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What is the longest horse race run during the English flat season?
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It shouldn't be the Grand National simply because Aintree is a National Hunt course and its fixtures, few as they are, are compiled as such, i.e. "over the jumps".
The 3 miles 5 furlongs steeplechase, formerly known as the Whitbread Gold Cup, which was run at Sandown on Saturday, should be the answer because it was part of a mixed flat/jumps card.
The 3 miles 5 furlongs steeplechase, formerly known as the Whitbread Gold Cup, which was run at Sandown on Saturday, should be the answer because it was part of a mixed flat/jumps card.
Yakki dah, Lucy:
Nice to see you having a swipe at me, and no one else, despite my considered reply to your obtuse question.
By the way, why "the English flat season"? Do flat tracks such as Hamilton, Ayr+Musselburgh(both mixed) in Scotland, and Chepstow(mixed) in Wales, for example, not count? Are they not also administered by the Jockey Club?
There you go again with your English bias, Lucy: naughty, naughty. I've told you about that before, but you clearly choose to ignore the Celtic nations yet again. Echoes of "meritorious" British Olympians?
"...the official start of the English flat season." I hate to have to correct yet another of your erroneous statements, Lucy, but what you were actually referring to is the beginning of the "turf" season in the UK, not just England, Lucy.
You see, to enlighten your ignorance, Lucy, flat racing continues all year round on the all-weather surfaces at, for example, Lingfield, Southwell and Wolverhampton, doesn't it?
Now any mug, including yours truly who has followed horse racing since Piggott was an apprentice, knows full well that the Grand National is the longest race in the UK calendar, but to post such an ambiguous question and then deride the efforts of those who choose to answer it, Lucy, can only jeopardise your chances of being voted my "AB Poster of The Year"!
Do you think I should visit the "AB Suggestions" thread?
Yakki dah, Lucy.
Nice to see you having a swipe at me, and no one else, despite my considered reply to your obtuse question.
By the way, why "the English flat season"? Do flat tracks such as Hamilton, Ayr+Musselburgh(both mixed) in Scotland, and Chepstow(mixed) in Wales, for example, not count? Are they not also administered by the Jockey Club?
There you go again with your English bias, Lucy: naughty, naughty. I've told you about that before, but you clearly choose to ignore the Celtic nations yet again. Echoes of "meritorious" British Olympians?
"...the official start of the English flat season." I hate to have to correct yet another of your erroneous statements, Lucy, but what you were actually referring to is the beginning of the "turf" season in the UK, not just England, Lucy.
You see, to enlighten your ignorance, Lucy, flat racing continues all year round on the all-weather surfaces at, for example, Lingfield, Southwell and Wolverhampton, doesn't it?
Now any mug, including yours truly who has followed horse racing since Piggott was an apprentice, knows full well that the Grand National is the longest race in the UK calendar, but to post such an ambiguous question and then deride the efforts of those who choose to answer it, Lucy, can only jeopardise your chances of being voted my "AB Poster of The Year"!
Do you think I should visit the "AB Suggestions" thread?
Yakki dah, Lucy.
