Talk:Caractacus (horse)

A fact from Caractacus (horse) appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 10 December 2011 (check views). The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Caractacus (pictured), winner of the 1862 Epsom Derby, avoided disqualification because of the weight of his bridle?

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Excellent article & research. I was hoping you'd get the poem in- I had it as being by "Rhyming Richard", but that's not important. I'm sure I read somewhere that when all the other jockeys were "wasting", young Parsons was under orders to stuff himself with food at every opportunity to avoid having to carry too much lead in the race. Will add if I find it. Also I'm sure that Parsons was the youngest ever Derby-winning jockey. Tigerboy1966 (talk) 10:24, 29 November 2011 (UTC)[reply]