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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).
Class 2 or Class 3 races worth £50,000 or more run between mid-October and the end of the season, or £40,000 or more between the start of the season and mid-October. Races worth £34,000 or more which are a course's most important race of the season or which have historical importance. All Regional Grand National races, and any Cross-Country ...
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]
National Hunt Racing, also known as Jump Racing, [1] is a form of horse racing particular to France, Great Britain and Ireland that requires horses to jump over fences and ditches. In the UK , National Hunt Racing is divided into two major distinct branches, Hurdling and Steeplechase , as well as flat races called "Bumpers ".
Arkle was set to carry just one pound more than Flyingbolt in all three races with a gap of more than 2 stone (28lbs) to the next horse in the weights. As the 1966/67 season got under way, Flyingbolt was first on to the stage. The race was the National Hunt Centenary Chase at Cheltenham on 29 October 1966, where he carried 12 st 7 lbs.
The list features two horses called Peter Simple and two called Royal Mail. It also includes two with slightly different spellings, Mathew (1847) and Matthew (1902). For the purposes of this article, the horses with identical names are distinguished by (1) and (2).
[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.