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respiratory infection in
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Gorytus a rating of 132, making him their second-best two-year-old of the season behind Diesis (133). In the official International Classification he was ranked third behind Diesis and the French colt Saint Cyrien. As a three-year-old he was awarded a rating of 123 by Timeform while
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restraining Diesis in last place. The favourite appeared to be going well until half way but then began to struggle and quickly dropped out of contention with Carson looking down at the horse's legs as if he had sustained an injury. Diesis won easily by five lengths, with
Gorytus finishing last of
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Gorytus made his first appearance as a three-year-old in the 2000 Guineas over
Newmarket's Rowley Mile course on 30 April. He looked extremely impressive in the paddock and was made second favourite in the betting at odds of 7/2 in a field of sixteen runners. He briefly disputed the lead before
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Gorytus' win at Doncaster that his biggest problem would be security. Some bookmakers had laid the horse to lose so much in the 2,000 Guineas that they could not afford to pay if he won the race. The tabloid
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Gorytus had been "got at" or "nobbled": that is to say that a substance had been deliberately administered to the colt to prevent him from winning. Richard Baerlein, writing in
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Ireland in 1985 before being exported to Japan three years later. He was not a successful sire, with the best of his offspring being the Group Three winners La Monalisa (
216:, was bred in Virginia by his owner, Alice Mills' Hickory Tree Farm. He was an exceptionally good-looking thoroughbred, being described by the independent
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948:Dick Hern – The Authorised Biography
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1074:"Inglis Drever Record By Race Type"
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1150:1996 racehorse deaths
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821:"Union Rags pedigree"
430:, administered in an
347:Seaton Delaval Stakes
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