New Posts For Thread: Rip Reg Akehursthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurstAlways one for when the money was downBrilliant screaming,..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564012593#564012593Brilliant screaming,..Wed, 15 May 2024 06:33:54 -0500Young 'uns reading the obituaries might be getting the wrong idea about Akehurst. He wasn't one of those trainers who stop their horses for a year, land a handicap when the money's down, then go back to hooking them up again. Once an Akehurst horse bhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564012463#564012463Young 'uns reading the obituaries might be getting the wrong idea about Akehurst. He wasn't one of those trainers who stop their horses for a year, land a handicap when the money's down, then go back to hooking them up again. Once an Akehurst horse bWed, 15 May 2024 04:51:05 -0500https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564012341#564012341Wed, 15 May 2024 03:32:03 -0500Someone who I knew was in the know and did not guess told me a few weeks before to back Sarawat in the Ebor. For some reason I did not put a penny on him, I think it was my worst betting decision ever.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564012325#564012325Someone who I knew was in the know and did not guess told me a few weeks before to back Sarawat in the Ebor. For some reason I did not put a penny on him, I think it was my worst betting decision ever.Wed, 15 May 2024 03:24:06 -0500good ol reginald. he provoked a rare post from superkeks. must have been a good unhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564012177#564012177good ol reginald. he provoked a rare post from superkeks. must have been a good unTue, 14 May 2024 20:27:08 -0500Not only handicaps!Was at Longchamp when Gold Rod got me and many others out of trouble. Lester not at his best on Nijinsky but brilliant on Gold Rod. If it was good enough reg would always get a win out of it. Rip.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564012161#564012161Not only handicaps!Was at Longchamp when Gold Rod got me and many others out of trouble. Lester not at his best on Nijinsky but brilliant on Gold Rod. If it was good enough reg would always get a win out of it. Rip.Tue, 14 May 2024 19:35:36 -0500morpteh mackem 14 May 24 17:31 remember backing Knowth at Goodwood when it got disqualifiedso did i. not only that i had it in a double with the winner of the previous race moon over miami, from memory at 33/1 going on knowth at 20. did me head in.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564012015#564012015morpteh mackem 14 May 24 17:31 remember backing Knowth at Goodwood when it got disqualifiedso did i. not only that i had it in a double with the winner of the previous race moon over miami, from memory at 33/1 going on knowth at 20. did me head in.Tue, 14 May 2024 16:19:42 -0500RIP Reg....an absolute legend.I worked for his son John for a couple of years many moons ago....what tough shoes to follow. John taken far too early....Reg exceeded most people expectations of a long successful life.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564011779#564011779RIP Reg....an absolute legend.I worked for his son John for a couple of years many moons ago....what tough shoes to follow. John taken far too early....Reg exceeded most people expectations of a long successful life.Tue, 14 May 2024 14:52:45 -0500Turned out Moyne Royal wasn't the best example as Akehurst only had the horse for the first three seasons before moving it first to David Gandolfo and then Arthur Pitt for whom the horse won, and was runner up in two Lloyds Bank Hurdle's, the equivalhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564011733#564011733Turned out Moyne Royal wasn't the best example as Akehurst only had the horse for the first three seasons before moving it first to David Gandolfo and then Arthur Pitt for whom the horse won, and was runner up in two Lloyds Bank Hurdle's, the equivalTue, 14 May 2024 14:39:59 -0500remember backing Knowth at Goodwood when it got disqualifiedhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31841719/rip-reg-akehurst?post_id=564011359#564011359remember backing Knowth at Goodwood when it got disqualifiedTue, 14 May 2024 11:31:50 -0500