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Remittance Man (foaled 13 April 1984) was an Irish-bred, British-trained Thoroughbred racehorse who competed under National Hunt rules. He was noted for his consistency, excellent jumping and nervous temperament. Between December 1988 and April 1990 he competed in hurdle races, and showed promise by winning two of his twelve races including the Grade 2 Bristol Novices' Hurdle and never finishing worse than third. When switched to compete in steeplechases he showed immediate improvement and won thirteen of his first fourteen races over fences. In his first season of steeplechasing his wins included the Noel Novices' Chase, Wayward Lad Novices' Chase, Galloway Braes Novices' Chase and Arkle Challenge Trophy. He had his greatest success in the 1991/1992 season when he won the Arlington Premier Chase, Queen Mother Champion Chase and Melling Chase. In the following autumn he won the Desert Orchid Chase and the Peterborough Chase but then sustained a serious tendon injury. He won his comeback race in February 1994 but was beaten in his three remaining races. ==Background== Remittance Man was a "narrow, short and wiry"〔 bay gelding with a small white star bred in Ireland by Martyn J McEnery. He was sired by the French stallion Prince Regent who won the Irish Derby in 1969. Apart from Remittance Man, he sired the Cheltenham Gold Cup runner-up Cybrandian.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Prince Regent - Stud Record )〕 Remittance Man's dam Mittens won two races and also produced the successful steeplechaser Treble Bob. The gelding was sent to the Irish Derby sale and was bought by Nicky Henderson, who trained the him at Upper Lambourn in Berkshire. Remittance Man was the first and best horse owned by Tim Collins who was one of the key figures who saved Cheltenham Racecourse from a takeover by property developers in 1963: as a reward, he was granted free entry to the course for life. He was also a close friend of Nicky Henderson's father, Johnny Henderson. Remittance Man was a highly nervous and anxious horse whose agitable behaviour was only remedied when Henderson introduced a sheep into his stable. The horse became particularly attached to a sheep named "Nobby": when Nobby was returned to his field and another sheep was substituted, Remittance Man savaged the animal, and physically threw it out of the stable. It was only after some difficulty that Nobby was relocated in a flock of four hundred and returned to his "friend".〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Remittance Man (horse)」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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