New Posts For Thread: Cheltenham Festival results 1979https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979Can some bright spark on here give me the full Cheltenham Festival results for Gold Cup day (ALVERTON) 1979.Much appreciated.I had forgotten that Badsworth Boy was third in the Triumph , just recall him running in the Champion Hurdle the year after , before setting a staggering unique 2 mile record that none of the greats have been able to match.The first 3 in the 81 Granhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553391329#553391329I had forgotten that Badsworth Boy was third in the Triumph , just recall him running in the Champion Hurdle the year after , before setting a staggering unique 2 mile record that none of the greats have been able to match.The first 3 in the 81 GranFri, 19 Jan 2018 05:30:51 -0600big fieldthere was no friday festival in 1979differentdrumthe aw has affected the triumph {juvenile scene} that said we get get very good winners of the race.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553390745#553390745big fieldthere was no friday festival in 1979differentdrumthe aw has affected the triumph {juvenile scene} that said we get get very good winners of the race.Fri, 19 Jan 2018 03:18:28 -0600As I recall the juvenile hurdle scene in those days was totally different to what it is now. I think they had the Trial, the Finale and the likes of the Stroud Green but they attracted far more runners than the handful that we now expect. David Baronhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553390685#553390685As I recall the juvenile hurdle scene in those days was totally different to what it is now. I think they had the Trial, the Finale and the likes of the Stroud Green but they attracted far more runners than the handful that we now expect. David BaronFri, 19 Jan 2018 03:00:19 -0600Brings back memories. My family had a home bred hurdler called Tough Debate who finished third to Celtic Ryde at Worcester. Tufty only ever won one race when ridden by Sandy May and trained by Jim Old so hardly surprising that he was well beaten by Chttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553390683#553390683Brings back memories. My family had a home bred hurdler called Tough Debate who finished third to Celtic Ryde at Worcester. Tufty only ever won one race when ridden by Sandy May and trained by Jim Old so hardly surprising that he was well beaten by CFri, 19 Jan 2018 03:00:18 -0600https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553390635#553390635Fri, 19 Jan 2018 02:42:10 -0600May I ask why you want the SPs of races from the Friday of Cheltenham in 1979? I don't have the info you require, just seems a very random request lolhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553390629#553390629May I ask why you want the SPs of races from the Friday of Cheltenham in 1979? I don't have the info you require, just seems a very random request lolFri, 19 Jan 2018 02:40:58 -0600Thank you onlooker....good stuff.Have you got the SP's.Thanks.MONTE CECO got that race in the stewards room. I know I backed Pollardstown at around 12/1.While standing there in the freezing cold did not anticipate The Triumph would be such a brillianhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553390497#553390497Thank you onlooker....good stuff.Have you got the SP's.Thanks.MONTE CECO got that race in the stewards room. I know I backed Pollardstown at around 12/1.While standing there in the freezing cold did not anticipate The Triumph would be such a brillianFri, 19 Jan 2018 02:05:18 -0600I see. Sad endhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553389295#553389295I see. Sad endThu, 18 Jan 2018 16:31:52 -0600drowned in a road accident with another jockey.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553389235#553389235drowned in a road accident with another jockey.Thu, 18 Jan 2018 16:19:43 -0600Dunno Foxy. I was only a kid. Remember him as a jockey, thoughhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/30982647/cheltenham-festival-results-1979?post_id=553389219#553389219Dunno Foxy. I was only a kid. Remember him as a jockey, thoughThu, 18 Jan 2018 16:16:06 -0600