New Posts For Thread: Remember the original Drakes Drum?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum- and what was the connections connection?The late Billy Fury had a horse too.Unlike McCartney senior Billy could afford the training fees.Anselmo was its name and it finished fourth in the Derby.I am not sure but it may have appeared in a film with him.When this body that was once a Templehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum?post_id=509815755#509815755The late Billy Fury had a horse too.Unlike McCartney senior Billy could afford the training fees.Anselmo was its name and it finished fourth in the Derby.I am not sure but it may have appeared in a film with him.When this body that was once a TempleMon, 10 Oct 2011 09:43:29 -0500hmmm - I think it might be Captain Drake I'm thinking of.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum?post_id=509813713#509813713hmmm - I think it might be Captain Drake I'm thinking of.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:43:39 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum?post_id=509813527#509813527Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:39:15 -0500DRAKES DRUM was a sprinter, trained by Colin Crossley, on the Wirral.PAUL McCARTNEY bought the horse for his father, as a present.Paul had to put out a plea to fans to NOT back the horse - simply because of the Beatles connection- in the Hylton Handhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum?post_id=509812971#509812971DRAKES DRUM was a sprinter, trained by Colin Crossley, on the Wirral.PAUL McCARTNEY bought the horse for his father, as a present.Paul had to put out a plea to fans to NOT back the horse - simply because of the Beatles connection- in the Hylton HandMon, 10 Oct 2011 08:23:06 -0500It was bought by Paul McCartney for his father,he always was a cheapskate little prat.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum?post_id=509812863#509812863It was bought by Paul McCartney for his father,he always was a cheapskate little prat.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:19:37 -0500I think Frankie Durr might have ridden it that day.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum?post_id=509812569#509812569I think Frankie Durr might have ridden it that day.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:10:22 -0500I don't know about original, but I remember a Drakes Drum running in a 2m handicap at Kempton in the 1960's. Might even have been the Queens Prize. Bric-a-Brac was one of the runners.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum?post_id=509812535#509812535I don't know about original, but I remember a Drakes Drum running in a 2m handicap at Kempton in the 1960's. Might even have been the Queens Prize. Bric-a-Brac was one of the runners.Mon, 10 Oct 2011 08:09:33 -0500- and what was the connections connection?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/28500047/remember-the-original-drakes-drum?post_id=509812209#509812209- and what was the connections connection?Mon, 10 Oct 2011 07:57:10 -0500