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only be set down as a failure, in spite of having 

 had every possible chance afforded her at the 

 Welbeck Stud. 



Charibert, a very fine upstanding chesnut colt 

 by Thormanby out of Gertrude, was foaled in the 

 same year as Wheel of Fortune. It was possibly 

 a comparison with his wonderful stable companion 

 that caused little to be thought of him, for 100 to 6 

 was obtainable about him in the July Stakes, 

 the event that was selected for his first intro- 

 duction to a race-course. This fell to Ruperra, 

 and, as Charibert finished quite in the ruck, the 

 probability is that he was short of a few good 

 gallops, and was started principally with the view 

 of sharpening him up and teaching him his 

 business. Be this as it may, it is quite certain 

 that in less than a month he was in quite different 

 shape, and that Zut, a fairish colt by Flageolet 

 out of Regalia, belonging to Count de Lagrange, 

 could never extend him for the Prince of Wales's 

 Stakes at Goodwood. It is noteworthy, too, that 

 he started first favourite for the Champagne 

 Stakes at Doncaster, having a slight call of 

 Rayon d'Or, whom he defeated by a length, 

 though these positions were reversed when the 

 pair met over a slightly longer course later in the 

 week. It was not surprising that he should have 

 been unplaced, under the full penalty, in the 

 Middle Park Plate won by Peter, for when, two 

 days later, Lord Falmouth started him and Leap 

 Year in the Prendergast Stakes, Archer rode the 

 filly, who beat him by a length, although no 

 declaration was made, and the pair were running 

 on their merits. This race enables us to gauge 

 the two-year-old form of Charibert with tolerable 

 accuracy, for no weight in reason would have 

 brought Leap Year upsides with Wheel of 



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