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There was something of a changing of the guard during the 2022/23 Hunter Chase season, as although the reigning champion Billaway did enjoy success at Naas and Downpatrick, he drew a blank at the big spring festivals.

Do you know how to improve your language skills❓ All you have to do is have your writing corrected by a native speaker! During three months in hospital he was told that playing golf or riding would help strengthen his legs. With the Spring 2020 programme having been largely wiped out by the Covid-19 pandemic, an all Hunter Chase / Point-to-Point Bumper card was created at Fairyhouse in mid-November to compensate connections and proved to be a popular addition, whilst in 2021, unlike the interuptions experienced by action between the flags, the spring Hunter Chase programme was fully completed. The authority of his wins and effortless jumping and galloping when in his prime, as much as his big-race triumphs and valiant efforts in the Gold Cup and Grand National, mark him out as the strongest candidate to be regarded as the greatest hunter chaser. The book details every aspect of the subject, and is of particular value, for it is the only one of its kindd published for many years.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. The move to the right-handed Punchestown a week later, ensured that the big Cheltenham Foxhunters Trial lost some of its appeal for trainers, and emphasised the lack of left-handed opportunities within the hunter chase division. A poor condition book can still make a good reading copy but is generally not collectible unless the item is very scarce. His life, and that of the Thorne family who bred, owned and trained him, embraces amazing performances, historic achievements and, almost inevitably, tragedy, too.

Champion had almost died of the disease two years earlier and so victory on Aldaniti, a horse who had been written off after breaking down, gave his cancer trust a springboard for decades of valuable fund raising. In 1980, despite recording an unseat on his first start in a hunters' chase the progression continued. 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.Libby, who has held a number of administrative roles in pointing and was a steward until the end of the 2018/19 season, says of her father-in-law: "He was a big-hearted person and a very kind man who at Christmas loved giving people boxes of chocolates and turkeys. At Diffeence Wiki, she crafts clear and unbiased comparisons to guide readers in making informed decisions. A hardback volume in Acceptable condition, boards and spine rather grubby, interior clean and bright. Cousin Pascal, trained in Cheshire by Joe O'Shea, has been a revelation for Clifton since being bought cheaply by the Shropshire farmer at the end of 2020.

The following season, perhaps rusty for his season's debut as an eight-year-old and carrying the familiar weight of 12st 10lb, Spartan Missile missed out on his annual opening-day Sandown win before scoring at Warwick, but a suspensory ligament issue curtailed further action.

However, the race that defines Thorne and his horse was the 1981 Grand National in which they finished second to Aldaniti. As a five-year-old Spartan Missile's education continued and he was twice pulled up before enormous ability overcame his youth, size and inexperience. Victory would go to Enda Bolger’s charge earning him the Champion Hunter Chaser crown, however it would be his last run of the season.

The sound instruction and information given in this book make it a particularly valuable one for the amateur owner and would-be trainer, for whom primarily it is designed. Instead, the temptation of another Cheltenham Foxhunter Chase was taken, and while Spartan Missile gave Diana a fine ride and carried her into sixth place behind the Alan Hill-ridden Elmboy he finished lame.

At Becher's second time round, as his professionally-ridden rivals spread towards the outside of the fence, Grittar took the shortest route, coped with the steep drop which existed in those days and took up the running. The 2020/21 Hunter Chase season saw Willie Mullins' Billaway develop into the top performer on the domestic scene courtesy of victories at Down Royal and Naas - whilst he was also narrowly denied in the big Festival races at both Cheltenham and Punchestown in the Spring. 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.