Favourite all time Festival races ?

Financially - last years RSA chase.

Sentimentally - I was there for best mates 3rd gold cup and Moscow's second qmcc win. Also Baracouda beating Limestone Lad and Iris's gift was great.

financially - Paddy's Return Truimph H '96 33/1 antepost
also had forecast on the day but magical lady was DISQ from 2nd place

sentimentally - The Fellow Gold Cup '94

Personally -
Home Counties 1995 County Hurdle
Mr Mulligan 1997 Gold cup
Xenophon 2003 Coral Cup

Sentimentally -
Dawn Run 1986 Gold Cup
One Man 1998 Queen Mother

On the first day of 2009 festival 2 lengths seperated me from over £100,000.

Fantastic and agonising at the same time.

financially-war of attritions gold cup(winner plus f/c and t/c)

sentimentally-desert orchid/denman both gold cups

financially - Best Mate's first Gold cup in 2002- lumped on e/w at 17/2

sentimentally - "little" Monksfield winning his first Champion Hurdle in 1978. Golden age of hurdlers with Birds Nest ,Night Nurse ,Sea Pigeon et al ...I was only ten but remember it vividly ...still stands the hairs up on the back of my neck. For those of you too young to have seen it I have put the link below......love how he takes the last and sprints up the hill ..(actually wanted Sea Pigeon to win!)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=edLWsh8QbW8&NR=1

Most crushing pain ever felt Moscow 2004, Kauto 2008.

This has relevance to the  below regaining of their  crowns.

Financially- Cool Dawn or A Mr Mulligan/Barton Bank RFC(though i would add that these two races have been the only times ive had a draw on the big race!!)

Emotionally, Got to be Dessie(backed the second as well, have never felt so good about losing)

Draining-The time i had a tasty ew bet on Royal Derbi at 100-1, thought he was going to win, threw away a com f/c slip at the last min with the 1st three written on

Financially :- The Wednesday of last years Festival when I backed Poker de Sivola, Spirit River & Cue Card all on the Tote.  Also had Peddlers at 7/1 (+ an AP bet

Sentimentally :- Inglis Drever's 3rd World Hurdle in 2008 brought a huge lump to my throat

Financially - Newmill Champion Chase 2006

Sentimentally - Denman Gold Cup 2008

Financially - Chief Dan George last year (made up for seemingly being the only person on the whole cousrse who wasn't happy that McCoy got Wichita Lineman up the year before - was on Maljimar at 33's)

Sentimentally - Watching Desert Orchid's Gold Cup on TV now still makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up on end

What Might Have Been - Nina Carberry getting unshipped by Karanja as the tapes went up in 2005. Was on at 110 and went off at 5/1 and I hadn't laid any off

What's Up Boys in the Coral Cup of 2000 is a shocking ommision- the phrase "came from another parish" was surely created for him! I don't think he's even in the camera shot at the second last and absolutely sprouts wings to get there by a neck. Suppose those on Native Dara wouldn't agree

Also, Inglis Drever beating Mighty Man in the Stayers on a personal note, didn't bet much at the time but had what was for me, a good bet on. RIP old boy

Think you might be thinking of Big Strand back in 1997 under Jamie Evans?I might be wrong though!

Financially and Emotionally-Chief Dan George last year, seeing the local horse win at Cheltenham was amazing in itself, getting 38/1 on it payed for my trip on the Thursday/Friday as well

No worries Rodger

Financially - Pigeon Island (never ever to be forgotton)

Emotionally - Edredon's Queen Mother win.

Financially - Newmill's Champion Chase. I was working in Piccadilly Circus at the time at 1 Jermyn St infact and I nipped out for lunch to watch a little graded chase at Thurles. I wasn't expecting much. Just something to watch before I headed back to the monotony of afternoon accountancy. Well I don't think they had jumped the final fence when I was already storming out of the Lad brokes shop to race back to the office because I was certain I had just seen the Queen Mother winner...again i didnt even know it had jumped the last. Got back to the office, checked the rp site then went through every website I could find...boom got it 40/1 Newmill. Lump on time. He just travelled like a dream through the race and I was thinking that year with Moscow on the wain anything was possible.

well u lads know the rest...Newmill went out in front and the rest all conspired to throw their races away with mistake after mistake after mistake...didnt Well Chief fall in that race??? not sure cant remember or was it that unbeaten French mare??? It was one of them anyway. 

Sentimentally - Brave Inca's Champion. I followed him ever since he won the Deloitte Hurdle as a Novice and never deserted him. loved him. Never did I think AP would do what he did and take on the two time Champion winner, 3 time Festival winner Hardy Eustace at the top of the hill and go toe-to-toe with him. Man that was awesome. Then to still have something left for Macs Joy after the last wow!! What made it most was AP's celebrations at the end. Absolutely magic.

Well Chief fell the following year when Voy Por Ustedes won

Yep CV....Kauto Star and the French mare was Kario De Sormaine in one of the oddest exits ever at the Festival lol.

the thurles race was the Kinloch Brae chase...

Voy Por was awesome the next year...digging deep to fight back vs Dempsey.

financially Florida Pearl RSA Chase, Albertas Run RSA Chase spent 6 months emptying cash on them both for this

A striking performance was Frenchman Creek with Carberry on board majestic

Sentimental Desert Orchid was special as was Best mate 3rd Gold Cup, watching Gloria Victis and Nick Dundee crash out are events that still sadden me now