New Posts For Thread: Old memories.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memoriesOn a cold wet morning I feel like recording a few early memories of our great sport from the perspective of a 75 year fan.Watching The Dickler win the Open Point to Point at Didmarton and then going on to win the Gold Cup as See More Business did yeaGood to hear mr big is well loper the hairy molly story is still by a long way the funniest story I’ve ever heard will he be at Cheltenham next month ?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565234567#565234567Good to hear mr big is well loper the hairy molly story is still by a long way the funniest story I’ve ever heard will he be at Cheltenham next month ?Tue, 17 Feb 2026 01:18:17 -0600Sageform, looks like yout first visit to Bath was in 1976 the year David Dineley won the apprentice championship with 56 winners riding mainly for Paul Cole, never reached double figures again, stopped riding in 1984 after having his licence taken frhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565234063#565234063Sageform, looks like yout first visit to Bath was in 1976 the year David Dineley won the apprentice championship with 56 winners riding mainly for Paul Cole, never reached double figures again, stopped riding in 1984 after having his licence taken frMon, 16 Feb 2026 09:51:43 -0600Morning Jimnast,Mr Big is as well as can be expected given his decedent lifestyle. I'm surprised you haven't crossed paths in recent times as he still has one horse in training with James Owen. Rated 95 on the flat he's done Mr Big proud winning somehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565233905#565233905Morning Jimnast,Mr Big is as well as can be expected given his decedent lifestyle. I'm surprised you haven't crossed paths in recent times as he still has one horse in training with James Owen. Rated 95 on the flat he's done Mr Big proud winning someMon, 16 Feb 2026 06:53:14 -0600Good morning loper how is mr big haven’t seem him for quite a while ?You may or may not remember fractured foxy named after the wife ,well she ended up at dons brother Eric’s farm and actually had a foal there who did win at Southwell called mornhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565233827#565233827Good morning loper how is mr big haven’t seem him for quite a while ?You may or may not remember fractured foxy named after the wife ,well she ended up at dons brother Eric’s farm and actually had a foal there who did win at Southwell called mornMon, 16 Feb 2026 05:40:38 -0600I did see him in retirement when he used to to canter up the track prior to his race.Jimnast, He was ridden by Don Cantillon in those canters who at the time was assistant to Harry Thomson Jones.Mr Big and I spent an extremely entertaining evening wihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565233813#565233813I did see him in retirement when he used to to canter up the track prior to his race.Jimnast, He was ridden by Don Cantillon in those canters who at the time was assistant to Harry Thomson Jones.Mr Big and I spent an extremely entertaining evening wiMon, 16 Feb 2026 05:27:14 -0600Not sure if you were saying that Kirriemuir was Fred Winter's last ride? Kirriemuir won his first seven starts as a juvenile, three times with Winter on board, including at Cheltenham in November 1963. His last ride on the horse was at the April meethttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565233525#565233525Not sure if you were saying that Kirriemuir was Fred Winter's last ride? Kirriemuir won his first seven starts as a juvenile, three times with Winter on board, including at Cheltenham in November 1963. His last ride on the horse was at the April meetSun, 15 Feb 2026 14:53:02 -0600i still have a haig flat book in the loft along with many copies of raceform ....but my favourite xmas week was first week in october years ago . coming back from the arc felt like wrapping up the flat season then the chasers & hurdlers annual wouldhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565233351#565233351i still have a haig flat book in the loft along with many copies of raceform ....but my favourite xmas week was first week in october years ago . coming back from the arc felt like wrapping up the flat season then the chasers & hurdlers annual wouldSun, 15 Feb 2026 12:15:35 -0600Don't know when you first visited Bath, sageform but most of your opening post related to the mid 60s/early 70s, wouldn't have thought David Dineley, would have been riding then. Remember him more late 70s/early 80s riding for Bryan Mcmahon and possihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565233267#565233267Don't know when you first visited Bath, sageform but most of your opening post related to the mid 60s/early 70s, wouldn't have thought David Dineley, would have been riding then. Remember him more late 70s/early 80s riding for Bryan Mcmahon and possiSun, 15 Feb 2026 11:06:49 -0600A stamped addressed envelope I should think there a thing of the past screaming probably a generation wandering what one was.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565233257#565233257A stamped addressed envelope I should think there a thing of the past screaming probably a generation wandering what one was.Sun, 15 Feb 2026 10:52:47 -0600It wasn't horses or personalities who grabbed my attention. It was betting. And specifically buying my first Haig Racehorses Annual in 1977, when I was 15. There was a page in it with the offer that if you sent them a stamped addressed envelope, theyhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31895209/old-memories?post_id=565233251#565233251It wasn't horses or personalities who grabbed my attention. It was betting. And specifically buying my first Haig Racehorses Annual in 1977, when I was 15. There was a page in it with the offer that if you sent them a stamped addressed envelope, theySun, 15 Feb 2026 10:43:50 -0600