page_title: The Great Match (horse race)
hierarchical_section_title: The Great Match (horse race)
context_page_description: The Great Match is the name given to a match race between two of the most famous British Thoroughbred racehorses of the 19th century - Voltigeur and The Flying Dutchman. The race took place at York on 13 May 1851 for a purse of 1,000 sovereigns.
context_section_description: The Great Match is the name given to a match race between two of the most famous British Thoroughbred racehorses of the 19th century - Voltigeur and The Flying Dutchman.  The race took place at York on 13 May 1851 for a purse of 1,000 sovereigns.
caption: The Great Match by J F Herring: "Volti" is beaten by "The Flyer"
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