Jannette ended the season with eight wins from ten races and prize money of almost £16,000, the highest for any British horse in 1878.

He stole a number of British horses in compensation.

A riderless British horse went by, almost knocking Royal over.

Fortescue describes this action as "the greatest day in the annals of the British horse".

This was the earliest example of a British horse being sent across the Atlantic for a single race.

So that, he thought, was why officers were willing to pay a small fortune for British and Irish horses.

The terrain was not well-suited to the British horses, resulting in the loss of over 300,000 animals.

Three British horses were successful during this period.

My brother always said the answer to Saxon pig was British horse.

They charged in some disorder, but at first drove the British horse easily before them.