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Not talking grade 1's although it could be, just a horse that has has done you numerous good turns or maybe won on your Birthday, wedding day or the last time you went racing with someone no longer with us.
Met mrs jj at a xmas party almost 30 year ago took her racing at Ascot for the first time in her life after a few months dating, remember having a lump on a horse called Newton Point she thought i was amazing if only she new what she was letting herself in for.
Horse got me out of jail a few times as i remember, probably with rose tinted specs but good memories.
Met mrs jj at a xmas party almost 30 year ago took her racing at Ascot for the first time in her life after a few months dating, remember having a lump on a horse called Newton Point she thought i was amazing if only she new what she was letting herself in for.
Horse got me out of jail a few times as i remember, probably with rose tinted specs but good memories.
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Not a favourite, but some may remember a sprinter in bygone years, OFFA'S MEAD, i think it was trained by Milton Bradley. Followed it often and was rewarded at decent odds.
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Deep Wealth killed in action at Chepstow , any amount of talent and could have been anything
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A horse called Tickler who a couple of handicaps in the 1960s at big prices (I'm pretty sure one was at Ascot and maybe the other one too).
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A few fro the 80's off the top of my head
Mailman Swinging Rebel Apple Wine Carriage Way Dishcloth |
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I don't remember any of them, my late dad used to love Floyd more than my mum, had a photo in his wallet as well i kid you not
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Prominent of Arthur Budgett's over 50 years ago now a handicapper who I backed and it won,I kept on backing it as it went up the handicap and it kept on winning.I have been looking for another one like him ever since.
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Rodman
The Dealer Jovesworth Fingals Cave |
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Jimsintime…. trained by Bob Brazington
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Anyone remember Gods Solution think it was my first ever winner.
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Easy for me. I owned 25% of Jefferies, a small horse who loved Taunton. He had 4 of his 5 career victories there and was unbeaten at the course.
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Soaked, a sprinter, fantastic over 4f!
Great to watch Dean Mernagh, ahem, smashing hell out of it to get it home at Southwell! |
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Jjmbe,
Remember Newtons Point winning at Cheltenham (not the festival) but a very nice race there. i used to like a sprinter called Vilgora in the mid-late 70's. Also around that time, a handicapper called Dred Scot - both won a fair share of races. |
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Wasn't Soaked in the Chaplins lub colours ?
Lots of these sprinters before my time. |
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Precipitant
Petite Etoile Egg Larkys Lob |
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Morgans Choice, sprinter in the early 80s
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Rambo’s Hall, was looking through the Cambridgeshire card on the Friday and noticed how well it’s form was working out,, knew it went in the mud and the forecast was for a deluge.Went round a couple of shops picking up 22/1 and 20/1 on the Friday night. Headed over to HQ on Saturday, never forget those orange colours bursting out of the gloom about 5l clear. Got drenched in the weather and loved every minute. Went round the shops picking up my winnings on Monday morning, wonderful memories..
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Morgans Choice (C Hill) was a stayer, not a sprinter - won the Chester Cup.
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Saint Motunde and Rays Swallow both of Bryan McMahon just average h'cappers, SM was ridden by Lester Pigott in a race i think was over 6fs, ran down the field, got off and said "needs a 1m", won his next 3 on the trot over 1m and 7fs i believe, 1st time i think was at Thirsk at 25/1, Bryan went down the line of bookies having a tenner or Score on with all of them, said he'de never seen so much money as he stuffed it into every available pocket.
Rays Swallow was an unraced hurdler won 1st time out, think i got 14/1 as shortened from 25/1, very happy days early 80s, lots of big priced winners from the yard before bookies cottoned on. |
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No better feeling in the world than a double digit winner and filling your pockets, you feel like some kind of Einstein who's seen something that no one else has.
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Memory must be going, sure it won on Eclipse day, Dancing Brave maybe
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Mine are all 90's/00's sprinters
Westcourt Magic, used to come out of the Chester stalls like a scalded cat for Mick Easterby Perryston View (Peter Calver) Orientor (Jim Goldie) Quito (David Chapman) Reverence (Eric Alston) |
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A Plumpton and Huntingdon specialist (two tracks I often attended in the 80's). Often entered in the Cheltenham Gold Cup, so I often backed it and because it kept losing gained me the nick name of the Plumpton Plonker. It eventually came good winning at 14/1 & 50/1 at Plumpton late into it's career. A good example, of why you should always keep the faith (the Ledgers obviously saw something in him
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The horses name was The Fruit
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I know that one SA, being a southener course form at Plumpton and Fonters always good in my book.
Me and some mates about 20 of us used to sponsor a race at Fontwell in memory of a mate, Colin Brown was a guest speaker at our lunch and says i've had a word for Fruity o'Rooney later paid for the day, that name The Fruit just brought back some good memories. |
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In the early 80's as a young teenager I always had my 50p on a handicapper called Lucky Dutch that for some reason I took a shine to.
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Keelby Cavalier winning at 16/1. I was in a Mecca in Edgware Rd near Marble Arch; the horse got me into horseracing regularly.
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Super Sam ridden by Jimmy Lindley won the News Of The World Handicap at Goodwood 2 years running.
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Mons Beau won the Newcastle Plate,saw it win at Sandown walked into the bookies hoping to get 12/1 for £30 got 40/1 and it won,but had to wait for a long Stewards Inquiry,think it was 1980.
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Manhattan Boy. Set your watch by him round Plumpton
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Jj
Catterick has both a race and a bar named after gods solution Raspberry I was only talking about vilgora on this forum a couple of weeks ago Steve perks was his jockey |
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Melendez for the pipes. Winning machine
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When the mud was deep , the great DUCK FLIGHT splashed past that post
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I remember a Hannon snr inmate I still use its name today ,
JAFEICA ,, u lot must remember what it stood for |
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Just Another F*cking Expense i can't afford.
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sarras venture on a wetday at winsor won lots
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JAPSILK , 2 miler back in the day got me my 1st ever round robin up,think it was same day FEAR NAUGHT won hun t cup at royal ascot,might have been at the aways,
late 70,s and of course SOBA coming back from defeat to win stewards cup at inflated price because of been defeated in previous outing,after a string of impressive wins,also liked the sprinter ORIENT in the same period |
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Khayrapour who won the Schweppes Golden Mile at Goodwood in 1995.
Had been desperately unlucky when second unlucky on its previous start at Sandown and me and mate watched that race in the bookies and immediately snapped up 25/1 that was showing for the Schweppes before they adjusted the odds (those were the days). On the day it was 15/2 but was drawn in stall 21 of 21 - pretty much mission impossible at Goodwood. Stayed wide the whole way and won in a photo.  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1nZP8_KcHIo |