Graham Buddry looks back at a horse whose unusual style brought him much reward

Racehorses are sometimes named after great human figures from history and therefore are handicapped by already having a famous name to live up to. Strangely most of them seem to do it and Titus Oates was no exception. The original Titus Oates was born in the East Midlands in 1649, became an English Priest and fabricated more and more audacious lies about a Catholic plot to kill King Charles II before he was eventually imprisoned. Our equine hero was not named, at least directly, after this historical ...