New Posts For Thread: Arkle for salehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-salehttps://twitter.com/i/status/1626292172067594242Thanks Paulo. I did have that book but it went in one of the purges. Apparently Bray (later Brae) Flame was a stunner. The Sale Show Ring winner by a country mile it was said, everybody was after it. Only one horse in the entire sale went for more mhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562950659#562950659Thanks Paulo. I did have that book but it went in one of the purges. Apparently Bray (later Brae) Flame was a stunner. The Sale Show Ring winner by a country mile it was said, everybody was after it. Only one horse in the entire sale went for more mFri, 17 Feb 2023 14:01:08 -0600On the house price point, my father paid £2,750 in autumn 1958 for a three bed semi in suburban North London.Same house now valued at £720k by Zoopla!https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562950507#562950507On the house price point, my father paid £2,750 in autumn 1958 for a three bed semi in suburban North London.Same house now valued at £720k by Zoopla!Fri, 17 Feb 2023 13:18:05 -0600Have passed the book on now , but think Brae Flame got a good mention in the Foinaven book by David Owen .The early part of the book was excellent .https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562950335#562950335Have passed the book on now , but think Brae Flame got a good mention in the Foinaven book by David Owen .The early part of the book was excellent .Fri, 17 Feb 2023 12:16:47 -0600Thanks Ged. That explains it, I thought he said maiden horse. I did think it was an odd term given he was unraced and broken but unridden.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562950089#562950089Thanks Ged. That explains it, I thought he said maiden horse. I did think it was an odd term given he was unraced and broken but unridden.Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:59:50 -0600Down says '..highest ever price for a Baker horse'. Mary Baker was the breeder - she owned Bright Cherry.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562950073#562950073Down says '..highest ever price for a Baker horse'. Mary Baker was the breeder - she owned Bright Cherry.Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:57:11 -0600Agreed Foxy. Yes I heard Alistair Down say that, but I do not think it is true. It would be unusual for a new record to be broken six lots later by more than 70%. Brae Flame was a three year old too. It is not mentioned in any of my Arkle books ANhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562949999#562949999Agreed Foxy. Yes I heard Alistair Down say that, but I do not think it is true. It would be unusual for a new record to be broken six lots later by more than 70%. Brae Flame was a three year old too. It is not mentioned in any of my Arkle books ANFri, 17 Feb 2023 10:21:13 -0600Yes blackbarn as my check was in pounds rather than the actual guineas so 58,000 nearer the mark.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562949987#562949987Yes blackbarn as my check was in pounds rather than the actual guineas so 58,000 nearer the mark.Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:16:49 -0600yeah but you can still buy horses for 2 grand and also 2 million it was quoted as the highest paid at the time and as such you have to look at the higher end of the scale !https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562949947#562949947yeah but you can still buy horses for 2 grand and also 2 million it was quoted as the highest paid at the time and as such you have to look at the higher end of the scale !Fri, 17 Feb 2023 10:04:01 -0600Agree with Sparrow - I started with £2200 (gns2000) and used the RPI calculator and that gives 58k . I don't think you'd ever use house price growth for this kind of calc as they have risen exponentially, completely unrelated to any other measure ofhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562949943#562949943Agree with Sparrow - I started with £2200 (gns2000) and used the RPI calculator and that gives 58k . I don't think you'd ever use house price growth for this kind of calc as they have risen exponentially, completely unrelated to any other measure ofFri, 17 Feb 2023 10:01:31 -0600from Google,How much did a house cost in 1960 UK?In 1960s the average house price was just £2,530, compared to a staggering £281,161 today.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31792711/arkle-for-sale?post_id=562949811#562949811from Google,How much did a house cost in 1960 UK?In 1960s the average house price was just £2,530, compared to a staggering £281,161 today.Fri, 17 Feb 2023 09:35:27 -0600