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WHEN KISBÉR WON AT EPSOM

Xander Brett tells the story of Kisbér, a Hungarian-bred colt who conquered a British Classic a century and a half ago.

Four well-known racehorses is a good tally for a country that currently never has more than a few hundred thoroughbreds in training at any one time.
There was the British-bred but Hungarian-trained Overdose, who raced in seven countries and won 16 of his 19 starts. You might remember him not only for the 2008 Prix de l’Abbaye, where his ‘victory’ was void (he’d continued after a false start, one of the stalls having failed to open), but...

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