1.01 losers at cheltenham festival

Maljimar may have touched 1.01 when Wichita chinned it?

I would have thought Barizan was close to 1.01 when about 6 clear jumping the last, only to gt swallowed upby Soldanito ?

Refinement ???

Just checked and Maljimar only hit 1.06.

TD is correct, Refinement hit 1.01.

Charlie Mann's chaser that was a fence clear and was caught on the line. What was it called ?

Merchant's Friend

That was it.

Remeber it well, Maximize nailed it.

I do as well. That must have been 1.0000001 :-)

Dan how did you check that?? Or was it from memory??

timeform

Celestial Gold must have traded short when picked up by Mr Widger

Who got caught by Big Strand ? ( pre Betfair days )

Allegation? .. Or something like that?

Yes - I think that was the one - a Martin Pipe Racing Club horse collared by another Pipe beast, ridden by Aussie Jamie Evans

... With a windmill whip action!! Just checked the result. It was Allegation nutted for MCP. If I recall correctly, Castle Sweep may have won if not making a complete hash of the last (3rd)

yes remember it well, I backed Castle Sweep and it made a complete b**locks of the last !

Allegation

Also pre betfair Talbot was a mile clear turning into the straight and got touched off, think it was Flyers Nap in the Kim Muir. With the other instances above like Celestial Gold, Merchants Friend It seems in the Amateurs races that one rider tends to see the finish line about 1/2 a mile from home !!

Flyers Nap, Remember it well.
It was the first year I went to the festival (97) and recall a young Robert Thornton giving me my first winner on King Lucifer..

97 was when he won his 2nd festival race when he won the old Ritz Club, the race above was in 95

Are you sure? Thought he beat one of JP McManus' in the Kim Muir in 97?

what price did Ouninpohja hit in the county when nailed by perdrobob

Sorry I meant Flyers Nap 2nd festival win was in 97 in the ritz club, think we had wires crossed yes King Lucafer won the Kim Muir beating Time for a Run ( I think )

and as footnote young robert thornton also won the last race on that day. the pertemps final on Pharenear

I'm with you now. Didn't know Flyers had won twice at the festival.
Looking back through his form, far more consistent than I thought, only throwing in the PU's at the tail end of his career.

before betfair time but HARCHIBALD definately would

Harchibald was 05 I think, soon after I joined here.
Many forumites still seething about it at the end of the week when I got back.

was it, i couldnt find ir ow on timeform

Twas my favourite Cheltenham race 'live', before being surpassed by Kauto v Denman I.
Sense of disbelief in the crowd after the Harchibald race was unreal. Sense of incredible anticipation before the 2008 Gold Cup equally so.

native dara would have gone short before what's up boys got him....and le coudray would have before anzum gobbled him up.

"What's Up Boys is flashing home on the inside, to get up What's Up Boys"

Nick Dendee felt like a 1.01 loser [:(]

Back in the days before BF it was punter v bookie - the bookies where jumping for joy when it departed. Sadly this primal battle has gone with the advent of BF. I much prefer the feel of winning/losing hard cash in bookies or on tracks than a computerised balance. It sanatises the whole thing and makes me lose more too

Nick Dundee

guess plenty of personal memories here and burnt fingers perhaps, thanks for replies, be lucky

Imagine Joe Mac in the bumper wouldve been a low price in running.

Harchibald was the originally 1.01 buster legend.

Bet Unsinkable Boxer would've been 1.01 from a long, long way out

duffy , i was on native dara that day, 25/1 to win 5000.sick as two parrots i was. Also had a fair wedge on nick dundee who i thought was one of the best novice chasers id ever seen. Alas jumping was his acchiles

race won by Joes Edge,I tink,3 way photo,wonder
what those 3 went i/r.

yeh...from about the previous november!!!

^that was in reply to hellonewman