393:). Environment Friend turned into the straight sixth place but then made progress under a hard ride from Duffield and joined the leader Stagecraft inside the last quarter mile. He gained the advantage inside the final furlong and won by a head, with a gap of seven lengths back to Sanglamore in third place. In August Environment Friend met Stagecraft again in the
373:. The colt was then matched against older horses for the first time in the Group One Eclipse Stakes over ten furlongs at Sandown. He ran at the insistence of his owner: Fanshawe had wanted to give the horse a confidence-boosting run against inferior opposition, while Duffield thought the decision to contest one of the year's most important
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From 1993, Gredley took the unusual step of standing
Environment Friend as a breeding stallion in the early part of the season before returning him to training to compete as a racehorse: he later admitted that he regretted the decision. The horse produced his best performance of the season in June at
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winner Peter Davies, the colt started lowly and was restrained at the back of the eight-runner field in the early stages. He made "smooth" progress in the straight, took the lead just over a furlong from the finish, and drew clear to win by five lengths from
Hailsham, a colt who won the
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Environment Friend's six-year-old campaign followed a similar pattern to that of the previous year, as he returned from stud duty to run very well in the
Coronation Cup. On this occasion he finished second to Apple Tree, beaten a length, with the beaten horses including
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but then defeated a strong field to win the
Eclipse as a 28/1 outsider. Environment Friend never won again, but remained in training until the age of seven, and was placed in several important races including the
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and Apple Tree, but was promoted to second when the runner-up was disqualified. He finished unplaced in his other six races. In the autumn he was transferred to the stable of
Richard Shaw.
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Environment Friend remained in training as a four-year-old, but ran only four times and failed to win. His best run came on his final appearance when he finished third behind
261:. Gredley sent the colt into training with James Fanshawe at the Pegasus House stable in Newmarket. In his first three seasons Environment Friend was usually ridden by
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Environment Friend was not successful as a sire of winners. The best of his flat racers was probably Green Jewel, a mare who won the
369:. He made no impression in the race, being always towards the rear and finishing eleventh, more than forty lengths behind the winner
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298:. He made progress in the last quarter mile, took the lead inside the final furlong and won by half a length from Fly To The Moon.
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but finished strongly to take second place ahead of
Stagecraft. Environment Friend ended his season in the
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Environment Friend was a grey horse bred by his owner, Bill
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Environment Friend began his racing career in a seven furlong
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1022:"Thoroughbred Bloodlines – Maid of the Glen – Family 1-u"
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Pedigree of Environment Friend (GB), grey stallion, 1988
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and the sire of several other major winners including
349:. Starting a 20/1 outsider in a field headed by the
176:best known for his win in the 1991 running of the
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221:. He was sired by the American stallion
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788:"Eclipse hero Environment Friend dies"
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896:"Irish Champion Stakes result 1991"
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917:"Champion Stakes result 1992"
814:. Racing Post. 4 October 1990
736:"Environment Friend pedigree"
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980:"Eclipse Stakes result 1995"
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284:Sandown Park Racecourse
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854:"Dante Stakes result"
761:"Cozzene Stud Record"
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792:Racing Post
697:Barn Pride
664:Pocahontas
627:Blue Canoe
621:Sir Gaylord
612:Not Afraid
601:Prince John
584:Chamossaire
499:Stud record
470:Intrepidity
466:Only Royale
446:Opera House
332:Group Three
288:Barry Hills
280:maiden race
188:win in the
1043:Categories
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740:Equineline
719:References
702:Lakewoods
691:Bold Ruler
659:Romanella
590:Life Hill
387:Sanglamore
213:Background
143:Major wins
640:Tom Rolfe
617:Wildwook
580:Chambord
575:Ranavalo
505:Grade III
454:Urban Sea
347:The Derby
194:The Derby
170:racehorse
130:31: 3-3-3
59:Tom Rolfe
50:Water Woo
37:Grandsire
706:Hyperion
678:Waterloo
653:Tenerani
565:Fortino
537:Pedigree
422:Tel Quel
371:Generous
255:yearling
251:Waterloo
231:Tikkanen
205:and the
138:£395,951
135:Earnings
69:Stallion
550:Cozzene
489:Halling
476:in the
379:Terimon
328:Selkirk
324:Corrupt
259:guineas
253:. As a
249:winner
223:Cozzene
117:Trainer
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31:Cozzene
667:Roman
474:Ezzoud
462:Monsun
186:length
156:(1991)
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127:Record
91:Colour
75:Foaled
682:1969
648:Ribot
644:1962
642:(USA)
636:1976
597:1971
562:1967
560:(IRE)
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339:Marju
109:Owner
680:(GB)
672:How
558:Caro
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