Friday 12 October 2012

FRIDAY OCTOBER 12th RACING POST 2012. PART- FOUR OF FIVE GREAT RACING COUPS JULIAN MUSCAT REFLECTS WITH SIR MARK PRESCOTT ON THE DRUID'S LODGE CONFEDERATES AND THEIR FAMOUS PLUNGE ON HACKLER'S PRIDE (1903).



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1:20 CHT Prix Eclipse (Group 3) (2yo) (Turf) 6f Card
7:30 DUN Irish Stallion Farms European Breeders Fund Star Appeal Stakes (Listed Race) 7f Card Betting

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GREAT RACING COUPS


a must read
The league of gentlemen and a legendary gamble
Julian Muscat and Sir Mark Prescott
 reflect on the Druid Lodge confederates ...
 

CONFEDERACY COUP .... in a nutshell

Horse's name HACKLER'S PRIDE
 
Races 1903 Cambridgeshire , Newmarket; 1904 Cambridgeshire , Newmarket.

Coup architect The Druid's Lodge confederacy
 
Background Bought as a two-year-old by one of the confederates for the
express purpose of landing gambles; laid out for first Cambridgeshire after
finishing second over a mile at Hurst Park in June 1903.

Cash won at today's values £10.5 million in 1903; reportedly as much again in 1904


What happened next in effect weighted out of  handicaps,   HACKLER'S PRIDE won
 some minor races before she was sold to Sir Tatton Sykes for £5,000. On her penultimate
start she was beaten two lengths by PRETTY POLLY in a match race for the 1905  Champion Stakes she made little impact at stud."



 
 
 
 
 
 

 
 
 
 
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