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This was the best horse McCoy ever rode, according to err McCoy. Do you guys think it would have won the trouble GC ?
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He was beaten when he fell and if I remember correctly jumped out most of the way round however if he had lived then maybe a King George winner.
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would have been amongst the favs in either first gold or florida pearl's KG, perfectly believable that he could have won 1 or more KGs given how well he took to kempton
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steamship thats correct, out to his right almost every fence in the GC
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Strange that McCoy said that as he did not ride it in the RP Chase Johnson rode him. McCoy rode Best Mate, Denman and Kauto Star during his career
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Just watched the race on YouTube , the horse is leading them a merry dance and seems to kick on again, but 2 out trouble an a other look to be coming back at it. Did the horse die in that race ?
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Yes
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Can't believe that was 17 years ago.... Was at Cheltenham that day. Just watched the race and I don't think I had any idea just how markedly GV had jumped out to the right the whole way around.
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Steamship. AP was serving a ban at the time of The Racing Post Chase, that is why Richard Johnson rode the horse.
I wrote to Martin Pipe after the death of Gloria Victiis and I received a reply with a lovely photograph of him winning the RP Chase. I loved that horse and was completey heartbroken at what happened to him. |
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A brilliant exciting horse. Would not have won the Trouble GC but would have been a multiple KG winner and in time could have ironed out his jumping right issues and won a GC imo
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Good post, Gloria Victus. I'd go along with that.
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Of course he wouldn't have won. Looks Like Trouble massively uderrated and would have been a multiple winner had he stayed sound.
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Looked beaten when it fell. Not impossible it could have rallied but definitely would have been a contender for years to come.
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