A CONTINUATION OF; THE SLOPER AND THE STEEPLECHASE NEW OWNER FOR THE SLOPER By 1911, three years on from his near win at Flemington’s Grand National Steeplechase, the Tasmanian jumper Ally Sloper was a little past his best. He was now owned by the Sheffield GP, and
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FROM A STUMP JUMPER TO THE STEEPLECHASE Ally Sloper was a big boned chestnut gelding with three white fetlocks. He had been named after a British cartoon character; a likeable but lazy schemer who sloped down alleys to avoid the debt collector. Although his name and his
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