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1975 Cheltenham festival
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I cannot find a trace of Avec Moi running after the 1974 Cheltenham win until that 1976 Kingwell Patern Hurdle at Wincanton.
Nor can I find a subsequent run. |
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Jimnast
i am amazed that there are any shops left in Montpellier, you would not believe the cost of rent and rates n that area. Ronnie. |
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Andrew.in.Sweden • January 29, 2023 12:18 PM GMT
Off topic a little, but the 70's was an incredible decade for Cheltenham Champion Hurdlers, Persian War, Bula, Lanzarote, Comedy of Errors, Monksfield, and maybe the best of all, Night Nurse. How would these run against the current favourite. Think this is called Nostalgia Andrew, i guess this is when you first got really interested in horse racing, the era you were growing up with and i'm equally sure that each generation would think the same about the decade they really got interested in racing. Same with music and sport in general i think. |
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Shazad or Shazan the Indian was called. There used to be a great little restaurant next door to the old Ladb****s on the same road. Run by a lovely eccentric Frenchman called Andre. He used to let the customers into his kitchen to select and uncork the wine while he cooked. He once cooked and served about 20 people on his own one Festival night when his "front of house" was ill and couldn't attend. Getting very difficult to find anything other than a chain "factory" restaurant in Cheltenham now. Very sad.
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Is the Sam smiths pub still on Montpellier?
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Avec Moi was with Bernard van Cutsem on the flat. He was lightly-raced, having just one outing as a 2yo. He won first time out as a 3yo, and his next race was the Queens Vase at Royal Ascot where he went off 7/2 2nd fav. He led early in the straight, but was soon overhauled by the winner (Henry Cecil's Falkland) and finished unplaced.
He won 2nd time up over hurdles at Newbury, winning a 19-runner novice by 15 lengths a the 11/8 fav. The Supreme Novices was his next run - and there was only one Irish runner - a horse of Dan Moore's. His trainer, Auriol Sinclair, had won the race before. |
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Jimnast , yes the Sam Smith's pub (The circus bar) is still there. No idea how it survives as very few people seem to frequent it.
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That’s the one baldwin65 it’s only small anyway ,had some good times in there especially on the afternoon/ night before the festival .
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Thanks alun and ged.
I picked him out because I can remember most Cheltenham winners from that time, but his name didn't ring any bells at all. Although comments suggest he won easily, my guess is that would be one of the poorest renewals of the Supreme, or Lloyds Bank as it was in those days. |
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the Sam smiths pub I think is now called circus bar if its the one straight opposite the queens. I remember a French restaurant me and the other half used to go to it was run a by a French ruby player and it was called Armagnac, great place food was amazing, it was take over and renamed tarragon still a nice restaurant but sadly its now also closed. regarding Shezan which was run buy one of our good friends Tony and his brother, sadly it closed and is about to become a fish and chip bar, greatly missed by us, we have tried a couple of Indians in the Montpellier area but they don't compare to that Balti which is a shame. IMO the best restaurants in Cheltenham are now, Cote for a early/family meal. Mayflower for a Chinese, coconut tree for street food, and if you have had a good day the ivy. petit coco is also very nice but you need to book well in advance. |
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Yes Ronnie, the rugby player took it over from Andre when Andre moved back to France. There is a lovely family Italian next door to Cote that is well worth trying if you are down there. Primavera. They cook Chicken Milanese for me even though it isn't on the evening menu.
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will try it in April stop 20 yards from it. Ronnie. |
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I've never heard of the Lygon Arms and 15 minutes after reading this thread, I've
just stumbled upon another reference in a totally unconnected video I was just watching where in the comments section, someone asked where the uploader found the snow covered footage at Christmas from The Lygon Arms in The Cotswolds. Amazing coincidence - I now wouldn't be surprised if when I'm out later tonight someone mentions it as they do say these things come in threes. Seriously, if that happens I'll be doing the lottery religiously from now on after not once being ársed since about 2005!  |
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jimnast….Christ I remember joining bf in 2001 with a tiny pc
Joining the forum jimnast was the first name ffs…..time flies… |
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And he still pops up…
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Stewartstown Rise..you are well wide of the mark as the 70s objectively was a golden era for Champion hurdlers and I'm sure no decade since has had that kind of depth of talent
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Sorry form I don’t understand your 1927 post
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Just banter jimnast a long term formite to another….loads have come and gone since the good fun days….
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Understand now form
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Just wondering if everything is as it seems or is the Golden Goose half way in the oven, just noticed last night a hotel still offering rooms last night on facebook ...Don't ask me to bring it back up as I'd need one of my children here to show me and nobody here just now.
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Workrider if the hotel is in Cheltenham i would ask for odds its a monkey a night.
Ronnie. |
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They wouldn't give details unless you pm them Ronnie.
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By the way that monkey a night won’t include breakfast or parking
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A owner friend has refused to pay a extra £2,000 for a house he has been going to for the past 15 years , so maybe things are starting to bite in Cheltenham...
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They wouldn't give details unless you pm them Ronnie.
As the old saying goes, if you need to ask how much, you cant afford it.. |
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What a ridiculous saying
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price in place I stay went up 56% this year. For 20 years they have been booked solid turning people away, even with A 5 day minimum stay (since 4 day Festival). Still a room left today, no minimum stay.
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