Hardy Eustace

Yes and all different trainers...

It really was a great era. A fantastic horse.

A great two or three years of top quality hurdling, second only to the Monksfield/Night Nurse/Sea Pigeon era

2005, v harchibald & brave inca, still no idea how, think i saw all of his chelt runs, great memories

Sad to hear Hardy Eustace pass passed away, was a vey genuine, gutsy and talented horse.

The most amazing race I’ve ever seen elise

Hardy was my all time favourite national hunt horse not only did he win 2 champion hurdles he won a very strong sun alliance hurdle in the days these races were hard to win.

Tragically the rider that day was killed at kilbeggan a few months later.

Last year I gave hardy a pat down the neck at the national stud I’m glad I got to see him.

RIP old boy there were none tougher

RIP Hardy .One of the most fluent jumpers of a hurdle ive ever seen and as tough as old boots.

Hated him as I was brave inca fan
But what a horse and time that was n/h

it was an amazing moment jim, i was stood on guinness and as they came past my mate was waving a handful of harchibald vouchers ... he never got over it

I still haven't got over backing Harchibald that day.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9_mLaemco

Posted on footy forum, Arsenal fan.

I was sat in the seats on level 3 elise I couldn’t believe he was still in front at the line poor harchibald having to try and out battle both hardy and brave Inca


Totally agree madhatter second only to the era you mentioned

It still hurts and I even remember where I was being sat on my bus at a terminus and close to tears

sry sparrow, but those are the memories that stay with us, always a few what ifs

Just one of many after all these years, elise.

So good to watch that again 

Essex,al eile,back in front .bar rooster booster,English.

These hurdlers where known  as the magnificent seven,these were the seedlings of the Irish domination now.

If you want to know what it was like before this,go to any Irish city centre,and that big pile of pigeon **** in the main square,is burying a statue of danoli.their lone winner in early 80s

defo the best era of 2m hurdlers since the turn of the century

Both mucklemeg and time for a run won the day danoli won the sun alliance hurdle

I presume you’re right,I’m sure though they only had 1 winner one year,and maybe no winners the year before,might have wrong horse.could of been the other world hurdle winner,that should of been disqualified,but kept the race.

Your thinking of galmoy

The one that should have been thrown out was crimson embers

Yeah galmoy.

Think danoli was best remembered cos 7/4 fav. So massive popular winner.

Yes plus the trainer

Cornelius lycet did something on the wireless when he retired from the bbc a top 10 count down to his favourite Cheltenham memories I was quite refreshing he chose danoli rather than gold cup or champion hurdle winners

I m probably wrong,but in the back of my brain,didn’t it win the Irish sports personality of the year.

Was a very popular horse in Ireland,hence why I mixed up the 1 winner,still talked about today galmoy/danoli.

Not sure about that comingupthehill I do seem to think Brian odriscoll pipping a horse for Irish spoty

Wikipedia. Known as the peoples horse,the most popular horse in Ireland in the 90s,

he did do a tv show, like a wogan thing but not wogan

Late late show,the grey haired guy.

poss i just rem a clip, i always rem them bringing red rum out on sports pers with tommy stack on a screen, id guess that would be after the 3rd national

His next race after winning the sun alliance was in the aintree hurdle where he had the champion hurdler flakey dove a long way behind some effort from a novice

Also thrashed Doran’s pride in the hattans grace.

Just looking at his Irish champion hurdle in 96 both Jim old and David elsworth sent runners over


Those were the days

When he won the Irish gold cup Paul Nichols,Peter Beaumont and Gordon Richards had runners that was the first Sunday in February 6 weeks before the festival

His last race was in the punchestown gold cup 11 runners

Ferdy Murphy
Alan king
Richard Lee
Nicky Henderson
Peter Beaumont
Martin pipe

trying to think if ive seen those sturt/old colours since he passed away

Wouldn’t know elise sageform would probably know

The Beaumont horse at punchestown isn’t the one you probably think it is

i was trying to rem the king horse but i can't get it, too long back, i started going to ire maybe 2002/03 ish for the big meetings, my fav was the leops sunday ladbroke/pierce day when it was just the pne day, used to do navan on the saturday

Mulligan was the king horse

Navan is a superb racecourse with now also has a very good 2 day fixture clashes with the November meeting at Cheltenham

The old Ladbroke formally the sweeps hurdle I think was always a great spectacle

yes, stands were like a cow shed lol but did like going there

there was like a funny little bar in what felt like the rafters of the main stand, was a bit like a re enactment of the place anne frank was hiding

I think that’s a very cozy coffee bar now elise

is it still there?  i also rem the tote office (ha!) being like a milking parlour, quaint it was but super racing and a very good viewing track

and the announcement, would the gentleman with the blue tractor please kindly move it as you're blocking the horse boxes

I couldn’t be sure as my first visit was in 2017 but it sounds like the one

sadly not been there for perhaps 15 yrs, must go over and do a few of the other tracks i never saw as well

The new currugh is superb world class on the other end of the scale thurles is a must visit.