New Posts For Thread: Arkle documentary Channel 4 Thursdayhttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursdayArkle: The Legend Lives On.Channel 4 11.05pm to 00.05 (just before Cheltenham highlights programme).Radio Times:ABOUT THIS PROGRAMMEIn 1964, one of the greatest steeplechasers of all time beat the champion of England in the Cheltenham Gold Cup. ArkleMeant to add, the distance was 3m 118yds, not the Hennessy distance.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538325277#538325277Meant to add, the distance was 3m 118yds, not the Hennessy distance.Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:40:27 -0500bloob/Howdi - 1965 Gallagher Gold Cup. Broke Mill House's course record by 17seconds giving that horse 16lbs. That record still stands. Mind you, not many top class 3m chases at Sandown!https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538325269#538325269bloob/Howdi - 1965 Gallagher Gold Cup. Broke Mill House's course record by 17seconds giving that horse 16lbs. That record still stands. Mind you, not many top class 3m chases at Sandown!Sun, 09 Mar 2014 03:38:41 -0500^^^ think yr right amazing stathttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538323193#538323193^^^ think yr right amazing statSat, 08 Mar 2014 18:50:15 -0600doesn't Arkle still hold the course record at Sandown over the Hennessy trip whilst carrying 12st 7lb? I may be wrong, but if that's true then it's some achievement, a bit like Secretariat's Belmont Stakeshttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538323099#538323099doesn't Arkle still hold the course record at Sandown over the Hennessy trip whilst carrying 12st 7lb? I may be wrong, but if that's true then it's some achievement, a bit like Secretariat's Belmont StakesSat, 08 Mar 2014 18:32:27 -0600I've heard that story, dun. Whatever, he seems to have been a mixture of the incredulous and inconsolable.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538321933#538321933I've heard that story, dun. Whatever, he seems to have been a mixture of the incredulous and inconsolable.Sat, 08 Mar 2014 16:27:21 -0600Blackbarn,do you remember that Willie and Pat "saved a suit" on the result? I wonder what they would save these days.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538320779#538320779Blackbarn,do you remember that Willie and Pat "saved a suit" on the result? I wonder what they would save these days.Sat, 08 Mar 2014 14:55:55 -0600Interesting thread (we've been here before on here, of course, many times). I saw him aged 12 and 13 (me, not himself!)so not a great judge. However I've hoped every year since to see something emerge that was close. I haven't yet, but i truly livehttps://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538320445#538320445Interesting thread (we've been here before on here, of course, many times). I saw him aged 12 and 13 (me, not himself!)so not a great judge. However I've hoped every year since to see something emerge that was close. I haven't yet, but i truly liveSat, 08 Mar 2014 14:35:50 -0600And for those who saw him , lets hope it continues .https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538319737#538319737And for those who saw him , lets hope it continues .Sat, 08 Mar 2014 13:56:24 -0600What Storm Alert said.The legend / myth just keeps getting bigger with the passage of time.https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538315449#538315449What Storm Alert said.The legend / myth just keeps getting bigger with the passage of time.Sat, 08 Mar 2014 09:11:40 -0600Did you really mean to have Dunkirk on the list?https://community.betfair.com/cheltenham2011/go/thread/view/113609/30217031/arkle-documentary-channel-4-thursday?post_id=538314733#538314733Did you really mean to have Dunkirk on the list?Sat, 08 Mar 2014 08:32:57 -0600