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 - Go Native Supreme 09

Sentimentally - The ill fated Wichita Lineman and AP's ride in 09 WH

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

Finacially-Nicanor
Sentimentally-Desert Orchid
Greatest finish-Viking Flagship 1994 Queen Mother epic finish with travado and deep sensation and the Viking winning a thriller

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

Financially, Ilnamars Coral Cup (Who cares what year?) that was special, especially when I saw the Tote dividend. Ahhhh, the hairs on the back of my neck still stand up when I think of that race!

Sentimentally, Brave Inca Champion Hurdle and Witchita Lineman even though I didn't have a bean on him. The roar as he was getting up on the line is something that will stay with me until I die

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

Fantastic and agonising at the same time.

Financially - Copper Bleu last year

Sentimentally - Denman RSA and Gold Cup wins

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

sentimentally-desert orchid/denman both gold cups

financially - champion hurdle 2011

sentimentally - champion hurdle 2011

:D

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

Financially Katchit 2008, Punjabi 2009

Emotionally Moscow 2005, Kauto 2009.

Most crushing pain ever felt Moscow 2004, Kauto 2008.

This has relevance to the  below regaining of their  crowns.

Financially - Rough Quest in the Ritz Club Chase

Emotionally - Got to be Dessie

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 Sublimity winning the CH; I also laid Detroit City in the same race and that was my main concern. Once I was fully confident I had DC beaten my eyes switched to Sublimity and it was absolutely hacking. I won over £16k on the race and finished the meeting down!!

Sentimentally it is a joint one between Burrough Hill Lad winning the GC, Dawn's Run winning the GC and the superb One Man winning the Queen Mother.

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

Pedrobob winning The County Hurdle

One Man winning the QM Chase / Istabraq's last CH / Masterminded's 2008 QM demolition job

Financially - Newmill Champion Chase 2006

Sentimentally - Denman Gold Cup 2008

Financially - Alberta's Run in last year's Ryanair 80-1 matched on betfair ante-post
Sentimentally - Best Mates 3rd Gold Cup in 2004

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

I was on maljimar too Arsene so you were not alone

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

Was What's Up Boys the one where that Aussie nutter with the whirling whip action seemingly passed the whole field after the last flight?

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

Financially - Voy Por Ustedes' Arkle 33/1   

Sentimentally - Best Mates' third     

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

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

That's the gadjie - cheers!

No worries Rodger

(Another) Financially - Chief Dan George last year. 55/1 on the tote, think the cashier there will remember me !


Great aftertiming thread imo.

Financially - Pigeon Island (never ever to be forgotton)

Emotionally - Edredon's Queen Mother win.

Hard one this !!

Financially - Forecast Chief Dan George & Package last year, Kicking King & War of Attrition both 66/1 ante post prior to there gold cup triumphs 12 months prior and Alderbrook 50/1 AP

Sentimentally - One Man Champion Chase, Inglis Drever 3rd World Hurdle or Denmans Gold Cup

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.

Gooner it was none other than Kauto Star who fell in that race.

Well Chief fell the following year when Voy Por Ustedes won

I'll never forget Unsinkable Boxer as he seemingly floated over the ground as they came down the hill. When McCoy waved his whip to the crowd the whole place went bananas - happy days.

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.

Sentimentally when Buck House won the Supreme Novices in 1983 and as he passed the post a saddle went up in the air

Financially when Buck House won the Champion Chase in 1986. Nine months later my eldest girl was born and she's cost me a fortune!

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

UNSINKABLE BOXER.

McCoy "How do you want me to ride him?"

Pipe "Any way you want! - This is the biggest certainty ever on a racetrack"

fin- harry hastings/pearlyman
emot- dawn run

Financially - Pedrobob - I was been crushed that week - got out of jail big time.

Emotionally (and financially) - there is only one - ANZUM, boy I will have to watch the tape again just to make sure he got up......[:)]

Johnny the guesser
Had my whole weeks spending money on UB while at uni. Had an oral exam nonsense where you had to present to class. I was one of the last to do it so sprinted down to the bookies just as it started. Never witnessed anything easier

Yeah Anzum was a memory and a half.

I was on the Club lawn just before the Stayers and got chatting to a frightfully well-to-do sounding bloke, with an Owners and trainers badge on. Turns out he was one of the crew that owned Anzum.

You know how the race panned out, with Johnson bringing him through from somewhere in Worcestershire. With each stride, the old aristo next to me's language just got worse and worse (or better and better depending on your viewpoint) until it ended up right in the sewer in a string of joyous 'Fux' (and it's semantic derivatives) peppered with a few 'C's for garnish!

From Brian Sewell to Shaun Ryder in the space of about a minute - utterly brilliant!!

Financially - See More Business

Emotionally - Young Spartacus or Harry Hastings

Financially - Buena Vista in last year's Pertemps

Emotionally - Probably Rooster Booster in 2003 'spring-heeled at the last' and cantering all over them as they turned in.

emotionally - DESERT ORCHID'S GOLD CUP
financially - pigeon island at 40/1 second part of a £10ew dbl where the first one had already won at 20/1

Financially: Collier Bay winning the CH.

Sentimentally: Best Mate third Gold Cup. Watching him strut round the paddock after the race was special.

Most Exciting moment. Lucky Bay finishing sixth in the NH chase when I became a prize winning owner at a Festival for the first and only time (so far)!