Red Rower
Red Rower (foaled 1934) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1945 Cheltenham Gold Cup. He raced during the Second World War when opportunities for National Hunt horses were severely limited. After winning the Lilley Brook Chase in 1940 he finished third to stable companion Poet Prince in his first attempt at the Gold Cup in the following year. In 1942 he won the Grand Annual Chase and started favourite for the Gold Cup but was beaten into second place by Medoc II. On the resumption of National Hunt racing after a two year break he finally won the Gold Cup at the age of eleven in 1945.
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Red Rower
Red Rower (foaled 1934) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse who won the 1945 Cheltenham Gold Cup. He raced during the Second World War when opportunities for National Hunt horses were severely limited. After winning the Lilley Brook Chase in 1940 he finished third to stable companion Poet Prince in his first attempt at the Gold Cup in the following year. In 1942 he won the Grand Annual Chase and started favourite for the Gold Cup but was beaten into second place by Medoc II. On the resumption of National Hunt racing after a two year break he finally won the Gold Cup at the age of eleven in 1945.
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Red Rower (foaled 1934) was a ...... at the age of eleven in 1945.
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50.014.503
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713.200.406
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United Kingdom
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Mademoiselle Pictet
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Violet Melrose
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Red Rower , bay gelding, 1934
owner
Lord Stalbridge
sire
Rameses the Second
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Red Rower (foaled 1934) was a ...... at the age of eleven in 1945.
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Red Rower
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