Just googled it and there were 18 finishers. The site I was reading got that one wrong big time. :confused:
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Just googled it and there were 18 finishers. The site I was reading got that one wrong big time. :confused:
Not actually on this day, but some Interesting stories.
In the 1844 Epsom Derby the winner was disqualified for being too old. The race was for three year olds, yet the first past the post had...
On this day last year Golden Horn made his racecourse appearance in a 1m 1/2f maiden 2yo race at Nottingham winning by a head beating Storm The Stars.
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On this day in 1998 there was a huge row between Martin Pipe and Paul Nicholls when A.P.McCoy pulled up Cyborgo (lame) before the 7th in The Gold Cup and carried out the Nicholls trained See More...
On this day in 2000 the great Dubai Millenium won the Al Maktoum Challenge before going on to win The Dubai World Cup and The Prince of Wales - the only blemish on his 10 race career was the 1999...
http://phys.org/news/2012-06-historic-riddles-horse.html
Not sure this date has any relevance but a good read.
http://www.goracing.ie/HRI/Whats-On/About-Horse-Racing/History-of-Irish-Racing/
You didn't read the pm properly - this great occasion happened on Feb 11th :D