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MIGHT BITE - HAPPY RETIREMENT

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Good looks attract the eyes. Personality attracts the heart. Might Bite certainly had both but what endeared him so magnetically to many of us was his unique and seriously special personality. Nicky Henderson speaking on his retirement in January said, "You could write a bloody book on him !! He was always a great character. He was as good a looking horse as you'd see, and I think he knew it." Might Bite won 10 of his 25 starts (40%) including 4 Grade 1's, but sadly he was winless in his last 9 races. Both his sire Scorpion and his grandsire, the very classy multiple Group 1 winner Montjeu have both been described as quirky and temperamental. The best personalities in life are always different to the rest. They stand out in a crowd. They are red in a yellow sea. Might Bite was certainly individualistic who was very much out on own. He was a very likeable individual. He was unlike other racehorses. If they went right, he went left. He did things his way. He was horse w