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Virginia Silver Cup last May, following up in September with a commanding win in Fairfax’s Bowman Bowl. Few can forget his tour de force at Morven Park last October, which ended in a betting man’s stretch drive and a stupendous final fence.
All this, and $ 12,000 in winnings besides. But the 10year-old gelding has an unnerving habit of going rigid — even backing up — under starter’s orders. It’s a quirk that has caused considerable aggravation since his debut over fences in 1987.
Said Cockbum: ‘ * If things don’t go his own way, or there’s a lot of shouting, he gets distressed... you don’t want to let him get too flat-footed, or you’re in trouble.” But as Rogers’ wife Donna pointed
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