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GREATT RACEHORS: GAYE BRIEF
A reer review of Gaye Brief cludg tails on the biggt rac he won pl why Timeform nsir him one of the greatt race hors ever. * horse gaye brief *
Greatt Racehors: Gaye Brief. Timeform profile Gaye Brief, who achieved a ratg of 175. Dam: Artiste Gaye.
Gaye Brief was the last horse bought by Fred Rimell before his ath 1981. Gaye Brief was brought along gradually his first season, rated 136P by Chasers & Hurdlers at the end of the mpaign after wng four of his five starts, featg the Supreme nner-up Ryeman the Panama Cigars Fal at Chepstow on his fal outg. That was the third meetg between the pair that season, Ryeman havg flicted Gaye Brief’s only feat at that pot at Haydock November before Gaye Brief, receipt of 5 lb, took his revenge by a hard-fought length the Rossgton Ma at Donster January.
CHAMPN HURDLE HERO GAYE BRIEF AD AT 25.
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Even at such an early stage of his reer, Gaye Brief had exhibed a notably fluent jumpg technique, always an excellent sign for hors wh pretensns of reachg champnship standard. Gaye Brief’s pedigree also poted to him potentially beg able to go a long way, his two-years-olr full brother Gaye Chance havg won eight rac the prev season and another four the most recent, cludg the Haydock Park Champn Hurdle Trial (2m) and the Keh Prowse Long Distance Hurdle (3m).
This was the season Gaye Brief stamped himself to the history books, improvg to such an extent that he was rated 175 by Chasers & Hurdlers havg met wh feat jt once (to the four-year-old Royal Vuln a sprt fish for the Gerry Feiln) seven outgs and claimed the Champn Hurdle and Templegate Hurdle on his fal two starts. That pair reopposed the two-and-three-quarter e Templegate Hurdle jt over three weeks later but was the rapidly improvg Dawn Run who provid Gaye Brief wh his tought challenge, Gaye Brief needg to be firmly ridn on the n- to whstand the renewed effort of the mare by a length, the pair pullg a full 20 lengths clear of the rt.
There’s no doubt that, the sprg of 1983, Gaye Brief was a terrific hurdler and, though he never que reptured that level, he was still good enough to pete at the hight level for many more years. Torn back ligaments meant Gaye Brief was unable to fend his Champn Hurdle crown, rtricted to jt three appearanc all season. On his fal start of the season Gaye Brief feated Amarach easg up to notch another succs the Fred Rimell Hurdle at Hereford.
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And between he and Dawn Run served up a cracker the Christmas Hurdle at Kempton, the pair domatg the market and the race self, Gaye Brief dog nothg wrong but fdg the up-and-g Dawn Run jt too rolute the fish and losg out by a neck. Gaye Brief end the ‘84/85 season wh a $ attached to his ratg Chasers & Hurdlers. Admtedly, he was attemptg to nce 6 lb to Browne’s Gazette the Bula Hurdle on his next start, hardly discreded on the face of , but the way Gaye Brief performed gave e for ncern, never travellg pecially fortably before seemg to stop racg halfway up the n-.
An issue wh his blood was forward as an exce and Gaye Brief was off three months before his next outg the Champn Hurdle, sent off 4/1 send favoure behd the odds-on Browne’s Gazette, nothg else shorter than 16/1. Everythg looked to be gog smoothly for Gaye Brief as he swept to the ont enterg the straight, pecially after the favoure had blown the start, but See You Then llared him soon after the last and Gaye Brief wilted alarmgly to a well-held fourth.