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655:Timeform staff (1977).
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296:Malton, North Yorkshire
197:Mandarin Handicap Chase
1301:Byerley Turk sire line
562:"Night Nurse pedigree"
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1266:1971 racehorse births
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169:Welsh Champion Hurdle
149:Fighting Fifth Hurdle
466:Above Suspicion (GB)
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183:Free Handicap Hurdle
52:Florence Nightingale
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207:Red Alligator Chase
179:William Hill Hurdle
154:Irish Sweeps Hurdle
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642:Racehorses of 1974
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1062:Flakey Dove
971:Night Nurse
965:Night Nurse
929:Persian War
923:Persian War
917:Persian War
843:1946 Distel
834:1941 Seneca
792:1927 Blaris
686:Irish Times
644:. Timeform.
619:Racing Post
593:Racing Post
521:Toute Vite
511:Blue Skies
449:Prince Bio
382:Falcon (GB)
317:maiden race
311:Flat racing
280:Dick Dawson
240:Night Nurse
112:Reg Spencer
24:Night Nurse
1260:Categories
1248:- ♥ = Mare
1129:Brave Inca
1069:Alderbrook
1050:Royal Gait
995:Sea Pigeon
989:Sea Pigeon
983:Monksfield
977:Monksfield
897:1962 Anzio
797:Brown Jack
723:10 January
625:10 January
545:References
477:Fair Trial
446:Fragilite
441:Art Paper
434:Fair Trial
359:Assessment
340:Monksfield
336:Sea Pigeon
274:Background
143:Major wins
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717:Archived
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370:Pedigree
364:Timeform
268:Timeform
138:£174,507
135:Earnings
43:Milesian
1147:Punjabi
1141:Katchit
782:winners
524:Vatout
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508:Galene
393:My Babu
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248:English
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