Biters, refusers and the wayward

Grey Sovereign behaved badly in three of his races in 1952. Knockroe was a smart but enigmatic horse. Percy's Lass refused to leave the starting stalls. She won the September Stakes at Kempton in 1988. She refused in Princess of Wales’s Stake at Newmarket and in Champion Stoke. In 1971 Knockroroe won five races as a three-year-old but finished second in Morland Brewery Trophy at newbury. He was kept away from other horses. The introduction of starting stall in Britain in 1965 has helped reduce bad behaviour. It is rare for horses to refuse to enter the stalls when the stall doors open.

Marinsky bit Gentilhombre during the July Cup at Newmarket. Arcadian Heights bit an opponent twice in 1992. Moonax bit Always Earnest in the closing stages of the 1995 Prix du Cadran. Palomba bit a jockey's elbow in 2019 Prix Joubert at Maisons-Lafitte. Marinsky died of a twisted gut a month after the New York July cup. He was trained by Vincent O'Brien. His trainer gave an undertaking not to run Marinksy again in England. The horse broke the arm of one of Queen's bodyguards at Royal Ascot.

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