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09 Jun 25
11:45
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Racing Post reports died this morning aged 95. A great trainer under both codes RIP Sir.
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Must have made him proud to see Tim train a St Leger winner.
RIP.
RIP.
Great trainer of the likes of Night Nurse ,Sea Pigeon,rip.
Sad news part of those great days when the north of England completely dominated national hunt racing I doubt anyone who enjoys racing and was around in those days would not have sea pigeon in the top five favourites
It was Peter no.1 and the rest way behind in the north ( jumps ) for quite a few years. RIP
Top 1 for me. ( Sea Pigeon ) Been nothing really close since. Champion hurdles Ebor under 10st and the rest.
If you could get hold of any film howard from his ebor win you would get plenty for it.
Night Nurse was a special horse. He was not a top class flat horse like Sea Pigeon but he was a great hurdler winning the CH twice with Sea Pigeon behind him on one occasion.
We all know death comes to us all but every so often one has special meaning and hits you right in the teeth.
What he and his horses gave to my enjoyment of my youth.
R.I.P. and thanks for the memories.
What he and his horses gave to my enjoyment of my youth.
R.I.P. and thanks for the memories.
yeah jonjo said C4 were on strike. The whole channel didn't start 'til '82
Plenty more beside the obvious one's,Jobroke landed a massive gamble in the County Hurdle,Alverton won an Arkle along with Clayside and Ryeman,just seemed to churn out big winners all the time in those days,Within the Law,Father Delaney etc etc.
Honcho- Totally agree.Us auld yins were so lucky to have been around to witness those great times. Sometimes I feel sorry for the youth of today. Similar to when The Queen died can't be replaced.
Did his own Little Owl not beat Night Nurse to a Champion Hurdle/Gold Cup double then go on never win another race.
I agree with you TWofL but Charlie’s having a good try at emulating her good works.
ITV were on strike Howard
Little owl took 2 big scalps in his gold cup night nurse and silver buck the ran in an iffy race at sandown which changed the way forecast were calculated Alverton also
Alverton also won a gold cup see you later ribero
Little owl took 2 big scalps in his gold cup night nurse and silver buck the ran in an iffy race at sandown which changed the way forecast were calculated Alverton also
Alverton also won a gold cup see you later ribero
great trainer of some wonderful jumpers and wasnt too shabby on the flat either
RIP Peter
RIP Peter
RIP, a great trainer and a good innings, didn't he also train Peterhof to win the Triumph hurdle in the 70s.
|Got into racing when Night Nurse was @ the height of his powers along with the legendary Sea Pigeon two all time great horses from a great trainer |RIP. Peterhof was Mick Easterby :Stewarts.
Cheers George, Jake was at Katie's as an amateur and as an apprentice. Chuffed to bits for him and a good hands and heels ride.
Jun 9, 2025 -- 5:26PM, howard wrote:
hope no fruitcake says they let it win
Probably
As has been mentioned, the north of England jumping scene was unbelievably strong in the 70's to mid 80's. You had some cracking Wetherby cards. One of the tributes today refers to the Wetherby meeting in October 1980 which was when MH Easterby had five winners on a six race card. This was the Wednesday meeting. I was there that day. The race that he missed out ( not sure he had a runner) was the opening novice hurdle won by Jimmy Fitzgerald's Wyn Bank, ridden by Jonjo who also rode five winners - the one missing being Wink The Cop ridden by Tim Easterby. On the Saturday Jonjo broke his leg at Bangor putting an early end to any chance of retaining his champion jockeys title.
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