New Posts For Thread: Annual - Anybody remember Be Hopeful? - threadhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---threadThe late Frank Morby talking of the old boy - Be hopeful buried me twice in the paddock then went out and we won I didn't ride him I went with him he was an old b. St but what a character I cried when we had to put him down he broke his leg leading thttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=564069589#564069589The late Frank Morby talking of the old boy - Be hopeful buried me twice in the paddock then went out and we won I didn't ride him I went with him he was an old b. St but what a character I cried when we had to put him down he broke his leg leading tFri, 07 Jun 2024 15:29:30 -0500Be Hopeful mentioned on the Yamadori thread. broke a leg on the gallops as a 14 year old leaving Peter Walwyn distraught. what a horse and what a trainer.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=564069579#564069579Be Hopeful mentioned on the Yamadori thread. broke a leg on the gallops as a 14 year old leaving Peter Walwyn distraught. what a horse and what a trainer.Fri, 07 Jun 2024 15:25:48 -0500Be Hopeful/G P Williams - Scarlet, Black Sleeves and Gold Cap for those who only ever saw him in black and white.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=535719237#535719237Be Hopeful/G P Williams - Scarlet, Black Sleeves and Gold Cap for those who only ever saw him in black and white.Mon, 30 Sep 2013 14:01:16 -0500Good thought - and good shout - ged.1973 - Be Hopeful ran in the One Mile - Abbott's Hill Handicap - on the Saturday (Oaks day)He finished 6th - beaten a length and a half in total - ridden by Pat, at 8st 5lb.Likewise - the year before, 1972 - same rhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=535719141#535719141Good thought - and good shout - ged.1973 - Be Hopeful ran in the One Mile - Abbott's Hill Handicap - on the Saturday (Oaks day)He finished 6th - beaten a length and a half in total - ridden by Pat, at 8st 5lb.Likewise - the year before, 1972 - same rMon, 30 Sep 2013 13:55:07 -0500Only just looked back in, ged the race he ran in 72 & 73 was the Abbots Hill Handicap on the Saturday ridden by then 5lb claimer Michael Kettle and Pat Eddery respectively, connections probably decided the 7f of the Craven was a bit sharp for him inhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=535719131#535719131Only just looked back in, ged the race he ran in 72 & 73 was the Abbots Hill Handicap on the Saturday ridden by then 5lb claimer Michael Kettle and Pat Eddery respectively, connections probably decided the 7f of the Craven was a bit sharp for him inMon, 30 Sep 2013 13:53:56 -0500Ah - he did run at the Derby meeting in '73, as a 14yo, but in a different race. Probably the same was true in '72, but I can't find a card.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=535718891#535718891Ah - he did run at the Derby meeting in '73, as a 14yo, but in a different race. Probably the same was true in '72, but I can't find a card.Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:38:20 -0500BE HOPEFUL's Final season was - as has been posted earlier - in 1973, as a 14-year-old - He also died that year.He ran 8 times in 1973 - Winning Once - on his fourth outing...- at Brighton, on July 4th, in the Friend-James Memorial Handicap, 1 milehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=535718869#535718869BE HOPEFUL's Final season was - as has been posted earlier - in 1973, as a 14-year-old - He also died that year.He ran 8 times in 1973 - Winning Once - on his fourth outing...- at Brighton, on July 4th, in the Friend-James Memorial Handicap, 1 mileMon, 30 Sep 2013 13:37:05 -0500onlooker - thanks - I must have misremembered Cork langer's info - just the 9 consec years then!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=535718779#535718779onlooker - thanks - I must have misremembered Cork langer's info - just the 9 consec years then!Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:32:40 -0500Apologies to Sir JJ. I note Wiki seems to have his date of death wrong - they have it as June 20, 1968, whereas the Glasgow Herald had an obit on Dec 20 of that year saying he died the previous day (ie Dec 19).Young Jack rode the (in)famous Hackler'shttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=535718659#535718659Apologies to Sir JJ. I note Wiki seems to have his date of death wrong - they have it as June 20, 1968, whereas the Glasgow Herald had an obit on Dec 20 of that year saying he died the previous day (ie Dec 19).Young Jack rode the (in)famous Hackler'sMon, 30 Sep 2013 13:26:31 -0500Duncan Keith rode him for a few seasons, did Lester ever win on him at Lewes, seem to remember seeing it in an old form book once.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30098131/annual---anybody-remember-be-hopeful---thread?post_id=535718649#535718649Duncan Keith rode him for a few seasons, did Lester ever win on him at Lewes, seem to remember seeing it in an old form book once.Mon, 30 Sep 2013 13:25:57 -0500