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King George VI Chase

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| The King George VI Chase is a Grade 1 National Hunt steeplechase in Great Britain which is open to horses aged four years or older. [1]

100 relations: Adrian Maguire, Algan (horse), Andrew Thornton, Arkle, Aubrey Brabazon, Barry Geraghty, Barton Bank, Best Mate, Bill Dutton (trainer), Boxing Day, Burrough Hill Lad, Captain Christy, Cheltenham Gold Cup, Colin Tizzard, Cottage Rake, Cue Card (horse), David Elsworth, David Nicholson (horse racing), Desert Orchid, Dick Francis, Edredon Bleu, England, Filly, First Gold, Florida Pearl, François Doumen, Fred Winter, Fulke Walwyn, Gay Spartan, George Beeby (horse racing), George VI, Gordon W. Richards, Great Britain, Halloween (horse), Harry Thomson Jones, Henrietta Knight (racehorse trainer), Horse racing, Horse racing in Great Britain, Horse trainer, Jenny Pitman, Jim Culloty, Jockey, John Francome, Kauto Star, Kempton Park Racecourse, Kicking King, Limber Hill, List of British National Hunt races, Long Run (horse), Mare, ..., Michael Dickinson (horseman), Michael Scudamore, Mick Fitzgerald, Mill House (horse), National Hunt racing, Nicky Henderson, Nico de Boinville, Noel Fehily, Norman Williamson, One Man (horse), Paddy Brennan (jockey), Pat Taaffe, Paul Nicholls (horse racing), Pendil, Peter Cazalet (racehorse trainer), Philippe Chevallier (cyclist), Pound (mass), Pound sterling, Prisoner-of-war camp, Racing Post, Richard Dunwoody, Richard Pitman, Ruby Walsh, Sam Waley-Cohen, Sandown Park Racecourse, See More Business, Silver Buck, Silviniaco Conti, Stan Mellor, Steeplechase (horse racing), Stone (unit), Sunbury-on-Thames, Teeton Mill, The Fellow, The Herald (Glasgow), Thistlecrack, Tim Forster, Tom Dreaper, Tom Scudamore, Tom Taaffe, Tony Grantham, Tony McCoy, Venetia Williams, Vincent O'Brien, Wayward Lad, Willie Mullins, Willie Robinson (jockey), World War II, 1967 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak, 32Red. Expand index (50 more) »

Adrian Maguire

Adrian Maguire, born 29 April 1971 in Kilmessan, County Meath, Ireland, is a racehorse trainer and former jockey.

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Algan (horse)

Algan (foaled 1988) was a French Selle Francais racehorse who competed under National Hunt rules.

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Andrew Thornton

Andrew Thornton is a Retired National Hunt jockey.

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Arkle

Arkle (19 April 1957 – 31 May 1970) was an Irish Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Aubrey Brabazon

Aubrey Brabazon (7 January 1920 - 30 September, 1996) was a horse racing jockey born in The Curragh, Ireland.

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Barry Geraghty

Barry Geraghty (born 16 September 1979) is an Irish jockey.

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Barton Bank

Barton Bank (1986-2007) was one of the top National Hunt chasers of the mid 1990s.

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Best Mate

Best Mate (28 January 1995 – 1 November 2005) was an Irish-bred, English-trained racehorse and three-time winner of the Cheltenham Gold Cup.

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Bill Dutton (trainer)

William Parker "Bill" Dutton (19011958) was a British jockey and Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Boxing Day

Boxing Day is a holiday celebrated on the day after Christmas Day.

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Burrough Hill Lad

Burrough Hill Lad (1976–2004) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse.

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Captain Christy

Captain Christy (foaled 1967) was an Irish-bred and Irish-trained racehorse who won the Cheltenham Gold Cup as a novice.

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Cheltenham Gold Cup

| The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race run on the New Course at Cheltenham Racecourse in England, over a distance of 3 miles 2½ furlongs (5,331 m), and during its running there are 22 fences to be jumped.

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Colin Tizzard

Colin Tizzard (born 7 January 1956) is a British racehorse trainer specializing in National Hunt racing.

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Cottage Rake

Cottage Rake (1939–1961) was a successful National Hunt racehorse.

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Cue Card (horse)

Cue Card (foaled 30 April 2006) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse.

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David Elsworth

David Elsworth (born 1939) is a horse trainer living in the United Kingdom.

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David Nicholson (horse racing)

David Nicholson (19 March 1939 – 27 August 2006) was a British National Hunt jockey and trainer.

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Desert Orchid

Desert Orchid (11 April 1979 – 13 November 2006), known as Dessie, was an English racehorse.

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Dick Francis

Richard Stanley Francis CBE FRSL (31 October 1920 – 14 February 2010) was a British crime writer, and former steeplechase jockey, whose novels centre on horse racing in England.

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Edredon Bleu

Edredon Bleu is a retired AQPS National Hunt racehorse.

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England

England is a country that is part of the United Kingdom.

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Filly

A filly is a female horse that is too young to be called a mare.

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First Gold

First Gold (1993–2011) was a National Hunt racehorse that was trained by François Doumen.

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Florida Pearl

Florida Pearl (1992-2012) was an Irish-bred race horse who raced in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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François Doumen

François Doumen (born 11 June 1940) is a retired French racehorse trainer.

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Fred Winter

Frederick Thomas Winter CBE (20 September 1926 – 5 April 2004) was a British National Hunt racing racehorse jockey and trainer.

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Fulke Walwyn

Fulke Thomas Tyndall Walwyn CVO (8 November 1910 – 18 February 1991) was a British jockey and a celebrated racehorse trainer, who was particularly successful in National Hunt racing.

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Gay Spartan

Gay Spartan (foaled 1971) was a British-bred racehorse who began his career in Ireland and progressed into a top class steeplechaser after moving to England to be trained by Tony Dickinson.

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George Beeby (horse racing)

George Beeby (1904–1977) was a British racehorse trainer.

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George VI

George VI (Albert Frederick Arthur George; 14 December 1895 – 6 February 1952) was King of the United Kingdom and the Dominions of the British Commonwealth from 11 December 1936 until his death in 1952.

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Gordon W. Richards

Gordon W. Richards (7 September 1930 – 29 September 1998) was a British racehorse trainer specialising mainly in National Hunt racing.

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Great Britain

Great Britain, also known as Britain, is a large island in the north Atlantic Ocean off the northwest coast of continental Europe.

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Halloween (horse)

Halloween (foaled 1945) was a British National Hunt horse best known for being the first horse to win two King George VI Chases and for being placed four times in the Cheltenham Gold Cup without winning the race.

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Harry Thomson Jones

Harry Thomson Jones (1925 – 5 December 2007), often known as "Tom Jones", was a British racehorse trainer whose career lasted from 1951 to 1996.

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Henrietta Knight (racehorse trainer)

Henrietta Catherine Knight (born 15 December 1946) is a retired English Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Horse racing

Horse racing is an equestrian performance sport, typically involving two or more horses ridden by jockeys (or sometimes driven without riders) over a set distance for competition.

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Horse racing in Great Britain

Horse racing is the second largest spectator sport in Great Britain, and one of the longest established, with a history dating back many centuries.

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Horse trainer

A horse trainer is a person who tends to horses and teaches them different disciplines.

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Jenny Pitman

Jennifer Susan Pitman OBE (née Harvey, born 11 June 1946 "Jenny Pitman, The Autobiography"), known as Jenny Pitman, is a former British racehorse trainer and author.

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Jim Culloty

Jim Culloty is a racehorse trainer and retired professional National Hunt jockey who won both the Cheltenham Gold Cup and Grand National in the same season.

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Jockey

A jockey is someone who rides horses in horse racing or steeplechase racing, primarily as a profession.

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John Francome

John Francome MBE (13 December 1952) is a former National Hunt Champion Jockey, television pundit and author.

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Kauto Star

Kauto Star (19 March 2000 – 29 June 2015) was a French-bred National Hunt champion racehorse trained by Paul Nicholls in Somerset and owned by Clive Smith.

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Kempton Park Racecourse

Kempton Park Racecourse is a horse racing track together with a licensed entertainment and conference venue in Sunbury-on-Thames, Surrey, England, 16 miles south-west of Charing Cross, London and on a border of Greater London.

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Kicking King

Kicking King is a National Hunt racehorse trained in Straffan, Co. Kildare, Ireland, by Tom Taaffe.

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Limber Hill

Limber Hill (foaled 1947) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1956 Cheltenham Gold Cup.

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List of British National Hunt races

A list of notable National Hunt horse races which take place annually in Great Britain, under the authority of the British Horseracing Authority, including all races which currently hold Grade 1, 2 or 3 status.

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Long Run (horse)

Long Run is a retired National Hunt racehorse owned by Robert Waley-Cohen and trained during his racing career by Nicky Henderson in Great Britain and later by his owner.

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Mare

A mare is an adult female horse or other equine.

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Michael Dickinson (horseman)

Michael W. Dickinson (born 3 February 1950, in Yorkshire, England) is a retired Champion Thoroughbred racehorse trainer.

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Michael Scudamore

Michael Scudamore (17 July 1932 – 7 July 2014) was an English National Hunt racing jockey in the 1950s and 1960s.

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Mick Fitzgerald

Mick Fitzgerald (born 10 May 1970) is a retired Irish National Hunt jockey and current television racing presenter.

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Mill House (horse)

Mill House (1957–1975) was an Irish-bred but English-trained racehorse.

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National Hunt racing

In horse racing in the United Kingdom, France and Ireland, National Hunt racing requires horses to jump fences and ditches.

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Nicky Henderson

Nicholas John Henderson (born 10 December 1950) is a British racehorse trainer.

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Nico de Boinville

Nicolai "Nico" de Boinville (born 14 August 1989) is an English horse racing jockey who competes in National Hunt racing.

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Noel Fehily

Noel Fehily (born 24 December 1974) is an Irish professional horse racing jockey.

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Norman Williamson

Norman Williamson (born January 16, 1969) is a retired professional jockey in the Irish National Hunt.

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One Man (horse)

One Man (1988 – 3 April 1998) was an Irish-bred National Hunt steeplechase racehorse sired by Remainder Man out of the mare Steal On.

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Paddy Brennan (jockey)

Paddy Brennan (born 13 April 1981) is an Irish jockey who won the 2010 Cheltenham Gold Cup on Imperial Commander.

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Pat Taaffe

Patrick "Pat" Taaffe (1930, Dublin - 7 July 1992, Dublin) was an Irish National Hunt jockey who famously rode Arkle to win three Cheltenham Gold Cups between 1964 and 1966.

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Paul Nicholls (horse racing)

Paul Nicholls (born 17 April 1962) is a British National Hunt horse trainer with stables at Ditcheat, Somerset.

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Pendil

Pendil was a racehorse.

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Peter Cazalet (racehorse trainer)

Peter Victor Ferdinand Cazalet DL (15 January 1907 – 29 May 1973) was a British cricketer, jockey, racehorse owner and trainer from Shipbourne, Kent.

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Philippe Chevallier (cyclist)

Philippe Chevallier (born 26 April 1961) was a French professional road bicycle racer.

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Pound (mass)

The pound or pound-mass is a unit of mass used in the imperial, United States customary and other systems of measurement.

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Pound sterling

The pound sterling (symbol: £; ISO code: GBP), commonly known as the pound and less commonly referred to as Sterling, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man, South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, the British Antarctic Territory, and Tristan da Cunha.

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Prisoner-of-war camp

A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of enemy combatants captured by a belligerent power in time of war.

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Racing Post

Racing Post is a British daily horse racing, greyhound racing and sports betting newspaper, appearing in print form and online.

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Richard Dunwoody

Thomas Richard Dunwoody MBE (born 18 January 1964 in Belfast, Northern Ireland) is a retired British jockey in National Hunt racing.

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Richard Pitman

Richard Pitman is a retired British jump jockey who rode 470 winners in his career including Lanzarote in the 1974 Champion Hurdle). He won the King George VI Chase at Kempton Park Racecourse twice, the Whitbread Gold Cup once and the Hennessy Gold Cup once. Richard came 2nd in the Grand National on Crisp to Red Rum ridden by Brian Fletcher in 1973 He joined the BBC TV racing team in 1975. As an author he has written seven racing novels and five non-fiction books. He was married to Jenny Pitman; they divorced in 1977.

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Ruby Walsh

Rupert "Ruby" Walsh (born 14 May 1979 in Kill, County Kildare, Ireland) is an Irish jockey.

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Sam Waley-Cohen

Sam Bernard Waley-Cohen (born 15 April 1982) is an English National Hunt amateur jockey and businessman.

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Sandown Park Racecourse

Sandown Park is a horse racing course and leisure venue in Esher, Surrey, England, located in the outer suburbs of London.

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See More Business

See More Business (26 April 1990 – 24 July 2014) was a top-class National Hunt chaser in the late 1990s and early 2000s.

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Silver Buck

Silver Buck (1972–1984) was an Irish-bred racehorse who became a champion steeplechaser when trained in England by the Dickinson family.

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Silviniaco Conti

Silviniaco Conti (14 April 2006 – 9 April 2018) was a French-bred, British-trained Selle Francais racehorse who competed in National Hunt races.

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Stan Mellor

Stanley Thomas Edward Mellor (born 1937) is a former National Hunt jockey and trainer who was the first jockey to ride 1,000 winners and Champion Jockey three years in a row from 1960 to 1962.

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Steeplechase (horse racing)

A steeplechase is a distance horse race in which competitors are required to jump diverse fence and ditch obstacles.

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Stone (unit)

The stone or stone weight (abbreviation: st.) is an English and imperial unit of mass now equal to 14 pounds (6.35029318 kg).

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Sunbury-on-Thames

Sunbury-on-Thames is a town and London suburb located in Surrey, England.

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Teeton Mill

Teeton Mill (19 May 1989 – November 2014) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who competed under National Hunt rules.

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The Fellow

The Fellow (1985–2008) was an AQPS top-class National Hunt racehorse in the early 1990s.

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The Herald (Glasgow)

The Herald is a Scottish broadsheet newspaper founded in 1783.

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Thistlecrack

Thistlecrack (foaled 29 March 2008) is a British Thoroughbred racehorse who competes in National Hunt races.

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Tim Forster

Captain Timothy Arthur Forster, OBE (27 February 1934 – 21 April 1999) commonly known as Tim Forster, was a racehorse trainer and previously an amateur jockey.

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Tom Dreaper

Thomas William (Tom) Dreaper was a successful Irish steeplechase racehorse trainer.

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Tom Scudamore

Tom Scudamore (born 22 May 1982) is a third-generation British flat and steeplechase jockey.

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Tom Taaffe

Tom Taaffe (b. 15 June 1963) is an Irish racehorse trainer based at Portree Stables, Boston, Ardclough, Straffan, in County Kildare.

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Tony Grantham

Tony Grantham (born 30 December 1972) is a New Zealand international lawn and indoor bowler.

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Tony McCoy

Sir Anthony Peter McCoy, OBE (born 4 May 1974), commonly known as AP McCoy or Tony McCoy, is a Northern Irish former horse racing jockey.

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Venetia Williams

Venetia Williams (born Scorrier House, Cornwall, England on 10 May 1960) is a British racehorse trainer specialising in National Hunt racing.

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Vincent O'Brien

Vincent O'Brien (9 April 1917 – 1 June 2009) was an Irish race horse trainer from Churchtown, County Cork, Ireland.

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Wayward Lad

Wayward Lad (1975-2003) was an English Thoroughbred racehorse who was one of the "Dickinson five".

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Willie Mullins

William Peter Mullins (born 15 September 1956) is an Irish racehorse trainer and former jockey from Goresbridge, County Kilkenny, but is based at Closutton, Muine Bheag, County Carlow, Ireland.

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Willie Robinson (jockey)

Willie Robinson (born 1934) is a retired Irish jump jockey.

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World War II

World War II (often abbreviated to WWII or WW2), also known as the Second World War, was a global war that lasted from 1939 to 1945, although conflicts reflecting the ideological clash between what would become the Allied and Axis blocs began earlier.

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1967 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak

The 1967 United Kingdom foot-and-mouth outbreak was a major outbreak of foot and mouth disease in the United Kingdom.

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32Red

32Red is a British online casino company licensed in Gibraltar.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/King_George_VI_Chase

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