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yes he did geoff after epsom he won the ascot derby ,as a 4 year old he left guy harwood and went to the major where he won the eclispse ,king george and was placed in paris.
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His son Rodrigo De Triano was also a fantastic horse - my personal fave.
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good horse indeed charwell,i was on pursuit of love in his 2,000 guineas.
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Jimnast/Geoff - playing Devil's advocate here as it was strictly before my time but.....with Ela Mana Mou being a different horse at 4, and Northern Baby, Dickens Hill and Tap on Wood being better at shorter, and with Troy being horribly outpaced before arguably outstaying them is there not an argument for saying it wasn't one of THE great performances?
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gerard he did outstay them by 7 lengths,then won a king george ,benson and hedges and was 3rd in the arc.
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So where would you place Three Troikas then in the equine pantheon?
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she beat troy in the 79 arc by far her best performance.
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gerard some little theory i have always had about epsom in 1979 is that the remarkable turn of foot shown by troy could be tributed to something that happened around 2 furlongs out,
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That was a decade when French fillies won around five arcs including three in a row...............
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Bee Sting???
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Carson woke up?
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Isn't there some loose bandaging or something?
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Betfair crashed?
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three triokas,detroit and the one who beat ardross,aga khans with yves st martin on board.
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Ivanjica and All Along
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all wrong so far
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not forgetting Allez France
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ivanjica
that was a long time ago zilzal. |
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1976
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alleged in 77 was my first
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That was the year of the french, they won four classics of ours that year, as well as Trepan who's trainer won the "Chemist of the month" award
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Bog roll NAP ;)
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take away 1986,and for me theres been many great performances but only one outstanding one in the arc
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correct cj
just something that i thought may have made a difference. |
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The 97 winner, PC, i presume
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They actually nabbed the culprit.Was traced to one of those open topped buses.
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Whoa there Jimnast - off the top of my head - Sea Bird, Mill Reef, Peintre Celebre, Montjeu and STS were all from the very top drawer.
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Hellisimmo was visually very impressive
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Zarkava was up there with STS.
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gerard i didnt see sea bird and mill reef,but you have got the one i refer to.
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But he spelt his name differently back then... ;)
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Wouldn't be in a hurry to exclude her from any list Geoff.
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as i say many great winners but one outstanding winner.
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I'll say that you'll say (!) Peintre Celebre.
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thats the one for me zilzal will just call him pc as i could never spell his name.
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Me neither, that was some dark weekend for some layers as it was the day after Pasternak!!!!!
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correct gerard,awesome that day left hellisio and pilsudski stone cold.
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thats right zilzal i ended up in the chinnese in newmarket high street on the sunday night of that arc weekend and in walked george duffield to around of cheering,i also cheered as i had back wizard king that sunday afternoon which he had rode in ireland.
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