he was giving the younger TD a bit of weight as well. Sadly, I never saw any pictures of that race, as I don’t think it was televised, or I must have missed it somehow. Being a fast ground specialist, Titus Oates was unlucky, in my view, to have encountered unsuitable ground on the occasion he contested the Cheltenham Gold Cup; and he would surely have won the 1970 renewal of the King George but for the race being abandoned due to frozen ground.
Browne’s Gazette was one of my favourite hurdlers. Massively talented but stricken with bad luck and tragedy. He’d have crushed See You Then in the 1985 Champion Hurdle had he not lost 20 lengths at the start. One of National Hunt’s fallen heroes who should’ve been king.
Roman Warrior, last Scottish trained winner of the Ayr Gold Cup I believe.
I saw him win at York, when I seem to recall he was a 3 year old, probably 1974. He was an absolute beast of a horse, one of the biggest to have raced, but boy could he shift!!
I think he carried 10 stone to victory in the Ayr Gold Cup and was trained by Nigel Angus. I have always loved the sprinters and I think a lot is because of this fella!
Brownes Gazette was indeed unlucky.
That was the year when Dermot Brown rode it and confessed several years later to making the horse lose the ground at the start on purpose.Bob Back
My favourite sire. He won most of his races in Italy but in England he beat Pebbles and Commanche Run at Royal Ascot in 1985 and went on to be one of the top national hunt sires, producing top horses right up until he retired.
The little racemare Phebu. It’s amazing how many people feel the same way about her and remember her.
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[attachment=0:3b9pdmu6]pride12-6.jpg[/attachment:3b9pdmu6]My favourite racemare, the gutsy and talented Pride.
She holds a special place in my heart because of her resemblance to my own mare that I owned at the time. She later sadly died of a sudden encephalitis.
Never forgotten.
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