457:"I'm going to lunch. I'll leave it to you". After being several lengths behind the leaders on the turn into the straight, Moulton made steady progress along the inside rail before being switched right to make his challenge in the last quarter mile. He accelerated through a narrow gap to overtake Scottish Rifle a furlong out drew away to win by two and a half lengths with Rheingold four lengths back in third.
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outsider for the second running of the Benson and Hedges Gold Cup. Scottish Rifle, Toujours Pret and Sun Prince were again in opposition but
Rheingold was made the odds-on favourite. The 1972 winner Roberto was withdrawn shortly before the race and his scheduled jockey Lester Piggott opted to take
492:. In their annual "Racehorses of 1972" Timeform described him as "a grand stamp of an animal", with a "good turn of foot". In 1973 Moulton was rated 128 by Timeform, nine pounds behind their Horse of the Year Rheingold, a horse he had beaten by more than six lengths at York.
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was being built. He sweated up badly before the race and caused considerable trouble in running. After launching his challenge up the centre of the course in the straight he veered right towards the inside rail, hampering
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Longchamp. Moulton was then sent to Italy for the Premio Presidente della Repubblica over 2400 metres in Rome on 27 May in which his opponents included Hoche (winner of the race in 1972), Orsa Maggiore
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September Moulton was badly hampered in the closing stages before finishing third to Sharapour and Mister Sic Top and was promoted to second after the winner was disqualified. Moulton was equipped with
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Newmarket in October. After being restrained in the early stages, he made steady progress in the last half mile, but began to struggle in the closing stages and finished fourth behind
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Moulton was retired from racing to become a breeding stallion at the
Lanwades Stud in Newmarket at an initial fee of £1,500. The best of his offspring included John de Coombe (
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British Free Handicap for three-year-olds of 1972 Moulton was rated the eleventh-best three-year-old colt of the year, ten pounds behind the top-rated
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He was one of the best horses sired by Pardao who was a top-class middle-distance performer on both sides of the
Atlantic, finishing third in
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the ride on
Rheingold, going back on an informal agreement to ride Moulton if he became available. The ride on Moulton therefore went to the
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in third. In the 193rd running of the Derby Mouton ran prominently for a long way before finishing ninth of the twenty-two runners behind
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on his right hind foot bred by his owner Ralph "Budgie" Moller at his White Lodge Stud. Moller sent the colt to be trained in
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Newmarket in April. At the end of the month he finished a close-up ninth behind Rheingold in the
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496:Stud record
451:Geoff Lewis
337:Coup de Feu
313:Bruce Hobbs
297:maiden race
268:Rule of Law
241:Harry Wragg
119:Harry Wragg
944:Categories
810:26 October
732:2013-05-05
726:Equineline
705:References
680:Sir Cosmo
573:Adargatis
568:Carissima
482:Deep Diver
476:Assessment
426:Sharp Edge
393:Prix Ganay
223:Background
133:Major wins
677:Panorama
641:Nasrullah
604:Myrobella
329:Rheingold
321:The Derby
264:Sir Percy
248:The Derby
237:Newmarket
128:15: 6-4-1
37:Grandsire
659:Respite
614:Hyperion
592:Big Game
576:Asterus
528:Pedigree
486:Timeform
369:blinkers
335:back to
199:and the
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50:Close Up
633:Nearula
522:Ashayer
520:winner
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55:Damsire
22:Moulton
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166:Awards
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156:(1973)
151:(1972)
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125:Record
89:Colour
73:Foaled
41:Pardal
31:Pardao
674:1943
637:1950
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545:1958
455:Geoff
447:Welsh
229:blaze
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