they light the tree at rockerfeller center in early november.
when do they light the tree at rockerfeller center?
early november
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on 16 march nichols canyon was stepped up in distance to contest the stayers' hurdle over three miles at the cheltenham festival in which he was partnered by walsh and started at odds of 10/1 in a twelve-runner field. unowhatimeanharry started odd-on favourite after winning eight consecutive races including the spa novices' hurdle and the long walk hurdle. the other runners included cole harden. jezki, zarkandar and shaneshill. nichols canyon was held up by walsh as cole harden set a strong pace before giving way to the outsider lil rockerfeller on the final turn. nichols canyon moved into contention approaching the final flight, produced a strong late run on the rail, took the lead in the final strides and won by three quarters of a length from lil rockerfeller with unowhatimeanharry three and a half lengths away in third. after the race graham wylie said "when i told willie to buy a horse for me, he rang me up and said 'i think i've found you the next inglis drever'. he looks like inglis drever as he's only a pony, but he flew up the hill. ruby told me he'd ride him like that to make sure he got the trip. it wasn't until approaching the last i thought he might get placed, never mind win... we thought he'd be a champion hurdle horse, but it hasn't gone right... but this is great. willie is a genius". walsh commented "he's a little warrior. he switched off, he jumped and we just crept away. lil rockerfeller was battling back at me but he kept going all the way to the line". on his final start of the season nichols canyon started 7/4 favourite for the champion stayers hurdle at punchestown on 27 april. the race developed into a sustained struggle between nichols canyon and unowhatimeanharry with the british-trained gelding prevailing by a head.
nichols canyon (horse)