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1 hour ago, Dancing Show said:

The overthrow of the Dictator?   perhaps he was on the winner?  🙂 

No, gambling had been banned in Ceylon a year earlier which led to the termination of racing in general  within a year or so. 25 years later racing resumed again at a new venue and the Racecourse became the major sports ground in Colombo.

Jurdar was a son of Tehran, the sire of Kurdistan

Here is the "racecourse" today-

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It's Thursday so here's your trivia question:

Who is this chunky chap ?

He only sired one Gr1 winner (who in turn sired 2 Gr1 winners) but he did have a son who stood at stud in NZ. That son's biggest win came in a dead-heat in England while he was Gr1-placed on the continent. He left one top class daughter in NZ.

 

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2 hours ago, von Smallhaussen said:

I was thinking Hurry On but he does not match the criteria.

No, not that sireline, VS. Today's clue: The subject horse (in the photo) scored his last big race win at Santa Anita as a 5yo.

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And an additional clue:

The top-performed daughter of the sire son of the bloke in the photo, won OR placed 15 times in stakes races in NZ including the Matamata Breeders' Stakes, Awapuni Gold Cup and Avondale Cup

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13 minutes ago, Globederby19 said:

 Faux Tirage. Froth was a good mare. Horse might be Big Game.

No. Nice try but you have inadvertently stumbled on another clue. The horse in the photo was out of a Big Game mare

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