Oh ****, of course he did I knew Dormant received weight and that Stalbridge Colonist received 30 odd pounds. Can't remember the other one
If it wasnt Dormant then by process of elimination it has to be HAPPY SPRING who split Mill House and Arkle in the 63 Hennessy.
Come on Oddy. 3 and 7 should be guessable if you read the question and use a bit of nous…..English nous, that is!
7. Pat was the filly who gave Norah Wilmott her first winner in her first week as a liscensed trainer. Piggott one has me stumped, Apprentice jockey title?
Mostly correct, Stick. Norah’s filly, Pat, ridden by Breasley, was the first winner by any licensed female trainer- and her first winner, of course. Re. the Piggott question, relate it to the word in inverted commas- and then use a bit of Oddy’s nous! It’s a bit tricky, but I couldn’t make it too obvious.
Piggott's "handicap" was his weight, right? I think he could only get down to 8 stone 5lb, so would that stop him winning something?
Admiral Rous was instrumental in introducing handicapping into flat racing and there is the Rous Stakes at York - which Piggott never won. The race was first run in 1988 so I am not sure he ever even had a ride in it?
In Piggott's day the Lincoln Handicap meeting started the flat season and the November Handicap meeting ended it - would need to google whether he won either race (but I guess he did) Edit: no, Piggott never won either race. Is that the answer? The Lincoln and November Handicap?
Yes, the Lincoln was always the first but the Manchester/Doncaster handicap was never classed as the last big handicap. It was always the Cambridgeshire which constituted the second half of the Spring/Autumn Double. Piggott never won either, so that is the answer.
I didn't know there was a spring / autumn double of Lincoln & Cambridgeshire. Spring double is the Lincoln and Grand National, right? Autumn double Cambridgeshire and Cesarewitch.
