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Died at the weekend aged 27. What a smashing horse he was and what a golden era for the hurdling division with him, Brave Inca, Harchibald, Macs Joy and Rooster Booster
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Yes and all different trainers...
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It really was a great era. A fantastic horse.
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A great two or three years of top quality hurdling, second only to the Monksfield/Night Nurse/Sea Pigeon era
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2005, v harchibald & brave inca, still no idea how, think i saw all of his chelt runs, great memories
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Sad to hear Hardy Eustace pass passed away, was a vey genuine, gutsy and talented horse.
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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  |
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RIP Hardy .One of the most fluent jumpers of a hurdle ive ever seen and as tough as old boots.
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Hated him as I was brave inca fan
But what a horse and time that was n/h |
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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
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I still haven't got over backing Harchibald that day.
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_x9_mLaemco
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Posted on footy forum, Arsenal fan.
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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 |
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It still hurts and I even remember where I was being sat on my bus at a terminus and close to tears
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sry sparrow, but those are the memories that stay with us, always a few what ifs
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Just one of many after all these years, elise.
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So good to watch that again
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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 |
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defo the best era of 2m hurdlers since the turn of the century
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Both mucklemeg and time for a run won the day danoli won the sun alliance hurdle
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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.
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Your thinking of galmoy
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The one that should have been thrown out was crimson embers
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Yeah galmoy.
Think danoli was best remembered cos 7/4 fav. So massive popular winner. |
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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 |
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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. |
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Not sure about that comingupthehill I do seem to think Brian odriscoll pipping a horse for Irish spoty
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Wikipedia. Known as the peoples horse,the most popular horse in Ireland in the 90s,
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he did do a tv show, like a wogan thing but not wogan
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Late late show,the grey haired guy.
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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
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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
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Also thrashed Doran’s pride in the hattans grace.
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Just looking at his Irish champion hurdle in 96 both Jim old and David elsworth sent runners over
Those were the days |
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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
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His last race was in the punchestown gold cup 11 runners
Ferdy Murphy Alan king Richard Lee Nicky Henderson Peter Beaumont Martin pipe |
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trying to think if ive seen those sturt/old colours since he passed away
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Wouldn’t know elise sageform would probably know
The Beaumont horse at punchestown isn’t the one you probably think it is |
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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
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