New Posts For Thread: Just coincidence?https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidenceSo nearly the best everFlyingbolt won 16 of his first 18 races, including three championship races at the Cheltenham Festival.He was a 1-5 shot when winning the Champion Chase and is still the shortest-priced winner in the history of that prestigiousThe Aspirin was 40 years earlier.Henri Pélissier, Francis Pélissier, and Charles Pélissier of France – In 1924, following their abandoning of the Tour de France, the first real drug scandal arose when the Pélissier brothers gave an extraordinhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541989353#541989353The Aspirin was 40 years earlier.Henri Pélissier, Francis Pélissier, and Charles Pélissier of France – In 1924, following their abandoning of the Tour de France, the first real drug scandal arose when the Pélissier brothers gave an extraordinFri, 24 Oct 2014 04:26:49 -0500Did she inseminate herselfhttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541989273#541989273Did she inseminate herselfFri, 24 Oct 2014 04:14:43 -0500Steroids were freely available and being used in all sports by the mix 60s, and I don't see any reason to think horseracing was any different.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541989257#541989257Steroids were freely available and being used in all sports by the mix 60s, and I don't see any reason to think horseracing was any different.Fri, 24 Oct 2014 04:11:47 -0500Having won a gold and bronze in the 1964 Olympics and followed that up by a world record and two further gold in the 1966 European Cham. Ewa Klobukowska was stripped of her titles in 1967 on the basis she was a man.Coincidentally less than a year lathttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541989209#541989209Having won a gold and bronze in the 1964 Olympics and followed that up by a world record and two further gold in the 1966 European Cham. Ewa Klobukowska was stripped of her titles in 1967 on the basis she was a man.Coincidentally less than a year latFri, 24 Oct 2014 04:06:51 -0500Arkle, lucky to have aspirin , brilliant....https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541989155#541989155Arkle, lucky to have aspirin , brilliant....Fri, 24 Oct 2014 03:57:14 -0500Yes vubiant , that is one of the most incredible records ever seen . And the wickets were not covered , you played them as you found them .Larwood ( who has to be mentioned in the same breath as Bradman ) was one of the best bowlers I ever saw -- nehttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541986041#541986041Yes vubiant , that is one of the most incredible records ever seen . And the wickets were not covered , you played them as you found them .Larwood ( who has to be mentioned in the same breath as Bradman ) was one of the best bowlers I ever saw -- neThu, 23 Oct 2014 17:40:52 -0500When Arkle was running we were lucky to have aspirin.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541985397#541985397When Arkle was running we were lucky to have aspirin.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:42:23 -0500One of the most 'freaky' of sporting records has to be Don Bradman's Test batting average 0f 99.94 -only three others got to just over 60.https://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541985377#541985377One of the most 'freaky' of sporting records has to be Don Bradman's Test batting average 0f 99.94 -only three others got to just over 60.Thu, 23 Oct 2014 16:40:34 -0500Frankel raced in 2012 . "Freaks" appear generationally in all sports , ref Beamans jump in 1968 . Most of us guessed about Armstrong , just feel sorry for any "clean " guys he relegated to second in the process .Nothing about Arkle or Flyingbolt wohttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541985149#541985149Frankel raced in 2012 . "Freaks" appear generationally in all sports , ref Beamans jump in 1968 . Most of us guessed about Armstrong , just feel sorry for any "clean " guys he relegated to second in the process .Nothing about Arkle or Flyingbolt woThu, 23 Oct 2014 16:27:31 -0500So nearly the best everFlyingbolt won 16 of his first 18 races, including three championship races at the Cheltenham Festival.He was a 1-5 shot when winning the Champion Chase and is still the shortest-priced winner in the history of that prestigioushttps://community.betfair.com/irish_sports/go/thread/view/94110/30372225/just-coincidence?post_id=541983111#541983111So nearly the best everFlyingbolt won 16 of his first 18 races, including three championship races at the Cheltenham Festival.He was a 1-5 shot when winning the Champion Chase and is still the shortest-priced winner in the history of that prestigiousThu, 23 Oct 2014 14:39:10 -0500