One eyed wonders.

[Gingertipster]

Slightly off topic but…

Reason why Paddys Return caused mayhem at the Canal Turn was restricted vision.
Not from being blind in one eye but from blinkers – couldn’t see the runners coming from a 90 degree angle.

I also once backed a horse called My Son at Fontwell Park.
Clear coming to two out and just about to shout those immortal words “Go On My Son”!…
When a riderless blinkered runner crashed into him on the X of the figure of 8.

Value Is Everything

[Seasider]

After all this talk of eyes, ears, and tails I’m sure the curious among us will be wondering what else a horse can do without while remaining functional.

Apart from the unkindest cut of all I can’t think of anything. Therefore, moving seamlessly from absent body parts to concealed ones, ‘Horse & Hound’ informs its readers that 15% of 2-y-o and 3-y-o colts are rigs

[Marlingford]

Seasider, I recall mention of a horse named Panche Calyan who had success on the Flat in the 1950s after having a leg removed.

Admittedly this was because he was born with a small additional fifth leg rather than it being one of his more vital legs that was removed.

[Seasider]

I’d never heard of this, Marlingford. Here’s something about him from the Free Library:

Racing historian Chris Pitt discovered that a five-legged horse had run at Warwick.

Pitt explained: “The name of the horse was Panche Calyan and he ran at Warwick on September 9, 1957.
“He was a three-year-old who, when he was born, had five legs! “The freak leg was removed and he carried a scar but that handicap did not prevent him from winning races. “He won a total of 13 races under Rules and he got his name from the Hindu meaning Five Wonderful Things.”

No knowledge is ever wasted but I have no idea how I’m going to slip this into a normal conversation.

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