Cue Card.

A cracking race and a great effort to get up, good ride by PB.

First thought when the King George is mentioned is that Captain Christy double in 1974 & 1975.

Exhilarating stuff , beat Pendil around 8 lengths then trounced Bula 30 lengths the following year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wHFpZrqhvVc
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giU67CO04v0

Can't think of a better pair of performances in any race   

My memory is of a Xmas ruined, late 90s, Adrian Maguire asking for a big one at the last when well in control and not necessary

Barton Bank?  don't want to Google it

Yes reg Barton bank the duke then put one on a journalist for asking the wrong question

Didn't know that, jimnast, that's funny
Fewer characters in the game these days

Hayden. Saw Captain Christy win the Scottish Champion Hurdle early seventies. Absolute class.

I bet he was Tommy , you see a lot of both Pendil & Bula on these old nostalgic threads so to give each a heavy beating in two consecutive years takes some matching. 

Remember watching Captain Christy beat Bula upstairs in the old members stand at Wetherby ,Neville Crump was watching it and Captain Christy was clear all the way and this punter probably on Bula kept saying he was going to come  back,Crump got pretty irate with him and ended up calling him a xxxx,didn't mince his words didn't Neville

i was in boozer on boxing day for barton banks king george- a big tradition on murkeyside, i dunno if it is elsewhere but some geezer visiting from london told everyone it was a cert and tbf he did have a monkey on the thing

he was gracious afterwards although he was raging, understandably. its an punters cliche- shut it and dont give it until its won. just to rub it in, my mate had 5 ew on the winner-25/1 from memory and went bananas

Mitolo, yes a big betting race back in the day

I have it in my mind that the 25/1 might have been a French horse?
Or was that another year?

it was a frog horse. but there were 2 close together at that time who won, both big choc ices. cant remember either name but i suspect doumen was the entraineur

Algan

Nupsala , The Fellow , Algan and First Gold a bit later were the French successes around that era....


1971    The Dikler    8    Barry Brogan    Fulke Walwyn
1972    Pendil    7    Richard Pitman    Fred Winter
1973    Pendil    8    Richard Pitman    Fred Winter
1974    Captain Christy    7    Bobby Coonan    Pat Taaffe
1975    Captain Christy    8    Gerry Newman    Pat Taaffe
1976    Royal Marshall II    9    Graham Thorner    Tim Forster
1977    Bachelor's Hall    7    Martin O'Halloran    Peter Cundell
1978    Gay Spartan    7    Tommy Carmody    Tony Dickinson
1979    Silver Buck    7    Tommy Carmody    Tony Dickinson
1980    Silver Buck    8    Tommy Carmody    Michael Dickinson
no race 1981 [e]           
1982    Wayward Lad    7    John Francome    Michael Dickinson
1983    Wayward Lad    8    Robert Earnshaw    Michael Dickinson
1984    Burrough Hill Lad    8    John Francome    Jenny Pitman
1985    Wayward Lad    10    Graham Bradley    Monica Dickinson
1986    Desert Orchid    7    Simon Sherwood    David Elsworth
1987    Nupsala    8    André Pommier    François Doumen
1988    Desert Orchid    9    Simon Sherwood    David Elsworth
1989    Desert Orchid    10    Richard Dunwoody    David Elsworth
1990    Desert Orchid    11    Richard Dunwoody    David Elsworth
1991    The Fellow    6    Adam Kondrat    François Doumen
1992    The Fellow    7    Adam Kondrat    François Doumen
1993    Barton Bank    7    Adrian Maguire    David Nicholson
1994    Algan    6    Philippe Chevalier    François Doumen
1995    One Man [f]    8    Richard Dunwoody    Gordon W. Richards
1996    One Man    8    Richard Dunwoody    Gordon W. Richards
1997    See More Business    7    Andrew Thornton    Paul Nicholls
1998    Teeton Mill    9    Norman Williamson    Venetia Williams
1999    See More Business    9    Mick Fitzgerald    Paul Nicholls
2000    First Gold    7    Thierry Doumen    François Doumen
2001    Florida Pearl    9    Adrian Maguire    Willie Mullins
2002    Best Mate    7    Tony McCoy    Henrietta Knight
2003    Edredon Bleu    11    Jim Culloty    Henrietta Knight
2004    Kicking King    6    Barry Geraghty    Tom Taaffe
2005    Kicking King[g]    7    Barry Geraghty    Tom Taaffe
2006    Kauto Star    6    Ruby Walsh    Paul Nicholls
2007    Kauto Star    7    Ruby Walsh    Paul Nicholls
2008    Kauto Star    8    Ruby Walsh    Paul Nicholls
2009    Kauto Star    9    Ruby Walsh    Paul Nicholls
2010    Long Run[h]    6    Sam Waley-Cohen[i]    Nicky Henderson
2011    Kauto Star    11    Ruby Walsh    Paul Nicholls
2012    Long Run    7    Sam Waley-Cohen[i]    Nicky Henderson
2013    Silviniaco Conti    7    Noel Fehily    Paul Nicholls
2014    Silviniaco Conti    8    Noel Fehily    Paul Nicholls
2015    Cue Card    9    Paddy Brennan    Colin Tizzard
2016    Thistlecrack    8    Tom Scudamore    Colin Tizzard
2017    Might Bite    8    Nico de Boinville    Nicky Henderson
2018    Clan des Obeaux    6    Harry Cobden    Paul Nicholls
2019    Clan des Obeaux    7    Sam Twiston-Davies    Paul Nicholls
2020    Frodon    8    Bryony Frost    Paul Nicholls
2021    Tornado Flyer    8    Danny Mullins    Willie Mullins
2022    Bravemansgame    7    Harry Cobden    Paul Nicholls

94. four king hell. im off to do meself in. remember it like it was 29 years ago

See More Business a great horse as well. Should have won 2 Gold Cups but was carried out by a horse pulling up the first time. Might Bite probably the worst on the list although he did look good that season.

Some trivia here sageform

Why was the king George they last race run on the day see more business won by a wide margin.

Was the rest of the card abandoned? I can't remember so a pure guess.

Yes two bomb warnings before the race but the race still went ahead then 20,000 evacuated sageform

Brilliant Sageform , hadnt won anywhere until photo result , Paddy wouldnt have won today with whip rule . Had a couple of bob on ill fated Dunkirk in 1965 , last one I attended .

Cue Card ran in probably the best Supreme i have ever seen. How did Al Ferof beat those 3 in behind

sat in pied piper ormesby m,boro before going to boro match,backed wayward lad one of my fav horses at 14 to 1 to win KG, massive price because i think it was combs ditch elsworth beast was odds on, great days