Bill Arnull
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William Arnull was a British jockey. He was from a famous family of jockeys, being the son of John Arnull and nephew of Sam Arnull. Arnull was known to many as the best of the three.
Blucher (Arnull's 1814 Derby winner) in an engraving of 1816 after a painting by James Barenger
Blucher (horse)
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Blucher was a British Thoroughbred racehorse and sire named after the Prussian General Gebhard Leberecht von Blücher, one of the most successful commanders of the Napoleonic Wars, but his name was inv
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…and Shakespeare. For Ladbroke, he won the 1812 Derby on Octavius. He also won the 1804 Derby on Hannibal for Lord Egremont and the 1814 renewal on Blucher for Lord Stawell. He won three successive 2,000 Guineas between 1814 and 1816, and won the fillies' Guineas three times between 1817 and 1832. By this…
Blucher's sire, Waxy
Blücher, the Prussian commander in whose honour Blucher was named