Spartan Missile Take two

54 year old jon thorne

Farmer

aye deffo a 150 horse.

Apr 9, 2026 -- 3:47PM, wondersobright wrote:

54 year old jon thorne

…putting in a storming finish.

Marvellous watch. A great spring over the fences, though the jockey on the eventual third seemed to spend a lot of the race trying to cross in his way.

still galloping down walton vale, jockey still not moved on it ...

Very impressive

Spartan Missile was a big, scopey horse. Also very different fences - it's embarrassing to call them by their original names. This horse isn't cut from the same cloth. I think he would likely struggle against proper opposition. How many of those behind had an upside?

There aint much Proper opposition around Drum

Spartan was a cracking horse was 4th in Gold Cup then 2nd in National ,If my memory serves me right

Was no fallers in the race today 2 unseats ,as you say totally different Fences

Used to be chaos in this race in the Past

It's sad to watch. It's now a pitiful spectacle. The cheerleaders just waffle on about the perceived positives, mostly centering on the increased quality. Weren't the likes of L'Escargot and Crisp better than the horses turning up tomorrow?