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Cheltenham Festival
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FAO: Arkle Fans - He was not the best pound for pound horse of all time ;-)
FAO: Arkle Fans - He was not the best pound for pound horse of all time ;-)
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Just So - good point mate.
Let's be honest though he ain't going to go to the Festival all the time he has a hole to sh!t through. anyway this year they are doing an IQ test on the gates so he won't get in anyway  |
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I think he's getting desperate for attention. Posting in every thread now, nobody replying to the inbred.
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I don't have a problem with people questioning Arkle and it may be that the 212 timeform rating is a bit lively but if you bother to go back and really research it you cannot possibly argue that he was , by some margin, the greatest horse to ever get hold of a bit.
It would be easier if you were around at the time (I wan't) because you have more of a feeling for the worth of some of the collaterol form as many of us would today. Its not a simple matter of weights and measures but when they have to re-frame the handicap system to allow horses to run off something approaching their proper weight and the horse that has caused it still wins handicap chases we will know we have a potential challenger to the crown. The interesting argument is who is second best over 3m and my choice around either Newbury or Cheltenham would be Denman. Around Kempton it would be Kauto Star and Desert Orchid in a dead heat for 2nd. In all probability 20l behind the winner. Okay Panto, I'll bite. Heard of Lottery? Won the initial Grand National. Never mind the handicap having to be reformed, race entries in his day were specifically framed for 'all horses except Lottery'. I haven't read the book you mentioned but I'm guessing it starts out with a conclusion: that Arkel was the greatest ever, then picks the 'facts' out to support it. Throw in some rheumy-eyed references to 'Himself' as if the author was an amalgam of The Duchess of Westminster, Tom Treacy and Pat Taffe rolled into one, lay back and have your prejudices confirmed. Okay, okay I know. Comparisoms are a waste of time and if my auntie had balls she'd be my uncle. Plus they allow Cretins-c0me-lately like our friend here to come on, spouting molten horsesh1t to God knows what end. But you can talk to me until you're blue in the face, but I'll never have Arkle being THAT superior to anything else that's ever tackled a fence - and on my more combative days, that he's the best chaer that ever drew breath! |
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Tom Treacy???? WTF?
Tom Dreaper of course |
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Game of opinions Roger - yours is perfectly valid because it appears to be based on a reasonable amount of knoweldge
Unlike some [;)] |