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Hughie Morrison
The Honourable Hugh "Hughie" Morrison (born 7 November 1960) is a British racehorse trainer who specialises in training horses competing in Flat racing. Early life and education Morrison is the younger son of James Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale and his wife Clare Barclay. His elder brother is Alastair Morrison, 3rd Baron Margadale. He was educated at Eton. Career Morrison was advised by the trainer Henry Cecil to see life outside racing before training and initially worked in the pharmaceutical industry and ran a lighting company in Manchester. He began training horses in 1997 having bought stables at East Ilsley the previous September, after a two-year period as assistant trainer to Paul Cole. His first major success came in National Hunt racing but he has subsequently concentrated on Flat racing. In February 2022, Morrison trained his 1000th winner. Major wins Great Britain * July Cup - (2) - '' Pastoral Pursuits (2005), Sakhee's Secret (2007) '' * Goodwood Cup - ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
James Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale
Major James Ian Morrison, 2nd Baron Margadale, (17 July 1930 – 6 April 2003), was a British hereditary peer. Early life and education Morrison was the eldest son of Major John Morrison, 1st Baron Margadale and his wife the Hon. Margaret Esther Lucie Smith, daughter of Frederick Smith, 2nd Viscount Hambleden of the WHSmith family. Morrison was educated at Ludgrove School, Eton and at the Royal Agricultural College (now Royal Agricultural University). Career Morrison was commissioned into the Life Guards in 1949 before transferring into the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry and reaching the rank of Major in 1964. He was a member of Wiltshire County Council in 1955 and again from 1973 to 1977, as well as chairman of the West Wiltshire Conservative Association from 1967 to 1971. He went on to be appointed as Honorary Colonel of the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry in 1982 and then of the Royal Wessex Yeomanry from 1984 until 1989. The family seat is the Fonthill estate in southern Wiltshire ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
July Cup
The July Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run on the July Course at Newmarket over a distance of 6 furlongs (1,207 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in July. It is one of Britain's most valuable and prestigious sprint races, and many of its winners have been acknowledged as the champion sprinter in Europe. History The event was established in 1876, and the first two runnings were won by Springfield, a colt bred by Queen Victoria at the Hampton Court Stud. The present system of race grading was introduced in 1971, and the July Cup was initially classed at Group 2 level. It was promoted to Group 1 status in 1978. The July Cup was part of the Global Sprint Challenge from 2008 to 2017. It was the sixth leg of the series, preceded by the Diamond Jubilee Stakes and followed by the Sprinters Stakes. The race is currently held on the f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Morrison Family
Morrison may refer to: People * Morrison (surname), people with the Scottish surname Morrison * Morrison Heady (1829–1915), American poet * Morrison Mann MacBride (1877–1938), Canadian merchant Places in the United States * Morrison, Colorado * Morrison, Illinois * Morrison, Iowa * Morrison, Missouri * Morrison, Oklahoma * Morrison, Tennessee * Morrison, Wisconsin, a town ** Morrison (community), Wisconsin, an unincorporated community * Morrison County, Minnesota * Morrison Township, Aitkin County, Minnesota Other uses * Clan Morrison, a Scottish clan * Morrison Formation, a distinctive sequence of Upper Jurassic sedimentary rock in the western United States * Morrison Hall, a residential hall at the University of Hong Kong * Webb Horton House, now known as Morrison Hall * Morrison Lake (other) * ''Morrison'', a 19th-century American merchant ship of the Morrison Incident * USS ''Morrison'' (DD-560), a ''Fletcher''-class destroyer sunk in the Pacific in 1945 * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
British Racehorse Trainers
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1960 Births
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Prix Royal-Oak
The Prix Royal-Oak is a Group 1 flat horse race in France open to thoroughbreds aged three years or older. It is run at Longchamp over a distance of 3,100 metres (about 1 mile and 7½ furlongs), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late October. It is France's equivalent of the St. Leger Stakes, a famous race in England. History The event was established in 1861, and it was initially called the Grand Prix du Prince Impérial. It was originally restricted to three-year-olds, and was part of a series of races based on the English Classic system. Its original distance was 3,200 metres. The race was renamed the Prix Royal-Oak and shortened to 3,000 metres in 1869. It was named after Royal Oak (foaled 1823), a key stallion in the establishment of thoroughbred breeding in France. Due to the Franco-Prussian War, the race was not run in 1870 and 1871. The Prix Royal-Oak was abandoned throughout World War I, with no running from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Not So Sleepy
Not So Sleepy (foaled 18 April 2012) is a retired British Thoroughbred racehorse who competed in National Hunt and flat races. In 2019 and 2020 he won the Grade 3 Betfair Exchange Trophy Handicap Hurdle and in 2021 he tied with Epatante in a dead heat in the Grade 1 Fighting Fifth Hurdle, before winning the race outright in 2023. Background Not So Sleepy is a chestnut gelding with a white blaze. His sire, Beat Hollow, won four Group/Grade 1 races in Europe and the United States. His unraced dam, Papillon De Bronze, is a daughter of Marju, winner of the Group 1 St James's Palace Stakes. He was bred by Lord Blyth and remained in ownership of the Blyth family, going into training with Hughie Morrison at East Ilsley in West Berkshire. He is ridden out by his groom Selvaraj Rasiah. Racing career Not So Sleepy raced twice as a two-year-old in 2014, winning a maiden stakes at Nottingham on his first racecourse appearance. As a three-year-old, he raced three times in England and t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Fighting Fifth Hurdle
The Fighting Fifth Hurdle is a Grade 1 National Hunt racing, National Hunt Hurdling (horse race), hurdle race in Great Britain which is open to Horse racing, horses aged four years or older. It is run at Newcastle Racecourse, Newcastle over a distance of about 2 miles and half a furlong (2 miles and 46 yards, or 3,261 metres), and during its running there are nine hurdles to be jumped. The race is the first leg of the Triple Crown of Hurdling scheduled to take place each year in late November or early December. History The event was established in 1969, and the inaugural running was won by Mugatpura. Its title refers to the "Fighting Fifth", the nickname of the Royal Northumberland Fusiliers. In the year prior to the race's launch, the regiment (formerly known as the 5th Regiment of Foot) was amalgamated with three others to form the Royal Regiment of Fusiliers. There were two triple winners of the Fighting Fifth Hurdle during the 1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Goodwood Cup
The Goodwood Cup is a Group 1 flat horse race in Great Britain open to horses aged three years or older. It is run at Goodwood over a distance of 2 miles (3,219 metres), and it is scheduled to take place each year in late July or early August. History The first version of the Goodwood Cup was established in 1808, and it was won on three separate occasions by Bucephalus. Its trophy, a silver cup, was awarded permanently to the horse's owner after the third victory. The replacement trophy was a gold cup, and the inaugural running for this took place in 1812. The race was originally contested over 3 miles, but it was later cut to 2 miles and 5 furlongs. Since 1991 the race has been run over 2 miles. A number of foreign-bred horses won the Goodwood Cup in the mid-19th century. Early winners for France included Jouvence, Monarque and Flageolet, and the United States was represented by Starke. A n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sakhee's Secret
Sakhee's Secret (13 March 2004 – 17 November 2021) was a Thoroughbred racehorse. He is owned and bred by octogenarian, Bridget Swire. Sakhee's Secret defeated older horses to win the 6 furlong July Cup at Newmarket Racecourse which was a key factor in the colt being ranked the World Champion 3-year-old sprinter on turf Sod is the upper layer of turf that is harvested for transplanting. Turf consists of a variable thickness of a soil medium that supports a community of turfgrasses. In British and Australian English, sod is more commonly known as ''turf'', ... for 2007. Sakhee's Secret retired to Whitsbury Manor Stud in 2009. References Sakhee's Secret's pedigree and partial racing stats 2004 racehorse births 2021 racehorse deaths Racehorses bred in the United Kingdom Racehorses trained in the United Kingdom Thoroughbred family 3-d {{Racehorse-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pastoral Pursuits
Pastoral Pursuits (24 April 2000 – 23 February 2021) was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and Horse breeding#Terminology, sire. He was bred in Newmarket, Suffolk, Newmarket and sold for 24,000 Guinea (British coin), guineas as a yearling (horse), yearling. As a two-year-old he finished second on his debut but won his three remaining races including the Group races, Group Three Sirenia Stakes. His three-year-old campaign was abbreviated by injury but he added two major wins in the Hackwood Stakes and the Park Stakes. In 2005 he made only two appearances but recorded his most important victory when winning the Group One July Cup at Newmarket Racecourse. His racing career was ended by injury shortly afterwards and he was retired to stud. He had some success as a sire of winners. Background Pastoral Pursuits was a bay horse with no white Horse markings, markings bred by the Newmarket, Suffolk, Newmarket based Red House Stud. He was sired by Bahamian Bounty, who had his greatest suc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
