1980
Tim Forster

Charlie Fenwick
40/1

ok bolt well looked up mate

Didn't need to look it up tbh.

clare clearly didnt google she.s a lady - no googles on her

well thats cos your an old ker bolthead

quick lay the tips on make some dosh bolt

Bruec Hobbs youngest jockey to have won it, but probably not youngest to have ridden in it.

ged i think your right

no it's Easter Heros' jockey I think

The year ben nevis won i was in the stands next to some swnky chap with the biggest stetson this side of texas- when Ben nevis came out of the mist 40 lenghth clear he went potty knocked my binnoculars out of my hand threww this 5 gallon hat into the air. i said why the hell are you going garrity when everyone else was silent- he replied thats my horse limey

Who was the oldest woman to ride in the Grand National?

Which present day trainer rode a 200-1 chance which fell at Bechers and less than a fortnight later broke their neck in a fall, never to ride again?

That one reminds me...

I wasn't your standard laddies cashier. I knew the price of every major sporting event that day (only a small number back in the late 80s) and of many of the horses and ante posts we had on our machine.
On national day I knew the price of probably 25 horses at a given time. It sped things up rather.

However one January I was working in Lambourn (A memory so distant now I can't even remember if Lambourn has an 'e' on the end) and some guy comes in asking for an ante post on a horse I sadly can't remember the name of now - If I'd known I'd need it on something called a betting forum 20 years later, I'd have paid more attention. I hadn't heard of it and couldn't find it on the screens, so I passed it to my manager who had to temporarily remove his feet from the table and put his coffee down. He had it easy before the racing started when I was on shift ;)

Anyway we decided between us that there was no horse of that name running so we phoned through for a price. We were informed that the horse wasn't running and I relayed the customer the sad news.

The reply I got was

"Of course it's running, it's my horse"

Which present day trainer rode a 200-1 chance which fell at Bechers and less than a fortnight later broke their neck in a fall, never to ride again?

No takers then!

Liam Treadwell when being interviewed by Clare Balding.

who was the national winner who whilst riding in a big race in France fell at the water jump in front of the grand stand and when the French booed him he dropped his trousers and had a** in the water
When asked why he did such a disgraceful thing he said
They should think themselves lucky as i wanted a cr p

Absolutely love this meeting and I was one of the sad people that bought a Red Rum bronze statue when they became available all those years ago , the National itself has stories to fill 100 threads such is the history and the Aldaniti story still doesn't seem real even now , the other great unanswered question for me was whether Andy Pandy would have foiled the Red Rum hat trick ?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILNGO4XzSbg


I was advised many years ago to plant myself as near as possible to the first fence and experience something to remember , I did just that and the sight of 40 horses taking off within a few seconds of each other is still my most exhilarating experience on a racecourse and would advise anyone to sample it just the once.


great thread , love all the racing nostalgia.

hold up were running out of eggs -- theres only a small clutch- when the run out we will have to ask for volunteers !!!! has anyone layed one yet today please

shes barren she dosnt lay eggs - shes more the clair balding type -didnt you know