385:). Ile de Chypre led from the start, with Legal Case being restrained towards the rear of the field, before making progress in the last quarter mile on the stands side (the left side from the jockeys' viewpoint). Inside the final furlong the three-year-olds Dolpour, Legal Case and Scenic moved up to challenge Ile de Chypre, although Scenic was squeezed for room and failed to maintain his run. The final strides saw Dolpour, Ile de Chypre and Legal Case racing neck-and-neck before crossing the line together. After a
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at Ascot but made no impact and came home tenth of the eleven runners. The colt showed better form when he returned in autumn. In his second attempt at the Arc de
Triomphe, he finished sixth of the twenty-one runners, six lengths behind the winner
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At the end of his racing career, Legal Case was exported to become a breeding stallion in Brazil. His last foals were born in 2007. The best of his offspring included Evil
Knievel, a Grade I winner in Brazil and Virginie, who won the
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on 8 October. Starting at odds of 18/1 he was towards the rear of the nineteen-runner field for most of the way before making steady progress in the straight and finishing eighth, less than five lengths behind the winner
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Training problems kept Legal Case off the racecourse for most of the 1991 season and he made only two appearances in late autumn. On 29 October, he started odds-favourite against three opponents in a minor race at
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Less than two weeks after his run at
Longchamp, Legal Case, ridden by Cochrane, was one of eleven horses to contest the Champion Stakes over ten furlongs at
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In 1990 Dettori took over from
Cochrane as Cumani's stable jockey. Legal Case remained in training as a four-year-old, but did not appear until the
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Windsor in August, in which he was matched against older horses for the first time. He started favourite but was beaten three lengths by the
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and sire. He did not appear until the summer of his three-year-old season, but then made rapid progress, winning two minor races and the
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winner
Maraakiz. On his final start he returned to Rome for the Premio Roma in November but finished fifth of eleven behind Sikeston.
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Legal Case was inbred 4 × 4 to
Princequillo, meaning that this stallion appears twice in the fourth generation of his pedigree.
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three lengths back in third place. The colt was then moved up to the highest level when he was sent to France to contest the
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out of the mare
Maryinsky. Alleged was a successful stallion, and a strong influence for stamina: his best winners included
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and won by six lengths from Silly Habit. Cochrane regained the ride when Legal Case was moved up in class for the Listed
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from Enigma with the pair finishing ten lengths clear of the other twelve runners. A month later, he was ridden by
365:. Dolpour was made favourite on 4/1 with Legal Case 5/1 second choice in the betting alongside the four-year-old
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Legal Case was unraced as a two-year-old and did not appear on a racecourse until June 1989, when he contested a
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389:, Legal Case was declared the winner by a head from Dolpour, with Ile de Chypre a short head away in third.
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Newmarket on 10 July but never looked likely to win and finished fifth of the seven runners behind
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when he started 2/9 for a graduation race (for horses with no more than one previous win) at
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in 1980. Apart from Legal Case, Maryinsky also produced La Sky, the dam of
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favourite and recovered from a slow start to win by three quarters of a
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265:(later Baron White of Hull) and trained at the Bedford House stable in
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bred in Ireland by Ovidstown Investments Ltd. He was sired by the dual
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of the Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe over 2,400 m (7,900 ft) at
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179:(18 April 1986 – after 2006) was an Irish-bred British-trained
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During his racing career, Legal Case was owned by the businessman
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in October 1989. He was never as good again, but did win the
828:"Full Result 4:45 Beverley - Hunsley Beacon Maiden Stakes"
417:. Eighteen days later he started at odds of 14/1 for the
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winner Scenic, the improving handicapper Braashee, the
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Faith, Nicholas; Griffiths, Richard (24 August 1995).
884:"Frankie plays a part in Cumani's Italian connection"
842:"Full Result 8.50 Windsor - Thames Graduation Stakes"
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419:King George VI and Queen Elizabeth Stakes
333:In September, Legal Case was moved up to
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190:before recording his biggest win in the
965:"Brazilian Triple Crown Winner Retired"
963:Ingwell Goode, Kristin (26 July 2000).
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472:(Gran Criterium, Premio Parioli,
16:Irish-bred Thoroughbred racehorse
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920:. Racing Post. 29 October 1991.
872:. Racing Post. 21 October 1989.
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409:. He started favourite for the
808:"Obituary: Lord White of Hull"
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768:"Horse Profile for Maryinsky"
704:Sybil's Sister (Family:14-c)
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830:. Racing Post. 14 June 1989.
789:"Pretty Polly - Family 14-c"
326:-trained colt Dolpour, with
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932:"Legal Case - Stud Record"
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918:"Trinity Stakes result"
793:Thoroughbred Bloodlines
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856:"Select Stakes result"
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988:1986 racehorse births
746:"Alleged Stud Record"
732:"Legal Case pedigree"
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111:Ovidstown Investments
904:"Premio Roma result"
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685:Princequillo
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654:Lady Angela
600:Princequillo
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474:Premio Ribot
466:Prix Daphnis
436:heavy ground
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387:photo finish
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347:68th running
343:Indian Queen
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300:Ray Cochrane
298:. Ridden by
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256:Sixties Icon
224:Miss Alleged
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181:Thoroughbred
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120:Gordon White
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680:Round Table
607:Not Afraid
594:Prince John
577:War Admiral
568:Pocahontas
511:Stud career
489:and won by
399:Royal Ascot
335:Group Three
302:he started
288:maiden race
271:Luca Cumani
248:Love Divine
236:Midway Lady
232:Law Society
196:Premio Roma
168:Premio Roma
130:Luca Cumani
982:Categories
969:BloodHorse
716:References
669:Almahmoud
573:Wavy Navy
202:Background
177:Legal Case
152:Major wins
31:Legal Case
21:Legal case
752:1 October
622:Tumbling
616:Determine
583:Triomphe
557:Tom Rolfe
524:in 1999.
383:The Derby
267:Newmarket
208:bay horse
184:racehorse
139:14: 6-1-1
59:Maryinsky
46:Grandsire
950:Equibase
772:Equibase
659:Natalma
643:Nearctic
528:Pedigree
470:Sikeston
424:Saumarez
415:Sapience
292:furlongs
244:The Oaks
212:markings
147:£458,421
144:Earnings
77:Stallion
541:Alleged
498:⁄
451:⁄
432:Linamix
405:in the
403:Terimon
254:winner
246:winner
228:Shantou
220:Alleged
218:winner
126:Trainer
108:Breeder
93:Ireland
90:Country
64:Damsire
40:Alleged
699:Midas
648:Nearco
468:) and
308:length
170:(1990)
165:(1989)
160:(1989)
136:Record
98:Colour
82:Foaled
676:1963
639:1961
637:(CAN)
631:1977
590:1966
562:Ribot
553:1968
551:(USA)
545:1974
543:(USA)
116:Owner
754:2012
538:Sire
430:and
304:8/11
234:and
36:Sire
627:Dam
520:at
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294:at
269:by
102:Bay
74:Sex
56:Dam
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