New Posts For Thread: Horse racing's popularity in 1966.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966At the beginning of the extensive essay on Enable in Timeform's recently published 'Racehorses of 2019', the writer comments on the decline in the broad appeal of racing by citing the result of the TV Times magazine poll in 1966 for the most popularBased on weight carrying capability:1. Arkle2. Beatles3. Bobby MooreBeatles placed 2nd based on well known track on Abbey Road album.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559392415#559392415Based on weight carrying capability:1. Arkle2. Beatles3. Bobby MooreBeatles placed 2nd based on well known track on Abbey Road album.Tue, 02 Jun 2020 14:57:36 -0500In the interests of research (and early-onset dementia) last week I purchased from Ebay a disc of scanned TV Times from 1966 but I cannot see any mention of this (or any) poll. Perhaps it was in 1967 looking back at 1966, or perhaps I just missed ithttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559327045#559327045In the interests of research (and early-onset dementia) last week I purchased from Ebay a disc of scanned TV Times from 1966 but I cannot see any mention of this (or any) poll. Perhaps it was in 1967 looking back at 1966, or perhaps I just missed itSat, 16 May 2020 19:13:02 -0500Bobby Moore was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1966. The competition was restricted to humans otherwise Arkle would probably have won it.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559289041#559289041Bobby Moore was voted BBC Sports Personality of the Year in 1966. The competition was restricted to humans otherwise Arkle would probably have won it.Fri, 08 May 2020 10:25:47 -0500I just wanted to recap on my post above and to driver2 in particular. I am sorry if I offended, it was never my intention. I watched the World cup my flat on Greenside Road, Shepherd's Bush and after tea that evening, it was Saturday, went to the pubhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559288337#559288337I just wanted to recap on my post above and to driver2 in particular. I am sorry if I offended, it was never my intention. I watched the World cup my flat on Greenside Road, Shepherd's Bush and after tea that evening, it was Saturday, went to the pubFri, 08 May 2020 07:56:47 -0500I worked for a tour operator subsidiary of Air France for 20 years from 1976 and towards the end of Concorde's commercial life we sold trips on Concorde, such as over the Bay of Biscay that Andrew mentions. I remember 1 flight that was promoted withhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559282735#559282735I worked for a tour operator subsidiary of Air France for 20 years from 1976 and towards the end of Concorde's commercial life we sold trips on Concorde, such as over the Bay of Biscay that Andrew mentions. I remember 1 flight that was promoted withThu, 07 May 2020 03:18:54 -0500The KnightYou were certainly lucky to fly on Concorde, one of my bucket list boxes to tick at the time, but similar to Foxy it was always 'i'll do it next year' although i left UK in 1984 for Greener pastures and that didn't help of course.The aircrahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559281361#559281361The KnightYou were certainly lucky to fly on Concorde, one of my bucket list boxes to tick at the time, but similar to Foxy it was always 'i'll do it next year' although i left UK in 1984 for Greener pastures and that didn't help of course.The aircraWed, 06 May 2020 13:21:25 -0500I lived in London at the time and as much as I loved Arkle who was the best jump horse I am ever likely to see there is not a chance in a million that he was more popular than Bobby Moore or the Beatles.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559280791#559280791I lived in London at the time and as much as I loved Arkle who was the best jump horse I am ever likely to see there is not a chance in a million that he was more popular than Bobby Moore or the Beatles.Wed, 06 May 2020 11:33:33 -0500Perhaps Arkle was popular in London because he ran some great races at Kempton and Sandown. He was also owned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559280767#559280767Perhaps Arkle was popular in London because he ran some great races at Kempton and Sandown. He was also owned by Anne, Duchess of Westminster.Wed, 06 May 2020 11:30:22 -0500Driver people never grew out of gazing up at Concorde it didn’t fly over Manchester much but when it did it was great.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559280611#559280611Driver people never grew out of gazing up at Concorde it didn’t fly over Manchester much but when it did it was great.Wed, 06 May 2020 11:10:46 -0500I never went on concorde something I regret ,the view taken by me is make sure you do the things you want to do ,because one day it won’t be possible for various reasons,bransons idea I believe was to run the plane as an upmarket flight without allhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31645391/horse-racings-popularity-in-1966?post_id=559280597#559280597I never went on concorde something I regret ,the view taken by me is make sure you do the things you want to do ,because one day it won’t be possible for various reasons,bransons idea I believe was to run the plane as an upmarket flight without allWed, 06 May 2020 11:09:08 -0500