New Posts For Thread: Best jumpershttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpersHurdles, best jumpers of a hurdle ever I saw were the great Night Nurse and Make a Stand https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUB48wqlmAsMay have been many better hurdlers than Make A Stand but few better or faster jumpers of a hurdle. He had the SchweppeYes he did get that disease and was never the same again.The only time they could have met in the Gold Cup, Arkle won it at 1/10 or something and Flyingbolt won the 2 mile Champion Chase and was an unlucky 3rd in the Champion Hurdle less than 24 hourhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562910971#562910971Yes he did get that disease and was never the same again.The only time they could have met in the Gold Cup, Arkle won it at 1/10 or something and Flyingbolt won the 2 mile Champion Chase and was an unlucky 3rd in the Champion Hurdle less than 24 hourTue, 31 Jan 2023 14:11:03 -0600I think illness is the main reason why they never met. The 1967 Gold Cup was meant to be the showdown. Flyingbolt got Brucellosis and never fully recovered apparently. Now that's what I was told long long time ago. But time washes clean and it's hearhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562901357#562901357I think illness is the main reason why they never met. The 1967 Gold Cup was meant to be the showdown. Flyingbolt got Brucellosis and never fully recovered apparently. Now that's what I was told long long time ago. But time washes clean and it's hearFri, 27 Jan 2023 15:11:23 -0600When you look back now, and I was a big Kauto Star and Denman fan, it’s hard to see how these 2 would have had a chance against Arkle and Flyingbolt.Kauto Star and Denman met in 4 Gold Cups as stablemates......Arkle and Flyingbolt never met.......https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562896423#562896423When you look back now, and I was a big Kauto Star and Denman fan, it’s hard to see how these 2 would have had a chance against Arkle and Flyingbolt.Kauto Star and Denman met in 4 Gold Cups as stablemates......Arkle and Flyingbolt never met.......Wed, 25 Jan 2023 14:01:47 -0600https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSr-pczh_0EIs a really interesting watch.You could easily argue the film of Flyingbolt’s Irish National may be the film of the greatest ever performance by a horse over the jumps. Giving a really top mare 40lbs andhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562894725#562894725https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RSr-pczh_0EIs a really interesting watch.You could easily argue the film of Flyingbolt’s Irish National may be the film of the greatest ever performance by a horse over the jumps. Giving a really top mare 40lbs andWed, 25 Jan 2023 04:35:52 -0600Goodness me cryoftruthabsolutely brilliant posts and great reading. Exceptional horses and both in same stable.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562881011#562881011Goodness me cryoftruthabsolutely brilliant posts and great reading. Exceptional horses and both in same stable.Thu, 19 Jan 2023 12:43:16 -0600Timeform have a great piece about Flyingbolt. It really does take you back. I know the great Ted Walsh rates Flyingbolt as highly as Arkle and he is the very opposite of an idiot!I like the huge Irish gamble landed in that Chetenham bog when he won 1https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562880285#562880285Timeform have a great piece about Flyingbolt. It really does take you back. I know the great Ted Walsh rates Flyingbolt as highly as Arkle and he is the very opposite of an idiot!I like the huge Irish gamble landed in that Chetenham bog when he won 1Thu, 19 Jan 2023 09:02:45 -0600Flying bolt is just the second bast jump horse ever and the only horse I can think of who would have given Arkle a race. He might even have beaten him over 2 and a half miles,Flyingbolt’s win in the Massey Ferguson Gold Cup under a staggering 12 sthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562880251#562880251Flying bolt is just the second bast jump horse ever and the only horse I can think of who would have given Arkle a race. He might even have beaten him over 2 and a half miles,Flyingbolt’s win in the Massey Ferguson Gold Cup under a staggering 12 stThu, 19 Jan 2023 08:48:15 -0600He musta been a super star cot but would he have given 35lbs to Flyingbolt or was Flyingbolt a shorter runner ??https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562878833#562878833He musta been a super star cot but would he have given 35lbs to Flyingbolt or was Flyingbolt a shorter runner ??Wed, 18 Jan 2023 15:04:50 -0600I am an old timer. You can believe everything anyone said about Arkle. He was a phenomenon.I remember watching his first Gold Cup on Grandstand when he beat Mill House. The race had to be moved because of the interest in the clash. I was a Mill Househttps://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562874641#562874641I am an old timer. You can believe everything anyone said about Arkle. He was a phenomenon.I remember watching his first Gold Cup on Grandstand when he beat Mill House. The race had to be moved because of the interest in the clash. I was a Mill HouseTue, 17 Jan 2023 11:08:55 -0600When I started betting the old timers used to tell me about Arkle and I can still feel their excitement now.https://community.betfair.com/horse_antepost/go/thread/view/94098/31786641/best-jumpers?post_id=562869645#562869645When I started betting the old timers used to tell me about Arkle and I can still feel their excitement now.Sun, 15 Jan 2023 15:05:11 -0600