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What was the first Classic winner that you backed?
What was the first Classic winner that you backed?
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Do you honestly think Lester would hav
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Do you honestly think Lester would have come off the rail and allowed Shirley Heights to get that run in the dying strides? Not a chance. Wille The Shoe drifted away from the fence and opened the door when it should never have been there, imo.
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1964 Santa Claus Scobie Breasley
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I see..point taken spelling
yes too much the gentleman |
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I went off Shirley Heights because I was not sure he would stay
he was Timeform top rated I remember but I backed Julio Mariner..wrong again  |
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Watch the race again ebulGery, not a chance should that gap have had been there. Lester would have made him challenge on the outside, no doubt about that and the race would have been won. The youtube vid is a bit moody but the finish is quite clear. Turning for home Shirley Heights would have been a very big price in running. My Dad had a decent bet on Hawaiian Sound and he was not a happy bunny I can tell you.
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the bairn...
Relko, around 1960, I had 9d on it at 9/2, also bet Altesse Royale at 25/1, Noel Murless with Yves st Martin up, around 1963/4. cheers. My memory is easily as bad as yours, but thought you might find the following interesting.. Relko won the Derby in 1963, returned at 5/1 and 13/2 on the Tote. Altesse Royale won the 1000 Guineas in 1971 ridden by YSM at 25/1. She won the Oaks ridden by Geoff Lewis later than season. |
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Had a look at it again Sl..erm Spelling...
Shirley Heights did have a dream run up the inside, but was Willie Shoemaker aware of him and Hawaiian Sound himself may have been drifting to his right Still it was not my money on him...I would have been gutted if it was When he did come over I thought Willie Shoemaker was very good I remember, on the front runners |
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Authorized for the Derby antepost £10 ew at 66/1
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You're a youngster then Cobblaz?
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46, but a long history of unsuccessful betting
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I can't even lay claim to it being my own pick. A well known face from Racing UK tipped it up antepost to his private clients.
I backed Unbridled when it won the Kentucky Derby (I was there!) and, a few weeks later, I actually had the trifecta up in the Preakness to win $100 to A $2 stake. If I remember rightly, Summer Squall won, Unbridled was 2nd. Forget what came 3rd. I was at Thistledown racecourse near Cleveland, Ohio, with friends that day. And, yes, I know you asked for English Classics! |
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shirley heights
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Charlottown for me.
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iamajambo - My post on here from the 4th June
"Charlottown 1966 Derby, aged 14 (me, not the hoss!). Uncle Jack said it was a cert. straight after we watched it get beat in the Lingfield Derby Trial. His biggest ever ante-post bet, I think. Last Derby winner trained at Lewes, I think. |
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blackbarn,Yes I'd read it.I was 16 at the time.I also backed Pretendre EW .My first ever bet was on Team Spirit in the 1964 National.Been at it ever since.
Btw,from your various posts I think I know who you are.I'll ask you at the next Plumpton meeting in September. |
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I'll be there. I'll buy you a beer, whether you know me or not
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Those Hepworth beers at Plumpton are barely drinkable,though I can tolerate the organic lager and some of the bottled ones.
The Hogs Back,renamed 'Oasis' concession at the Jockey Club's London tracks is the place to be. Until September. |
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Juliette Marny for me, was it about "76"?
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