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Libby says: "I think the idea was to put Caroline on to sweeten him up," and the resulting second place behind classy ladies' open horse Clonmellon was a clear improvement. For the third consecutive year, it was On The Fringe who claimed the champion hunter chaser prize, following what was another record-breaking campaign. Jane and I had our eventers as well as the pointers to ride and life at the farm was very busy, and since Stoneleigh was nearby we would go there for eventing clinics with top instructors like Bertie Hill, Harvey Smith and Robert Hall. At Cheltenham he beat Honourable Man (Geordie Dun) and Sun Lion (Robert Waley-Cohen) by 12l and 20l in a time only five seconds slower than it took Little Owl to defeat legends Night Nurse and Silver Buck in the Gold Cup, while at Aintree Grittar was in a different league, cantering home by 20 lengths and one and a half lengths from Sydney Quinn (Paul Webber) and Flexibility (Martin Bosley).

Spartan Missile ran in 38 hunters' chases and won 23, invariably carrying big weights by today's standards and conceding pounds to his rivals. The 2020/21 Hunter Chase season saw Willie Mullins' Billaway develop into the top performer on the domestic scene courtesy of victories at Down Royal and Naas - whilst he was also narrowly denied in the big Festival races at both Cheltenham and Punchestown in the Spring.

Cloth "Cloth-bound" generally refers to a hardcover book with cloth covering the outside of the book covers. Cousin Pascal provided O'Shea with his fourth victory in Haydock's Walrus Hunters' Chase to take his tally to five wins, including two point-to-points, since moving to Britain. The only problem with ACE was he was a bad traveller thus he raced mainly at his local tracks,if he'd travelled better he would have had more recognition than he had. Neither of his two conquerors made it to Cheltenham with Oscar Barton suffering a career-ending injury, whilst Prince De Beauchene was ineligible, and at Prestpury Park, On The Fringe put in one of his best displays to prevail by 17 lengths.

Both sisters married men of international repute in the world of racing, Jane marrying American George Sloan, a champion amateur in Britain and in his homeland, and Diana marrying champion Jump trainer Nicky Henderson. Instead, the temptation of another Cheltenham Foxhunter Chase was taken, and while Spartan Missile gave Diana a fine ride and carried her into sixth place behind the Alan Hill-ridden Elmboy he finished lame.

Gilman, who died at the age of 78, 11 years after Grittar's great Aintree triumph, remains the most recent permit holder to win the National. It was his trainer Willie Mullins' nephew Emmet that was responsible for the season's champion hunter chaser in It's On The Line. Before the race Frank had said, jokingly, 'If anybody gets lost we'll meet in the winner's enclosure – Ha ha! A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. Inscribed When a book is described as being inscribed, it indicates that a short note written by the author or a previous owner has been.

At that fence he sprawled, Thorne was almost dislodged and briefly had both boots on one side of the saddle, yet recovered to beat Crystal Gazer easily by eight lengths. Burning Ambition failed to fire at Cheltenham, where it was a second successive victory for Pacha Du Polder, whilst at Aintree there were emotional scenes, as the late Peggy Hagan’s Balnaslow came home in front for Derek O’Connor and Graham McKeever. During three months in hospital he was told that playing golf or riding would help strengthen his legs. Greater historical note revolves around the age of his amateur rider, Dick Saunders, who at 48 became the oldest person to ride a National winner, a record that remains intact 38 years later.

The book details every aspect of the subject, and is of particular value, for it is the only one of its kindd published for many years. Typical of the time, and in a point-to-point and hunters' chase season that started in mid-February, Spartan Missile, although only six, had run ten times in a little over three months. Willie Mullins' charge inflicted a second narrow defeat on a David Christie runner when beating Vaucelet in the Punchestown Champion Hunter Chase. The three-year winning streak of On The Fringe was brought to a halt in 2017, with the arrival on the Hunter Chase scene of Foxrock. Finance is provided by PayPal Credit (a trading name of PayPal UK Ltd, Whittaker House, Whittaker Avenue, Richmond-Upon-Thames, Surrey, United Kingdom, TW9 1EH).

With a keen eye for detail, she upholds the site's commitment to delivering insightful and precise content. Ted Walsh’s stable star was a former high-class chaser as a Grade 2 winner who had got within a length of Grade 1 success in the 2015 Hennessy at Leopardstown.Cousin Pascal is a 12-1 chance for the St James's Place Festival Hunter Chase at Cheltenham, although O'Shea suggested he would go straight to Aintree after his win at Haydock on Saturday. We had about 120 guests at the service and he paraded at the drinks reception and lots of people took photographs. Clifton said on Sunday: "My daughter Sarah got married in September and we had him as a bit of a guest. That win actually put me ahead for the week and was one of my most meroable festival moments to date.