Horse Racing: Tommy Spar proves himself a game battler; MARKET RASEN.(Sports)

From: The Racing Post (London, England) | Date: August 6, 2007 | Copyright information

Byline: by Tom O'Ryan

SOMETIMES, there is more to a win than meets the eye. Take the case of Tommy Spar. While it was creditable enough for him to land the feature race on this card - the 2m4f handicap chase - for the second successive year, what made it even more credit worthy is that he fractured a pastern in this race a year ago and is something of a walking, galloping miracle.

After seeing Paddy Brennan power home the seven-year-old with six lengths to sp...

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