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OLD HORSES FROM THE 60s/70s, ANYONE REMEMBER..?
OLD HORSES FROM THE 60s/70s, ANYONE REMEMBER..?
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Very interesting Onlooker...he was a brave horse and am delighted to hear he's recorded in Wikipedia
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amrulla had about 100 races and didnt win any of them ,had a write up in the life about him ,quite a celebrity
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im almost sure i heard ex jockey
d.kieth admit on a tv programme called after dark that he stopped horses he was riding? can anyone add to this or vertify it? |
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At around the same time of Baulking Green, was another top hunter called Staggered.
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Nice poem, reluctant.
One of your own? |
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When I was a nipper my old man would put my pocket money on (3 x 5p doubles and a 5p treble) and i got a good one up started with The Hertford. Go on my son.
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corryvrechan
a hunter chaser winning machine trained in ireland |
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reluctant -
Duncan Keith rode all trainer Walter Nightinal's horses. Walter's ALWAYS made all the running, - more so than Mark Johnston's - and irrespective of whether they were bred to be a hold-up horse, or even resented the tactic. They often say that the best way to get a horse beat is 'run it off the front'.  |
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Duncan Keith won 2000 gns on Niksar...remember betting on it ...probably 6d ew
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Mention of Nightingale and Keith, reminds me of their Derby 3rd I Say to the great Sea Bird. I had backed it at 33/1, having been impressed by it winning it's maiden at Kempton.
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barney curley was also
on the after dark show same night as d. kieth. |
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Apologies if already mentioned but does anyone remember Ten Up winning when ridden by Captain Hodges RA?
Between him,Gunner B and Staffordshire Knot,Colchester Garrison was not a safe place for bookies when they won.[:D][:D] |
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Was at Cheltenham when Ten Up won Gold Cup...think he beat Bula in driving rain
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how did pitman get beat on pendil ?
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Was at Cheltenham when Ten Up won Gold Cup...think he beat Bula in driving rain
1975 , Bula emptied on the heaviest round in the last 40 years on Gold Cup day at the last fence , attempting to be the first Champion Hurdler to win The Gold Cup.  |
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I was at Cheltenham that day as well , ruined a decent suit and a good pair of shoes in appalling weather , remember Soothsayer splitting the above mentioned pair as the Winter 2nd string
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Hayden...remember the course was like a mud field and Ten Up went up the run in like a tank....I was saturated by the last race
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remember that era well.
greatest jockey(haha) kept getting beat on short ones..... i wonder sometimes...... ? say no more |
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Another great hunter chaser around in the 80s who never seemed to get beat was Royal Judgement,remeber him carrying 13-2lb to win at Sandown one afternoon, i think he was ridden by a Mr G.Wiltshire(7)..
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Sprinter from that era I remember is Spring Cabbage
Hurdler called Hunters Treasure I remember being useful too. |
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The celestial traveller, how it got away with that many letters i dont know
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Captain Hodges was a Royal Artillery officer and carrying on a military tradition of riding in the military races at Sandown as well as other courses.
Ten Up is probably responsible for my addiction to racing and betting when as a teenage soldier he won me a months wages the day Capt Hodges won on him. History could be made in the near future if Lt Guy Disney succeeds in regaining his riding licence.He lost the lower part of his leg after an IED exploded.An accomplished rider before the incident his aim is to ride under rules,probably in one of the military races at Sandown. The way he rides would put some pro jocks in the shade despite his "handicap".If he succeeds,lump on because there will rarely be a jockey as determined to win than he.[;)][;)] |
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Dambuster could that be Gary Wiltshires dad claiming 7 stone?[:o][:o][:(]
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what about Linden Tree (walwyn/keith?), i remember it was 2nd in Mill Reef's Derby. I can't remember anything else about the horse. 15 years old, read summat in Mirror that morning, made me fancy one at Goodwood. 35p in me pocket, walked into local indie and put it on Jimmy the Singer in '76 Stewards Cup. 16/1! Please don't tell me I've got any of that wrong. And, do I win a prize for aftertimer of the month? Also, what about Blakeney? I remember watching it win the Derby in '69 but what did it do afterwards? Was it sent to stud immediately and did A.Budgett do something similar with Morston?
cheers, great thread |
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Armpits 6d ew Highland Wedding might pip you for aftertiming,still in short trousers btw.
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dambuster
Interesting you mention Royal Judgement and for me probably his best ever run was attempting to give Burrough Hill Lad 19lb in the Welsh Grand National after attempting to make all , wonderful run when you think what the winner went on to achieve http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rAQbkP60wco |
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Anyone remember a lovely horse of Peter Walwyns called Leonardo Da Vinci? Remember him trotting up in I think the White Rose at Ascot and thinking he was a world beater - don´t think he won again!
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tip he won the wood ditton a long way before ascot fav for derby got beat in dant same owner as grundy
what about boldboy for lady beaver had my pocket money on every time he ran |
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The earliest bet i remember making was in one of the classics,Meadow Court ridden by Lester....was really upset when he got beaten by Joe Mercer on Provoke. Still feel sad about it nearly 50 years later.
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Remember him well, TTO. He'd won the Wood Ditton first time out and took the White Rose by 10 lengths. Became ante-post Derby fav and went to the Dante next. Started 10/11f and finished fifth behind Shirley Heights. Ran once more, at the Leger meeting, started fav and finished 8 lengths second of four. That was it. I've a vague recollection of him ending up at stud abroad but I could be wrong.
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He was owned by Wildenstein. Vittadini owned Grundy.
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old age
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wildenstein got on everones tits a bunch of french cry babys had some great champs tho some i like CROW FLYING WATER PAWNESSE
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Interesting read lads,here's my memories of some of the mentioned horses plus two of my own.
Ebobezersdouble-In the members race at the Zetland point 1/2 fav.horse jumps one fence then pulled up.The official excuse,the jockey thought she'd gone lame (only recently recovered from having a broken leg).Thought she'd broke her leg again. The Hertford-flapped this one Flying Ace-It's first run was the Members at the Berwicks point which it duly won at a double figure price,probably due to Doreen being the jockey.This horse could jump like a stag & one day at Friars Haugh I laid it to fall & it did fall. Coded Scrap-Owned by Herbie Newton,a scrap dealer from Durham who also had the pacers with a Susy prefix to their names. Spring Cabbage-Harry Blackshaw trained.Could this bloke set a one up for a bet. Two of mine. Young Ash Leaf-Trained I believe by the benign bishop,burst on to the scene at Newcastle at 25/1 & went on to prove itself a decent horse. Flatbush-Trained by Freddie Milburn.Decent sprinter that went on to a career at stud. There's another but I'm not putting its name on here as the trainer is still training but it flapped as Wee Mee.A tiny little thing but would not let any other thing in the box when going to the races.Despite its size it carried top weight on the flapping circuit & may have won the Trademens(I'm not sure of that though) |
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I Remember being at Sandown when i thought the marvellous Crisp was going to take the Whitbread Gold cup of 1975. Jumping the last on the far side he went a couple clear of the field and there was a roar from the crowd, sadly he got pegged back and gave the second last a almighty clout.
A bit ironic as April The Seventh usually made the mistake, any way he fought out a finish with Captain Christy with, if i remember rightly, Ten Up being unplaced. Imagine having two gold cup winners in a Whitbread nowdays!! |
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what a horse the captian was him the dikler pendil great days
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Just a couple of memories of Leonardo da Vinci (the horse)..
I was in a betting shop when the Wood Ditton was on. In the 10 minutes before the race, his price went from 7/2 out to 7/1, and then back in to 7/2 again. I'd never seen anything quite like that before. I think it said in the Sporting Life the next day that John Banks had been fielding big against it. Then I was at York for the Dante, after that White Rose win, and all eyes seemed to be on him in the parade ring. He was a really fine looking dark bay, and in the Wildenstein colours you thought you were looking at something special. Then he got stuffed. I can only remember Shirley Heights battling with a Clive Brittain horse (Tarzan?) in the final furlong. Talking of Dante disappointments - does anyone have any views of Nash House on Dante day? He had been immensely impressive at Newbury, and I was watching on TV as he drifted from a morning 6/4 to 11/4, and when he came into the parade ring, Brough Scott commented that he looked relaxed - then, noticing that he was walking with his head practically on the floor, said that if he was any more relaxed he'd be asleep. In the race, he was pretty lifeless. He was probably the only horse I've seen that actually looked doped, but I don't remember anyone saying anything or speculating. |
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Didnt Shirley Heights beat future Leger Winner Julio Mariner in the race??
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yes you're right, zilzal. I wonder why Tarzan swung into my mind.
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Anyone remember Derek Kent bringing the NZ horses across? Remember there being 3
Grand Canyon Navigation one other whose name slips my blonde brain cells, think the name began with Z? |