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Timeform states that the very poorest horses may be rated as low as 30, with the very best horses rated 130 and above. [5] Two-year-old ratings are slightly lower than those for older horses. It also notes that only a very select number of horses have achieved a rating of 175 and above for hurdling (16) or 182 and above for chasing (20). [6]
To this day, when people ask me which was the best horse I ever saw run, I tell them that I saw Arkle and I saw Flyingbolt - and that Flyingbolt was the best. In an interview with the Racing Post in November 2020, Walsh further expressed his thoughts on the Arkle/Flyingbolt debate. "Flyingbolt was the greatest National Hunt horse I ever saw.
Desert Orchid (11 April 1979 – 13 November 2006 [1] [2]), known as Dessie, [1] was an English racehorse. The grey achieved a revered and esteemed status within National Hunt racing, where he was much loved by supporters for his front-running attacking style, iron will and extreme versatility. [3]
The more highly graded races attract more prize money and better horses. (In flat racing the more prestigious races are Group 1, 2, and 3, then Listed). All National Hunt races are also classified in classes 1-7 (class 1 best). Graded and listed races are class 1. See the list of Grade 1-3 National Hunt races and the list of Group 1-3 Flat races.
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[1] The 2004/05 season saw the emergence of Harchibald, arguably Meade's most successful National Hunt horse. Harchibald went on to win the 2004 Morgiana Hurdle, Fighting Fifth Hurdle and Christmas Hurdle. [12] At the time, Harchibald was Meade's his best chance to win his first Champion Hurdle at the Cheltenham Festival.
In the 1927/28 National Hunt season Easter Hero emerged as a top-class steeplechaser with a series of impressive wins including the Becher Chase at Aintree and a handicap race at Kempton. [4] His style of racing seldom varied: he took the lead at the start, opened up a big lead and was rarely challenged.
Nomadic Way (3 March 1985 – May 2012) was an American-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse and sire.He was a successful stayer on the flat and was a top class hurdler under National Hunt rules, switching between the two codes in a racing career which lasted from October 1987 until January 1993.