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'After breezing her I knew she was ready to run the race of her life'
Scott Burton on the homebred who pipped Lammtarra to be 1995 Horse of the Year
Ridgewood Pearl breaks the track record in the 1995 Coronation Stakes at Royal AscotCredit: Chris Cole
Next week the Curragh’s annual tribute to one of its finest fillies will take place as hopefuls line up for the Ridgewood Pearl Stakes. Its namesake, who travelled the world in a blaze of glory, lived up to her connections’ expectations – and more – setting the 1995 season alight and leaving some of the year’s best colts in her wake.
PROMISING START
A pair of starts in the autumn as a two-year-old was all John Oxx needed to convince himself he had a special filly on his hands.
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