Courage Under Fire (horse) Courage Under Fire (horse) Courage Under Fire (1995– 29 July 2017) was a New Zealand-bred champion Standardbred race horse notable for being undefeated in his first 24 race starts. A diminutive horse, he was known as Mighty Mouse. Courage Under Fire was undefeated in both his two and three year old seasons of racing. As a three year old he won a record six derbies. In the Australian Derby at Moonee Valley he broke the track record defeating local star Shakamaker. As an older horse Courage Under Fire was defeated for the first time in a heat of the 2000
Horse racing in Wales off-course betting. 1926 saw the opening of Chepstow Racecourse at St Arvans, and although remaining on the margins of British horseracing until the opening of the Severn Bridge in 1966, it is now the country's premier course. Chepstow holds the Welsh National, which is held annually between Christmas and New Year. Due to the growth of other leisure activities and the cost of keeping and breeding horse, flat and national hunt racing went into long-term decline in Wales from the middle of the 19th century. From the middle of the 20th century most of the country's racecourses had closed. Today