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Mine was Perth in May 1991. Jinxy Jack won a novice chase and I never backed it. Other winners that day were The Demon Barber and J J Henry.
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Was actually end of April.
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Sometime in the early seventies but the first top race was the 1974 Derby won by Snow Knight at 50/1 with a non staying French horse a warm favourite..probably Monaco (?)
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I was born in 1974.
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Giacometti ?
Bustino ? |
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Nonoalco
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Must have been in the mid 60s, went with my Dad to Uttoxeter, I only remember 1 horse, Signal Port in the last ridden by Steven Davenport, I has 6d on it at 9/1. Been losing ever since!!!
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First day of 1986 Ebor meeting, Shardari won the Matchmaker and was certainly the best horse on the day but Triptych who finished second went on to be the better horse IMO. Great days and memories before the meeting was spoilt.
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I never picked a winner on my first ever race day. Wish it put me off racing lol.
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think it was probably Perth about 1979-1980 can't remember the best horse there but one of the winners I backed was The Fencer ridden by Ridley Lamb (rip)
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Nonaynever I think I would have Shardari the better horse. 2nd to Dancing Brave in the King George.
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1969 Folkestone , seven the quadrant won, i think
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Untold won the Yorkshire Oaks that day Nonaynever
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Sandown-Spanish steps
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Newcastle ,The ill fated Brownes Gazette.
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remember seeing Sea Pigeon win a good flat race at Ayr on Glasgow Fair Monday which must have been around that time as well
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1988 Grand National.
Celtic Cheif won the big hurdle Pearlyman Beaten in the two mile chase. |
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Thank you for way actually typed nonalco but this wretched spelling corrector does my head in!!
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for way lol
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Newmarket 2000g Kris
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The Friday of the Paddy Power meeting in 2002 I think it was.
Paul Nicholls' Poliantis won a good chase then collapsed right in front of the main stand and died of a heart attack.  |
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I've got that completely wrong. Was actually the Paddy Power chase he ran in and was second.
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Fontwell, August 1976, Mighty Marine
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My first taste of live action was the May evening meeting at Perth , 1984 . I managed to back 5 winners . I think Ida's Delight was a winner . A horse called Kavaka won the last and survived an enquiry , or an objection , to send me home happy . In these days the trainers that dominated at Perth were ; W. A. Stephenson , G. W. Richards , J. A. C. Edwards and G. M. Moore .
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The first meeting I went to was July 1976 at Chester the first winner I saw was BELLE VIEW in the Watergate apprentice handicap ridden by Willie Higgins ...The feature race was the Cardinal Puff stakes won by subsequent Derby Second HOT GROVE..
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The first jumps meeting I went to was Bangor on Dee October 1976 HIGH KEN won there..
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Dad took me to Huntingdon aged 13 in 1963. Loved it, got the bug from then on.
Can't remember any horses names. My bets ( via Dad) was a couple of place only on the Tote. Remember the handwritten sheet going up in the payout window showing what the returns were fo be. |
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Newmarket 1973 1000 guineas to watch Jacinth win like the good thing she was (came 2nd)
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Same as Facts, was Huntingdon, August Bank Holiday Monday in 1966, I was 6, we were on the inside of the course, all the buildings have Benin demolished now,
First race 2.0, a Selling Hurdle won by Pelicans Pay, don't remember much else apart from sitting on my Dads shoulders watching the racing, 50 years on and we were both there last Sunday. |
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My parents took me when I was very young,not sure the first one but they used to take me to Doncaster and i'm fairly sure I saw Nicholas Silver win the Great Yorkshire chase,think it beat a horse called Cocky Consort trained by capt Crump,will have been 6 or 7 then,used to take me to Elland Road dogs as well .
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Alices,what a wonderful story you and your Dad stilling going strong, many more years racing to the both of ye.
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Early 60's Chepstow, can't remember any of the winners etc.
Not long after my dad took me to Cheltenham for Mackeson Gold Cup Meeting. Richard of Bordeaux won that day, odds on iirc? The next race was the Mackeson Hurdle, and it was won by a horse called Cash... 50/1 and I had 4/- on it to place on the t0te :) |
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Used to meet my dad for every Newbury meeting, right up into his eighties. He would get the train from Slough, and me the one from Somerset. We'd discuss the races over a cuppa in the bar beforehand, then before each race by the paddock. He was happy to let me run around the Ring getting my bets on, with the understanding I'd put a fiver on for him and a tenner if I thought there was a really worthwhile bet.
Only once did I change this system: I put a whole score on Go Mary for him at 33s for the Mares' Final in March 1994. I joined him in the stands before the race and told him what I'd done. He mumbled something about needing the toilet and wandered off, only to disappear among the books, pressing up the bet in a fashion I don't think he'd ever done before. I think the final furlong, as she held on from the Twiston Davies gamble all the way to the line, was the only time I can ever remember us actually hugging each other. All those years and all that money he'd frittered away in shops and on-course - I think he got the lot back that afternoon. Basically he was going to exit the game in front. Anyway, like all proper punters he knew the cardinal rule of not telling the missus anything about his good fortune. After all, you never know when you the game might go the other way. He only got found out months later when my mother, struggling as usual with an ancient hoover which my dad refused to waste money on by replacing, accidentally lifted the carpet next to his side of the bed and found several thousand pounds in readies stuffed beneath the underlay. She at least had the good sense to take a fistful of them to purchase a new hoover, before going on to make his life a misery over the matter for a long, long time afterwards. The point of the story? If your old man is still around, and he likes a punt, make sure you go racing with him occasionally, even if you usually can't stand each other. You'll appreciate the memories when he's gone. |
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Newmarket Cambridgeshire day in 1958 is the first I can recall although it may have been earlier.
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great great read screaming
  And how many punters have done that sort of thing and hidden winnings away from their missus prying eyes only to forget about them and for her to find them anyway |
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It was the Monday meeting at Ayr, day before the 1982 Cheltenham Festival, and I was pulled out of school for the week, to spend it in Ayrshire
 . Not quite sure how the folks managed it lol. Too young to remember if any went on to be decent, only remember a few names like Darth Vader, Aegean Seaman, and Wesley. |
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Worcester 1963. Flat meeting.
Probably The Burgher who won a 2m handicap under top weight. |
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i never had a day at school or work while cheltenham was on,from 1979 until today, easier over the last 22 years, as ive worked for myself, and only have myself to Lie myself on the tuesday morning of chelt festival....
i never believe me .  |
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27-08-79 - Lord Mountbatten was blown up by the I.R.A. mind cud be playing tricks on me but Lester had a disaster riding at least - two- maybe three shorties that were well beaten - wud be meltdown status on here nowadays
 - had my first winner at the track as well - think it was before this -again memory letting me down but Ice Plant/Planet winning at 16/1 over jumps in winter - bookie did a runner on the Monday morning as everyone had backed it but just b4 antagonistic Craig jumps in i thought the place was a sh1thole then and nowt much has changed in the meantime |
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