Lynne Wass

A #Yorkshire lass born & bred. Love #HorseRacing, #SWFC, #Gardening & #Cookery. Love most sports really & all things Yorkshire! Fan of the amazing #JamesMartin

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OTD 1982 Sprint star Sharpo completed a hat-trick of wins in the Nunthorpe Stakes (known as William Hill Sprint Championship) @yorkracecourse. Trained at Beckhampton by Jeremy Tree & ridden by Steve Cauthen. Pat Eddery rode him in his 2 previous wins. 🏇🌟#RacingMemories

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OTD 1958 17-yr-old apprentice Bobby (R.P.) Elliott rode his first winner when Tom Masson-trained Dante's Inferno won the Ashdown H'cap @LewesRacecourse. By coincidence, Bobby rode the very last winner (Miss Rhondda) at #Lewes before its closure in September 1964.🏇#RacingMemories

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🔴OTD 1980 George Duffield gained an 11th victory on the Mark Prescott-trained 2-year-old Spindrifter in the Leicester City Football Club Stakes @LeicesterRaces. 🔴OTD 2003 George rode his 2,500th career winner on Sir Mark's Tempsford at @NottsRacecourse. 🏇👏#RacingMemories

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Captain Ryan Price, a most colourful & successful trainer died OTD 1986, his 74th birthday. Champion NH trainer 4 times. Trained winners of 1969 Cheltenham Gold Cup, 3 x Champion Hurdles, 1962 Grand National, 4 x Schweppes Gold Trophy, Oaks & St. Leger etc etc. 🏇#RacingMemories

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OTD 1982 Lester Piggott rode his 4,000th domestic winner when the talented Ardross, trained by Henry Cecil & owned by Charles St George, won the Geoffrey Freer Stakes at Newbury.
🔴On the 20th August 1949 the 13-year-old Lester rode his first Newbury winner.🏇🌟#RacingMemories

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Great St Wilfrid winners @RiponRaces.
🌟1986 @MickEasterby-trained Catherine’s Well. She was the dam of 2000 winner William’s Well.
🌟2013 @RichardFahey-trained Baccarat broke the course record in 1M 09.72secs.
🏇#RacingMemories @YorkshireRacing

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OTD 1973 Denys Smith-trained Royal Prerogative ridden by Lester Piggott (9st 3lbs) won the William Hill Gold Cup @Redcarracing with Dawn Review (Edward Hide) finishing 2nd. A double on the card for Lester as he also won on Buffins for trainer Harry Wragg. 🏇👏#RacingMemories

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OTD 1987 Classic winning/Champion jockey Steve Cauthen rode his 1,000th British winner when the Henry Cecil-trained Picnicing won Hassocks Graduation Stakes @BrightonRace. His first mount/winner in Britain was Marquee Universal at Salisbury in 1979. 🏇#KentuckyKid #RacingMemories

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OTD 1965 Willie Carson rode out his Apprentice claim when Sam Armstrong-trained Regal Bell won Bransdale Nursery H'cap @Redcarracing. Willie's first ride was at the course - 5th on Marija in 1959. Career: 5-times Champion, 3,828 wins + 17 British Classic Races.🏇#RacingMemories

[Mike Wass @MikeWass2]

OTD 1973: Michael Stoute's first major success & big-race winner at Goodwood was Alphadamus (Paul Cook) winning the Stewards' Cup by a head from Home Guard (Lester) & Moor Lane (Terry McKeown) 5L back in 3rd. A third victory in the historic Sprint for Paul. 🏇👏#RacingMemories

[Mike Wass @MikeWass2]

OTD 1956 Racing at Goodwood was televised for the first time which included the Steward's Cup, won by the John Waugh-trained Matador (Eph Smith) at 100/8. The race commentary was by the one and only Peter O'Sullevan. 🏇#VoiceOfRacing #RacingMemories

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OTD 1950: 14-y-old Lester Piggott rode his first
@Goodwood_Races winner when Vidi Vici won the Craven Handicap. Lester would ride out his claim in September & finish the season with 52 winners & Champion Apprentice. He rode a total of 197 winners at Goodwood. 🏇👏#RacingMemories

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OTD 1971: Ian Balding-trained Mill Reef (Geoff Lewis) won the King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes by 6 lengths from Ortis (Duncan Keith) & Acclimatization (Jean Dessaint) a further 3 lengths back in 3rd. The equine🌟would go on to win the Prix de l'Arc. 🏇#RacingMemories

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OTD 1977 Vincent O'Brien-trained The Minstrel gave Lester Piggott his 6th win in the prestigious all-aged race, King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes. Lester's first 'King George' winner was Meadow Court in 1965. It was The Minstrel's final race.🏇👏#RacingMemories

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OTD 1969 Nijinsky (Liam Ward) made a winning racecourse debut in the Erne Maiden over 6f @curraghrace. The Vincent O'Brien stable star won 11 of his 13 races; he is the last horse to accomplish the feat of sweeping the English Triple Crown (Lester Piggott). 🏇🇮🇪🌟#RacingMemories

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OTD 1992: 56-year-old Lester Piggott won the Group 1 July Cup at Newmarket for a record1⃣0⃣th time when the Richard Hannon-trained Mr Brooks (16/1) obliged. Lester's first win in the prestigious Sprint came in 1957 on the Malton-based Bill Dutton-trained Vigo. 🏇🌟#RacingMemories

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OTD 1972: 17-year-old Tom O'Ryan rode his first winner when the David Chapman-trained Vivacious Boy won the East Gate Apprentice H'cap @Beverley_Races. On retirement in the early 1980's Tom turned his hand to journalism & racing presenter/pundit.🏇#RememberingTom #RacingMemories

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OTD 2017: 3-times Champion jockey Ryan Moore reached another milestone in his outstanding career when he gained his 2,000th Flat winner in Britain on the @rhannonracing-trained Billesdon Brook in the 7furlong Novices Stakes at Kempton Park. 🏇👏 #BrilliantJockey #RacingMemories

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OTD 1987: Alec Stewart-trained Mtoto (Michael Roberts) at 6-1 won the Eclipse Stakes from Derby winner Reference Point & the classy French mare Triptych in a thriller. Mtoto won the race again in 1988; his sire Busted (Bill Rickaby) won the Eclipse in 1967. 🏇🌟#RacingMemories

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OTD 1987 Mark Johnston sent out his first winner as a trainer when Hinari Video (Bobby Elliott) won the Silloth Maiden Stakes @CarlisleRaces. Moved to Middleham in '88 & sent out 4,874 winners under his own name before sharing the licence with son, Charlie. 🏇👏#RacingMemories