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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 38. Chapters: Flyingbolt, Sublimity, Shergar, Sea the Stars, Golden Cygnet, Sadler's Wells, Noblesse, Starspangledbanner, Rock of Gibraltar, Yeats, Ballymoss, Rip Van Winkle, Roberto, Seattle Dancer, Galileo, Dylan Thomas, Be My Guest, Hawk Wing, Go And Go, Sir Tristram, Bold Lad II, New Approach, Fairy King, Silver Birch, Star Shoot, Refuse To Bend, Giant's Causeway, Theatrical, Landseer, Star Appeal, Desert King, Tulyar, Ardross, Dorans Pride, El Prado, Jack Ketch, Vintage Crop, Erins Isle, Sagaro, Indigenous, Lomond, Woodman, St Jovite, Try My Best, Flagship Uberalles, Duke of Marmalade, Marienbard, Sir Ivor, Azamour, Assert, Fame and Glory, Vale of York, Holy Roman Emperor, Soldier of Fortune, Ballingarry, Ragusa, Cottage Rake, Faugh-a-Ballagh, Black Bear Island, Peeping Fawn, Commanche Court, Relaxed Gesture, Canford Cliffs, Mastercraftsman, Alexander Goldrun, Royal Academy, Finsceal Beo, Remember Rose, Golden Fleece, Cuan Na Grai, Horatio Nelson, St Nicholas Abbey, Cape Blanco, Eagle Mountain, Bindaree, Mathew. Excerpt: Flyingbolt was a famous racehorse. Officially he is the second best National Hunt racehorse of all time, after Arkle, but he is not nearly as well known as his rival. Flyingbolt's racing career was dogged by illness and injury but at his best he was probably as good as Arkle. It is very difficult to rate horses who never actually raced against each other but a comparison of their merits is probably best illustrated by the Official Handicapper who at one stage in 1966, when both were at the height of their powers, rated Arkle the superior by only 1 lb (0.5 kg). Timeform, the highly respected racing publication had a difference of 2 lbs between them. Some will argue that Flyingbolt was the better but unfortunately he wasn't given the chance to prove it because both were trained by the same man, Tom Dreaper....
