..still can't pick winners. My Drifter won that Craven (??), with Harry Wragg's Freefoot 2nd (ridden by another pig)

There was a comentry...... as they passed a bird on the rails.....it flew off..........look at that .....its a *** you dont see many of them ....................talk abt Thomo.

..trained by Farnham Maxwell

Thank you very much ged, It was my first big win at 100/6. The only horse in the race without a guineas entry.

Well done!

He was 2nd in the Irish Guineas to Santa Claus.
Then won the Jersey.

In 1965 he won the Lockinge, beating Showdown and Roan Rocket.

looks like he won a string of non pattern races as a 2yo? I don't remember him at all, though I remember Showdown failing at Kempton in a Guineas trial. I guess I only watched Saturday TV racing then, unless it was school holidays.

I remember Piggott winning one of those pattern races at Newbury, nosing him up on the line. He was very difficult to win with. I think Piggott boxed Starkey in in that race on Relay Race, who was fav, and Starkey lost his job with Cecil as a result.

I always remembered Beacon Light falling over a hurdle when about 15 lengths clear and knocking me for a sixfold
No laying some off in them days


Happy times though,you soon got over it

Thanks Stewart, always thought Morston was in the 70s for some reason.

on the subject of some old racing topics anyone remember adverts in the handicap bbook..the surryplus guide think it was based on trainers  also handicapping books by pfa..