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  "publishedAt": "2026-03-07T08:30:13.000Z",
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  "textContent": "Dawn Run in full flight.\n\n**On the eve of the Cheltenham Festival, we remember the magical Dawn Run, the only horse ever to win both the Champion Hurdle and Gold Cup. “Ferocious” in the stable, this Irish mare’s prowess on the racecourse was never in doubt, says Julian Muscat**\n\nThere are several strands to Dawn Run’s status as a legend of the Turf. She merits that description for the fact that in 1986, she was the best steeplechaser over all distances from two miles to 3¼ miles. It would be warranted, too, for her unique achievement in 1984, when she won the Irish, British […]",
  "title": "‘She despised nothing more than the spectre of defeat’: the extra-terrestrial mare who bagged an unprecedented Cheltenham Festival double"
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