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Dessie beating Panto Prince...........Sir Peter at his best http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-oPmxwgDwd4.
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i would imagine that that period would have helped to capture the publics imagination of NH, as it was very much second fiddle in those days Guiness
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Dancing Brave's Arc.
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the dessie races are classics the heart he showed to win his gold cup was immmense
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And I expect Dawn Run's GC is on there
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What might have been
 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XfNY7tNKh5g |
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Silver Buck beating Night Nurse in the Embassy Premier Chase Final, March 1979. Epic race - they went at it hammer and tongs for most of the final circuit, both jumping superbly. And, best of all, I was there.
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Could not wait for Dessie's races'...........always exciting.
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Well it certainly captured mine..
Some decades in sport are just full of legends. Horse Racing is no different.. |
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For sad endings/exciting endings W Carson and the horse jumping his shadow in the US........cant remember the horse name.
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With York on the horizon I am always reminded of another great race of the 70's. My favourite horse of all time Sea Pigeon beating Donegal Prince by a short head in the the 1979 Ebor. Sea Pigeon carried 10st that day under Jonjo which is still a record for the race. The race wasn't on tv due to a strike. I had to go to the local bookies to listen to the race. Sea Pigeon started at 18-1 that day and I never had a penny on him as I didn't think he could pull it off under that welter burden. How wrong I was and I was happy to be proved wrong.
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Sea Pigeon, great NH & FLAT, did Lester John Francome win on him.......different days of course.
Not a classic but a race from Hawthorn US I will never forget. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mO6vm7TIvrI&feature=related |
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dayjur jumped the path MM
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Bula.... my favourite horse of all time, and my boyhood NH hero horsey. Will never forget that Sandown race (Benson and Hedges Hurdle) when shouldering top weight coming from miles back to somehow nail Moyne Royale (?) on the line. ITV went to an advert break immediately after the race which meant an excruciating wait to learn whether Bula had maintained that unbeaten record. Have some black and white film of it somewhere.
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yeah dawn runs gold cup was a classic sad end though due the the greed of the owners
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Real Quiet going for The Triple Crown vs Victory Gallop in the Belmont
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Dayjur........cheers.
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I only ever got to see Bula 'live' in the flesh at the track on one occasion. And what a race to see ! The 1971 Welsh Champion Hurdle, in the era when it was a proper championship race. Bula's first race after winning the Champion Hurdle at Chelters. A pulsating finish saw Bula, Persian War and True Luck fighting out a heartstopping 3 way battle to the line, with Bula getting home by a nose.
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jonnyfc38 14 Aug 12 17:40
reference point and mtoto is one of my favs Jonnyfc38, this is absolutely true. I was being given a BJ by my girlfriend, whilst listening to a radio commentary in the background. I had backed Reference Point !  |
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Yes MM. As a 2-y-o Sea Pigeon won at Ascot in 1972 ridden by Lester. John Francome rode him at Cheltenham when he won the 1981 Champion Hurdle.
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u should be ashamed of yourself putting naughtiness before a group 1
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Alun...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0FkTtsrDsoA&feature=related |
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That's the one Guinness !!
A few months later was crowned Champion Hurdler |
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Andrew in Sweden..........looks like she got your point.
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alun2005... I was there that day as well. (The 1971 Welsh Champion Hurdle)
Was old enough at the time to appreciate what I was witnessing. |
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Baracouda
Limestone Lad A young iris' gift - 2003(?) stayers hurdle Denmans second hennassy |
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The Le Moss/Ardross battles should be in the mix, because of the longevity and consistency of both horses. Le Moss did the stayers' triple in 2 successive years (Ascot Gold Cup/Goodwood Cup/Doncaster Cup). In the 2nd of those years, Ardross battled him to about half a length in all 3. With Le Moss out of the way the following year, Ardross went on to win 2 Ascot Gold Cups, a Goodwood Cup, and a Doncaster Cup - and then signed off by almost winning the Arc. What a pair!!
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AiS - BJ's seemed a rarity in 1987 and really seemed to 'take off' in the 90's for me...in receipt of course
 PS - just to enhance the 'image' - was she Swedish?  PPS - Johnny's question is very pertinent...before a group one stormer?  |
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Good call ged. They take high rank on any thread about great horses and great races.
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A lot of the great races mentioned on this thread. I would have to include Badsworth Boy's astonishing first 2 mile Champion won by a distance with some of the fastest jumping you will ever see.
It's not everyones idea of a great race , but Red Marauder's National success is one of mine ,alongside the stellar field that took part in Minnehoma's 94 win. |
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Bula was the reason I got hooked on racing as a kid.
I bet the DVD doesn't have footage of the day Bula and legendary stablemate Pendil both got beat in a 5 runner race at Newbury , by a 25-1 winner called Shock Result. |
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Cheltenham Foxhunters mid 80's - Honourable Man v The Drunken Duck - Brod Munro-Wilson punching TDD in the face to make it go faster.
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626 - this sounds unbelievable for someone like me that's a real enthusiast, but I remember when I was a kid and didn't even like racing...I saw that race only because the TV was on, and I always remembered the irony!
I didn't have a clue that Pendil & Bula were in the field, and for all I knew, it may well have been a seller! I've never heard anyone ever mention the name Shock Result, and judging by what he was up against, I can safely assume he was a damned good horse  |
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Too many to mention but of the races I can say 'I was there', Salsabil winning the Prix Marcel Boussac, Shergar's Derby and Best Mate's third Gold Cup spring to mind. I could go on forever though..
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I was there too Slippy when best mate won his 3rd.
I've never heard noise like it. |
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To whomever mentioned the Willie John Daly race, I remember that one too. Absolutely out on their feet but trying with everything they had.
My addition has not stood the test of time like many of these, but surely Kauto Star's win in last year's Betfair has to be on the list? Amazing scenes at Haydock. Love the shot of the old boy cheering him home and running up the home straight just after the last. I think everyone was roaring him home that day. |
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Me too Mr Eboue. Magic stuff; I think that one race was harder to watch than any other I've ever seen. I felt like I'd just run three and a quarter miles by the time it was over.
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shows you what a sad racecourse chepstow as become.
i was there for that welsh champion(just a kid),family day out park the car inside the track. massive crowds in members,tatts and silver ring,what do we have now. could be another hereford. also seen bula in the welsh champion chase,fell in a match against summerville (turnell). |
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Ouija Board and Alexander Goldrun in the Nassau
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Roberto beating Rheingold in the Derby, and beating Brigadier Gerard in the B@H Gold Cup should surely be in it!
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