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unusual facts about maiden race


Maiden race

In Australia Vote For Lust won a competition run by betting exchange Betfair to find the country's worst racehorse resulting in Betfair sponsoring the nine year old.


Brighton Racecourse

Prominent racehorse owner, Sheikh Mohammed, had his first winner at Brighton racecourse on 20 June 1977 when his filly Hatta, trained by John Dunlop, won the £968 Bevendene Maiden Stakes.

Only Royale

Only Royale did not race as a two-year-old and made her debut in a maiden race over one mile at Musselburgh Racecourse on 30 May.


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The Green Monkey

On September 15, 2007, The Green Monkey made his racing debut in a six-furlong maiden race at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York.