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What would this sport be like without them ... can anyone think of any others?
Look at Somersby ... running at his seventh consecutive Festival ... second in an Arkle, second in two Champion Chases, hard to believe he chased home the likes of Go Native in 2009 .... look at who finished around him that day .... Red Moloney, Kempes, Torphichen, Cousin Vinny ...where are they now?
Only others I can think of off my the top of my head are Fair Along and Youmzain, remarkable "yardsticks" ...
Look at Somersby ... running at his seventh consecutive Festival ... second in an Arkle, second in two Champion Chases, hard to believe he chased home the likes of Go Native in 2009 .... look at who finished around him that day .... Red Moloney, Kempes, Torphichen, Cousin Vinny ...where are they now?
Only others I can think of off my the top of my head are Fair Along and Youmzain, remarkable "yardsticks" ...
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Kauto star.
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think Go Ballistic ran at quite a few festivals.
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powerstation :)
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looks like GB ran in 8.
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Powerstation a good shout .... not sure Kauto Star counts. I know he ran at 7 Festivals but he did win 2 Gold Cups and is widely recognized as the best horse of his era.
What about horses who had remarkable longevity and ran great races in the big races but constantly get forgotten about. Somersby an example of such a horse. |
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exotic dancer :)
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Wayward Lad comes to mind
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Powerstation still on the go in P2P sphere ... just looked him up on the RP website.
Another one that should be mentioned is Get Me Out Of Here - second in 2 Coral Cups, a County Hurdle and a Supreme from 5 Festival starts |
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Theatreworld three time runner up in the Champion Hurdle
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Oh So Risky
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Hard to believe you've already forgotten about Get Me Out Of Here...they don't come more unlucky than him at The Festival
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I've just noticed SYT did mention it
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theatreworld 2 time runner up i think
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How about Carruthers
Never won at the festival but some game efforts was chuffed when he won the Hennessy! |
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Just noticed French Opera will be running for the seventh successive year tomorrow.
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As per my post 10.44 Howdi, three time runner up, 97 to Make A Stand and 98 & 99 to his rather more illustrious stablemate Istabraq
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didnt know that
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anf there aint much that misses me
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you're excused Howdi, Theatreworld said you're not the first and probably not the last to overlook what he almost achieved in those three runs...!
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i was aware of him big time but largely through the horse he used to see the back side of :)
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Reve De Sivla (winner in brackets)
2009 - 5th in the Triumph (Zaynar) 2010 - 2nd in Neptune (Peddlars Cross) 2011 - 3rd in Festival Handicap Chase (Bensalem) 2012 - Missed 2013 - 4th in World Hurdle (Solwhit) 2014 - 8th in World Hurdle (More Of That) 2015 - ? Mighty respectable record. |
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*Reve De Sivola
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