Racing Legends
April 12, 2015 - The Chairman in News & Blog Posts, Chairman's Blog
Having just watched the Grand National it reminded me that a correspondent recently informed us that although winners of the Derby were always English bred up until 1865 the winner that year was a horse called “Gladiateur”. It was a French bred horse and was nicknamed “The Avenger of Waterloo”.
The same correspondent told me that in 1972 on the very same day, 27th April, a horse called “Waterloo” trained by F Cundell won the 1,000 Guineas at Newmarket and “Napoleon” won a steeplechase at Plumpton.
