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Wonderful work Gareth. In the 1972 Racehorses article they say that "Brigadier Gerard was slow to find his stride and lost 3 or 4 lengths, a considerable handicap in a race run at a cracking pace throughout...Mercer had to pull Brigadier Gerard round the two leaders to deliver a challenge which began about 2 furlongs out....Brigadier Gerard caught the new leader, Sparkler, in 20 strides and pushed right out strode away in tremendous style to win by 6 lengths. Although Piggott gave up riding Sparkler 30 or 40 yards from the post, the colt ran through to the finish without slackening his pace
and the winning margin was a true reflection of the merits of 1st and 2nd on the day. The winners time was a full second in the track record which had stood for 15 years." Losing start at the beginning puts an even better gloss on the performance.

<blockquote data-quote="J O Tobin" data-source="post: 2399747" data-attributes="member: 65919">Wonderful work Gareth.&nbsp; In the 1972 Racehorses article they say that &quot;Brigadier Gerard was slow to find his stride and lost 3 or 4 lengths, a considerable handicap in a race run at a cracking pace throughout...Mercer had to pull Brigadier Gerard round the two leaders to deliver a challenge which began about 2 furlongs out....Brigadier Gerard caught the new leader, Sparkler, in 20 strides and pushed right out strode away in tremendous style to win by 6 lengths.&nbsp;&nbsp; Although Piggott gave up riding Sparkler 30 or 40 yards from the post, the colt ran through to the finish without slackening his paceand the winning margin was a true reflection of the merits of 1st and 2nd on the day.&nbsp; The winners time was a full second in the track record which had stood for 15 years.&quot;&nbsp; Losing start at the beginning puts an even better gloss on the performance.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="J O Tobin, post: 2399747, member: 65919"] Wonderful work Gareth. In the 1972 Racehorses article they say that "Brigadier Gerard was slow to find his stride and lost 3 or 4 lengths, a considerable handicap in a race run at a cracking pace throughout...Mercer had to pull Brigadier Gerard round the two leaders to deliver a challenge which began about 2 furlongs out....Brigadier Gerard caught the new leader, Sparkler, in 20 strides and pushed right out strode away in tremendous style to win by 6 lengths. Although Piggott gave up riding Sparkler 30 or 40 yards from the post, the colt ran through to the finish without slackening his pace and the winning margin was a true reflection of the merits of 1st and 2nd on the day. The winners time was a full second in the track record which had stood for 15 years." Losing start at the beginning puts an even better gloss on the performance. [/QUOTE]

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