On This Day In (Racing) History

Feb 6

This day 1993 Rosemary Henderson aged 50 rode and trained Fiddler's Pike to win the John Hughes Grand National Trial at Chepstow.
 
Feb 7

7/02/2010
Joncol won Hennessy Gold Cup from Cooldine.
Citizen Vic won Moriarty Novice Chase from Weapons Amnesty and Roberto Goldback when an unlucky Zaarito fell at the last (again).
Dunguib undoubtedly the star of the show when despite iffy jumping waltzed away with Deloitte Novice hurdle to leave folk salivating in anticipation of even better things to come...
 
Feb 7

Fred Winter won on Dick The Gee at Plumpton in 1949 for trainer Ryan Price, so began one of the great jockey/trainer partnerships.
 
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Feb 8

31 years ago today Derby winner Shergar was kidnapped.

On Channel 5 next Thursday at 8PM there is a documentary on Shergar.
 
Feb 11

On this day in 1996 Imperial Call won the Hennessy Cognac Gold Cup at Leopardstown in the style of a rapidly-improving chasers.

Frankel's sixth birthday.
 
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Feb 21

On this day in 1995, Jenny Pitman's Willsford won the Eider Chase in a procession and then went on to win Scottish Grand National.
 
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Feb 28

28 Feb 1980 18-year-old Sonny Sommers won over fences at Lingfield Park to register a second win of the season.
 
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On this day in 1982, Grittar won a three-horse race at Leicester before justifying favouritism in the Grand National at Aintree in April.
 
March 2

02 March 1954 Mull Sack won the opening race at Cheltenham Festival ridden by a young Lester Piggott.
 
March 10

On this day in 1938, the great Golden Miller failed in his bid to win the Cheltenham Gold Cup for a sixth time.

1992 Royal Gait (Graham McCourt) won the Champion Hurdle. First novice to win the race for 36 years.
 
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99 years ago on this day in 1915, it was announced that most racing in Britain was to be abandoned at the request of the Board of Trade due to war.
 
Grey said:
Godswalk was trained by Christy Grassick (senior) for his juvenile season before going to Ballydoyle.

The Grassick stables at the time were just outside the Castleknock Gate of the Phoenix Park, and there was a gallop for their horses on the Fifteen Acres, near where the Papal Cross now stands. I don't know what the surface was, perhaps a mixture of sand and cinders, but it was in a public space and was not regularly maintained. I'm not sure it was used at all by that time, they might have just run their horses on the grass, like everyone else. The grass was kept under control by the thousands of cattle who summered in the Park and by the permanent herd of deer.

Hundreds of other horses from hacking stables used the Park every day, with the result that the routes to and from the Acres were as bad as a ploughed field most of the time. It was not an easy place to be training racehorses.
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Passed away.
 
On this day in 1969 Red Rum, ridden by Paddy Broderick,won a jump race for the first time albeit the Biltern Hurdle at Wetherby
 
April The Seventh a famous horse in his own right, let alone the date.
Beat Captain Christy in 75 Whitbread Chase ridden by Steve Knight when Andy Turnell chose Cuckolder and went on to win Hennesey Gold Cup that November at 11/1 carrying 11-1 and Andy to victory.
Ran fourth in 77 Gold Cup behind Davy Lad and D T Hughes.
 
On this day in 1965 Bogside staged the Scottish Grand National for the last time before it moved to Ayr, the race was won by Brasher.
 
Racing Post was published for the first time today, twenty nine years ago, in 1986.

How much longer will it last ?:ninja:
 
On this day in 1947 the photo-finish camera was introduced and was first used to decide placings in the Grand Metropolitan Handicap at Epsom.
 
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