New Posts For Thread: Flyingbolt v Arklehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkleInteresting view in the Post today , as someone not old enough to recall see them run.Suggestion that Flyingbolt was superior to his stablemate .As a racing nut , I have always heard that no horse was ever as good as Arkle....Just wondering why this has resurfaced.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=564381735#564381735Just wondering why this has resurfaced.Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:42:54 -0600I haven't read all the above but I was probably more enthusiastic about racing then than I have ever been. I had established a rather unexpected interest in racing because I happened to be off school,sort of ill,at the age of 12 when there was nothinhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=564381727#564381727I haven't read all the above but I was probably more enthusiastic about racing then than I have ever been. I had established a rather unexpected interest in racing because I happened to be off school,sort of ill,at the age of 12 when there was nothinSat, 16 Nov 2024 03:38:07 -0600And dont forget in that Hennessy , What a Myth was third carrying 10st 2lbs vs Arkle's 12st 7 lbs and after a spell hunting he came back to win a Gold Cup (that will never be forgotten either as 100-6 winner as a student was gold dust ) .https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=564381685#564381685And dont forget in that Hennessy , What a Myth was third carrying 10st 2lbs vs Arkle's 12st 7 lbs and after a spell hunting he came back to win a Gold Cup (that will never be forgotten either as 100-6 winner as a student was gold dust ) .Sat, 16 Nov 2024 03:08:37 -0600Impossible question but there are form lines that suggest Flyingbolt achieved more on the odd occasion but Arkle was dominant many times over, shame they lived next door to each other.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=564381613#564381613Impossible question but there are form lines that suggest Flyingbolt achieved more on the odd occasion but Arkle was dominant many times over, shame they lived next door to each other.Sat, 16 Nov 2024 02:02:42 -0600Flyingbolt wouldn't have got the trip on a horse box at Gold Cup pace against Arkle. 90% of his racing career was over shorter trips.bHe tackle 3m four times losing twice at Kempton and Ascothttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=564381115#564381115Flyingbolt wouldn't have got the trip on a horse box at Gold Cup pace against Arkle. 90% of his racing career was over shorter trips.bHe tackle 3m four times losing twice at Kempton and AscotFri, 15 Nov 2024 15:50:57 -0600When Stalbridge Colonist beat Arkle narrowly at Newbury in the Hennessey Gold Cup in receipt of 35lb Stan Mellor plotted that he would stay directly behind Arkle until after the last then outsprint Arkle on the run in.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=560153891#560153891When Stalbridge Colonist beat Arkle narrowly at Newbury in the Hennessey Gold Cup in receipt of 35lb Stan Mellor plotted that he would stay directly behind Arkle until after the last then outsprint Arkle on the run in.Tue, 17 Nov 2020 07:48:49 -0600Thanks, ged, for explaining so comprehensively why the 1966 Hennessy, and the narrow defeat by Stalbridge Colonist, disproves the notion that there was anything second-rate or unfit about the horses to whom Arkle was giving 35 lb.I just threw Chris Chttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=560153725#560153725Thanks, ged, for explaining so comprehensively why the 1966 Hennessy, and the narrow defeat by Stalbridge Colonist, disproves the notion that there was anything second-rate or unfit about the horses to whom Arkle was giving 35 lb.I just threw Chris CTue, 17 Nov 2020 07:14:53 -0600Similar to Walsh I think today's writers are essentially attention seekers, Far less worthy of quote than the likes of Lord Oaksey.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=560153721#560153721Similar to Walsh I think today's writers are essentially attention seekers, Far less worthy of quote than the likes of Lord Oaksey.Tue, 17 Nov 2020 07:14:16 -0600sixtwosix.....You mention Mill House giving massive amounts of weight away yet Arkle gave 16lbs away to Mill House himself in the video I have posted. Crisp was not giving away lumps of weight to Gold Cup horses in the National despite that brillianhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=560153383#560153383sixtwosix.....You mention Mill House giving massive amounts of weight away yet Arkle gave 16lbs away to Mill House himself in the video I have posted. Crisp was not giving away lumps of weight to Gold Cup horses in the National despite that brillianTue, 17 Nov 2020 05:50:31 -0600Gull1 I suppose it is the same odds as Nichols having Kauto Star and Denman in the same yard at the same time and almost the same ability. Chris Cook always said it was before his time anyway. Horses have been racing for donkeys years and, being fleehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31676259/flyingbolt-v-arkle?post_id=560153373#560153373Gull1 I suppose it is the same odds as Nichols having Kauto Star and Denman in the same yard at the same time and almost the same ability. Chris Cook always said it was before his time anyway. Horses have been racing for donkeys years and, being fleeTue, 17 Nov 2020 05:47:01 -0600