Gavros 5:29 Fri Mar 23
Your favourite horse race of all time
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Grand national 2014. Made a shit load
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Far Cough
5:32 Fri Mar 23
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The Foinavon National
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neilalex
5:35 Fri Mar 23
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Likely to reflect favourite horse but I'll play.
1986 Arc
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Far Cough
5:38 Fri Mar 23
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Neil, Dancing Brave?
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Northern Sold
5:41 Fri Mar 23
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2009 Breeders Cup Classic
Zenyatta
"Zenyatta is last... Zenyatta is dead last...."
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ud_XPH6Eix4
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neilalex
5:43 Fri Mar 23
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FC - yes. But it will be a lot of people's favourite. Should have been even better to watch but the spastic french cameraman focused on the french champion Bering and missed part of Dancing Brave's quite devastating turn of foot that left them all for dead.
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Far Cough
7:06 Fri Mar 23
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Northern Sold 5:41 Fri Mar 23
Sold, unbelievable come from behind win, Lester Piggott would have been proud of that
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neilalex
7:28 Fri Mar 23
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Just something to ponder. Dancing Brave clocked the penultimate furlong in the Derby at 10.3 secs. He ran the final furlong in his Arc win at 10.8
The world record five furlong speed (run at Epsom) is here;
http://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/fastest-horse-racing-time-over-5-furlongs
As you can see that is an average furlong speed of 10.73. Dancing Brave's speed is genuinely freakish and shouldn't be possible at the end of a mile and a half.
That's why I believe that unless the finish could be run out of him (and worth bearing in mind that his overall Arc speed was a trach record at the time and I belief stood for many years), it would be virtually impossible for any horse to withstand that late onslaught.
Fucking Starkey;
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JrEyGdVQzhY
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the coming of gary
7:40 Fri Mar 23
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Starkey also lost on another top derby favourite, ELA MANA MOU
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Far Cough
8:22 Fri Mar 23
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ELA MANA MOU, is Greek for come on mum
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Son of Sam
10:46 Fri Mar 23
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I have rewatched this several times
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D1yq3RmBfOI
What that young lad does is both remarkable and refreshing
but I have always loved the contrast beetween Roche and eddery in this classic
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lEe263QHHjA
Over jumps dawn Runs GC which i posted on other thread, runner up would be this 2002 novice chase at southwell
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lnEBeH55s-4
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onlyoneclydebest
12:19 Sat Mar 24
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I went to the 1986 to see Dancing Brave,wasn’t dissapointed,the greatest race ever in my opinion,beat 3 derby winners that day.Atmosphere was electric
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Moncurs Putting Iron
12:42 Sat Mar 24
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Flat- Zenarinda, jumps The Snail
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jfk
12:47 Sat Mar 24
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A difficult question but money wise and watching on course cleaning up money wise.Marling for me in the early nineties a brilliant nag I followed her pre-kids backed her big and won bundles.
Memorable days and a fantastic bitch.
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WHU(Exeter)
1:02 Sat Mar 24
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Maori Venture 1987 Grand National, saw it in one single race before and thought it raced a blinder and when the commentator said it was a good bet for the National, thought it was as piss easy as that, so told of others to back it as well, which they did at 40 and 33/1.......if only it was as easy as they every year....waited 20 years til the next one, Silver Birch.
Favourite race is The Lincoln (tomorrow), no other reason other than my Grandad loved watching the racing on a Saturday and the Lincoln is the first name of a race I can remember watching with him as a kid.
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jfk
1:30 Sat Mar 24
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WHU (Exeter)I remember my grandad and dad mentioning races such as The Lincoln and the likes ,The czarevitch is another one of many barring the obvious.
I'll have a look in the morning with regards to The Lincoln good betting race.after doing my bollocks at cheltenham last Friday I'll do a few bets tomorrow probably a two quid lucky each way 15.
Good luck in The Lincoln mate.
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Westham67
3:12 Sat Mar 24
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Red Rum Grand National 1973 only 6 at the time and still remember the finish
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gph
3:17 Sat Mar 24
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Shetland pony.
You wouldn't have to go to hospital if one of those trod on your foot.
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WHU(Exeter)
11:19 Sat Mar 24
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Jfk....the Cesarewitch!!....although the Lincoln was the first one I remembered watching with him (to a kid it did feel exactly like a cavalry charge), the Cesarewitch is the one he always went on about, more than any other race.
He didn't smoke as such, but woukd always have a cigar or two on the go while watching the races, and it was gave me the bug to have bets going on a race or two every Saturday afternoon
He really knew his horses though, kept big ledgers all handwritten, way before we all had PCs and think he used to concentrate most on their bloodlines and distances and going and made decent money from it - unlike me!!
First years in the bookies was when you woukd still get groups of old women in them betting pennies on the greyhounds.
Good luck with the Lincoln today mate....I do the trends with the races, which unfortunately today has thrown up Chelsea Lad...I'm in two minds!
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neilalex
12:09 Sat Mar 24
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I like the Lincoln as it heralds in the Flat season. Bastard to bet on though, complete lottery in my experience.
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theaxeman
1:37 Sat Mar 24
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Dawn Run, Jonjo O'Neill in the Gold Cup.
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