The hunter-'chaser.

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Despite a hefty 11st 5lb on his back, an amateur rider of 48 and a Rutland farmer as his trainer, Grittar lined up as the 7/1 favourite, and while it took a few seconds for Gilman's lilac hooped colours to emerge from the mists of a 39-runner field in full tilt towards the first fence, from that point on favourite backers had a clear view of the horse carrying their money. The only reason I bought Cousin Pascal was because I wanted to go point-to-pointing during lockdown and at the time you had to be an owner to attend," he said. 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. Spartan Missile was moved to Nicky Henderson's Lambourn yard, and, on his first run at the age of 11 and in the name of Thorne's widow Wendy, finished second under Diana in the John and Nigel Thorne Memorial Hunters' Chase at Stratford.

Most purchases from business sellers are protected by the Consumer Contract Regulations 2013 which give you the right to cancel the purchase within 14 days after the day you receive the item. The remounted Loving Words came home a distance behind in third, and Saunders told the waiting media: "I did nothing – Grittar did it all. At feeding times in the field it was a suicide mission for any horse that went to the manger before him, and on one occasion he broke his groom's leg in two places after she entered his stable to tack him up.who delivered a long, but fruitless chase up the home straight before giving best to the hunter by 15 lengths. Chaser generally refers to someone or something pursuing or following another, often without the implication of catching or killing. Pulling a back tendon off his hock in that race put him on the easy list, and while attempts to get him back to the races were tried old injuries flared up and he was retired. The Whitbread second place was to embellish the season, which otherwise ended on low notes with a fall and unseat when favourite for two hunters' chases at Cheltenham and a second place at Stratford when Spartan Missile attempted to give 17lb to talented Bright Chance who was winning his seventh race of the season. Spartan Missile was put down and buried at Windsor House Stables [Nicky Henderson's base before he gained Seven Barrows], and I've been going there most years since to visit the grave and clean the headstone.

was the second-fastest in the race's history to that point behind the figure achieved by Red Rum in 1973 when carrying a stone less. The following day I took my children to a cross-country event, where Pete was so tired he fell asleep on his pony in the collecting ring. The 2018/19 hunter chase season had a very traditional look to it with the programme by-and-large replicating the provisional summary of previous years, with the three autumn hunter chases being headlined by the breakthrough success of Stand Up And Fightat Down Royal.

A fantastic performer who is in a different world," said the authors in summing up a season in which Spartan Missile won hunters' chases at Sandown (twice), Warwick, Leicester, the Cheltenham Foxhunter Chase in which he reeled in the front-running and highly-talented Queensberry Lad and toyed with him before cruising away to win by 12 lengths, and then onto Aintree for a second Foxhunters' Chase. Kohaku, the Aintree and Cheltenham Foxhunters are now dominated by professionally trained horses only here in the short term - look at last years winners!