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17 Dec 25
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Favourite for me would be Sharpo silks with the birds eye….
Least favourite the dreadful dartboard……ffs
Daddy of them all probably the Sangster silks imv….
Least favourite the dreadful dartboard……ffs
Daddy of them all probably the Sangster silks imv….
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Are you that bored!!?
Got to agree with the dartboard colours. Looks rubbish. Wasn’t it a competition or something to come up with those colours? |
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Should serve time for giving the stamp of approval Kenbo…
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Always liked Lord Howard de Walden’s plain apricot silks, and Jim Joel’s black with a scarlet cap. Class.
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Moller - chocolate & gold.
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Ardross colours Charles St George always been a fav of mine. Black white chevron and cap
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Lord Howard de Walden's apricot numero uno. Wasn't the story that they were picked by one of his artist pals to go with the green turf?
Sheikh Mohammed's own colours were better than Godolphin's all-blue imo. Sheikh Hamdan's blue with white epaulettes are up there (same basic combo as Mr Vogt's Frodon colours over jumps). Michael Tabor's colours are bloody awful and probably the worst of any top owner. |
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Can't help by being influenced by the horses so Englehard for me.
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THE REEDS, shotgun,path of peace etc up the naarth
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What about Empery Nelson Bunker Hunt……
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The Hollingsworth colours when they represented those homebred slow burners in training with Hern - they've since been based on a large scale.
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Guy Reed colours are responsible for me getting the bug…..Souix and Souix at Lanark tbh….
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debased
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Valerie shaw for me just in front of lord howard
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Apologies form I’ve just noticed flat so lord howard just in front those carried by fractured foxy.
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Pearlyman Jimnast.
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That’s correct ribero always like the colours actually posses a set in wool.
A great 2 miler slightly behind the elite 2 sprinter and Moscow but as good as any of the others I saw. |
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Of the present ones it would be Juddmonte on the flat and Brocade Racing over jumps. Easy to see in running and while Juddmonte have been around for 40 years or more, Brocade have made a massive impact with relatively few runners. Also agree about Lord Howard and Jim Joel.
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Not a fan of the bloke at all, but I've always liked the classy simplicity of the Magnier silks (don't like the Tabor or Derrick Smith silks too much)
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Stanhope Joel and Anthony Oppenheimer favourites.
Dislike a lot of the American ones I’d say |
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Sangster colours are class.
Dartboard Colours are a disgrace. |
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Anybody else still got their Benson and Hedges book of Racing silks from the early 70’s
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Yes, I have the Benson and Hedges racing colours book.
I doubt 50% of those colours are still registered. My favourite colours are gold, gold cap, aquamarine sleeves. The Coolmore navy colours were bought at a Sotherbys auction for, I think, 70,000 sterling (estimate in the catalogue was about half that). I liked the Dr Devious Derby colours, white with a little sky blue on the sleeves and cap. I do not like the Coolmore navy colours. Fwiw almost all the single colours (e.g. apricot) were issued about 200 years ago. It is difficult to get two colour silks now. Try selecting new racing colours on the BHA and anything nice gets the response "colours not available". |
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Always liked the Barnett colours.
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tony blooms blue and white colours done ok
UTA |
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Not that bad on NH either put tenner every one at S.P. massive return
UTA |
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Were the de Walden colours officially apricot or salmon pink?
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99% sure there apricot ramruma blackbarn is your man for racing colours however not seen him on here for a while hope he is ok.
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Thanks, jimnast.
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I used to hate the Beaverbrook colours of Bustino, Petoski & Minster Son (and many more) but as I don't think
I've seen them this century, I miss them now...and if they reappeared tomorrow, they'd give me a bit of a buzz. Another glum set of silks are the Cohens...of Long Run & Noble **** fame - depressing! I also cannot ever recall seeing a quality performer in The Queen's colours with ANY speed at all. The only one I can think of is the h'cap sprinter King's Lynn and although everyone knows that her breeding interests focused more on stamina, I still can't think of an horse that produced a turn of foot as they were all grinders. The ubiquitous classy silks of my youth are sorely missed...Sangster, Niarchos, Moller, Friedman, Ivan Allen, Wildenstein, d'Alessio, Fahd Salman as well as the original Sheikh Mo silks - I'm sure I've forgot many obvious ones. Regarding the Sharpo colours, the barman in Minder (Dave) wore his Monica Sheriffe silks to death - he must've backed him in The Temple Stakes at 33/1!  |
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Can't believe that cravat sporting cnút is still bowdlerised on here - especially as he's
named after a 4-time Gold Cup winner so maybe we need to laugh at the bástard a bit more?  |
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Snipped something courtesy of jockeycolours.com to try and identify the colour of the Howard de Walden silks.
[ This image is no longer available. ] Probably not a 100% reliable method but in the photo, both the 1917 and the 1968 silks appear to in the color of Peach (html color code #FFCBA4) which is described as a soft and warm orange color with a hint of pink. It embodies sweetness and gentleness, perfect for creating a gentle and inviting space. |
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Her late Majesty had the worst racing advisors in the country (although in part this is because JP's were in Ireland which is another country). She sold Height of Fashion to Sheikh Hamdan, who bred from her Nayef, Unfuwain and Nashwan.
Back on topic, the royal colours are bloody awful imo, far too fussy; Sheikh Hamdan's are much better. |
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Some women liked the Henbit colours…..
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Sangster, Niarchos and the Aga Khan's my 3 favourites.
Hate colours that have playing cards and the like of them.....just tacky,reminds me of yanks who are the kings of tacky. |
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The dartboard must be the worst since time began imv….
Cross of Lorraine another turn off…. |
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Ramruma - can't believe I neglected to mention Height Of Fashion!
There've been plenty of her decendants with speed - Liz really missed a trick letting that broodmare go...and even the burden of her pedestrian colours wouldn't have slowed them down |
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Whilst I remember the henbit colours I don’t understand your comment on them |
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My mistake jimnast getting them mixed up with another set,jumps I think with the hearts on them,think Francome wore them
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My favourite are Helena Springfield colours. Fairy Footsteps and many good fillies since, Bella Colora etc and there weren't any I didn't back because I like the operation and its name as much as the black and white theme. Here's to another forty years of seeing them.
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