Rubio
Encyclopedia
Rubio was an American
thoroughbred
racehorse best remembered as the winner of the 1908 Grand National
steeplechase
run at Aintree
, England
.
The horse was bred in Rancho del Paso stud in California
in 1898 by La Toquera and Star Ruby from the damsire Sir Mordred by breeder, James Ben Ali Haggin and was sent to the United Kingdom
as a yearling, having been purchased for 15 guineas
.
As a five year old the horse had broken down so badly that he was put to pulling a trolley bus in Towcester
to regain the strength in his legs. The regime worked and after two years the horse was put back into training.
At the 1908 Grand National the horse was relatively unconsidered and wassent off at 66/1, ridden by Henry Bletsoe, the son of the horse's former trainer Bernard Bletsoe, going on to defeat his better fancied stable companion Mattie McGregor by 10 lengths for trainer Frederick Withington.
United States
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thoroughbred
Thoroughbred
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racehorse best remembered as the winner of the 1908 Grand National
Grand National
The Grand National is a world-famous National Hunt horse race which is held annually at Aintree Racecourse, near Liverpool, England. It is a handicap chase run over a distance of four miles and 856 yards , with horses jumping thirty fences over two circuits of Aintree's National Course...
steeplechase
Steeplechase
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run at Aintree
Aintree
Aintree is a village and civil parish in the Metropolitan Borough of Sefton, Merseyside. It lies between Walton and Maghull on the A59 road, about north of Liverpool city centre, in North West England....
, England
England
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The horse was bred in Rancho del Paso stud in California
California
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in 1898 by La Toquera and Star Ruby from the damsire Sir Mordred by breeder, James Ben Ali Haggin and was sent to the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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as a yearling, having been purchased for 15 guineas
Guinea (British coin)
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.
As a five year old the horse had broken down so badly that he was put to pulling a trolley bus in Towcester
Towcester
Towcester , the Roman town of Lactodorum, is a small town in south Northamptonshire, England.-Etymology:Towcester comes from the Old English Tófe-ceaster. Tófe refers to the River Tove; Bosworth and Toller compare it to the "Scandinavian proper names" Tófi and Tófa...
to regain the strength in his legs. The regime worked and after two years the horse was put back into training.
At the 1908 Grand National the horse was relatively unconsidered and wassent off at 66/1, ridden by Henry Bletsoe, the son of the horse's former trainer Bernard Bletsoe, going on to defeat his better fancied stable companion Mattie McGregor by 10 lengths for trainer Frederick Withington.