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Would you by any chance have video of the 1970 Colonial Cup? That would be my holy grail but I’m not sure it exists. One of the best fields ever assembled, certainly the best in an American steeplechase.
I watched it on YouTube(I subscribe to your channel)while I had my breakfast. Thanks for uploading it.
I didn’t realise that Sea Pigeon ever tackled fences. Although you would hardly know it from the tv coverage. Always drives me nuts when you only get to see the leaders going over jumps.
It’s great some of these you tube channels that have these old races loaded up , end up having late nights just watching the new uploads , really good stuff . Even seeing the old presenters it just takes me right back .
I saw Grand Canyon race at Sandown in 1984 I think it would have been , he was an old horse then , in one of the military races . He was a NZ bred and won either Colonial Cup or Maryland Hunt Cup . I think he raced all other the place after leaving NZ .
Iam sure he raced at same meeting Davy Jones had a ride , still got the old racebook will have to dig it out one day“I didn’t realise that Sea Pigeon ever tackled fences. Although you would hardly know it from the tv coverage. Always drives me nuts when you only get to see the leaders going over jumps.”
Glad to see the quality of the camerawork at American hunt meets hasn’t changed lol.Grand Canyon (known as Grand Canyon II in the USA) won the Colonial Cup twice. Didn’t realize he raced all the way till 1984.
It’s a shame they stopped running the Colonial Cup, was always a tremendous race and a nice end to the season.
Thanks Miss Woodford , i remember going to Sandown with my Dad and he was looking forward to seeing Grand Canyon . Iam pretty sure his run in maybe the 81 or 82 King George is on you tube , bit of a front runner I recall.
Ive found the racebook , 1984 Imperial Cup day 10th March 84 , The Dick McCreery Cup , ,14 years old trained at time by trainer called Rex Carter at Swaffham . Write up states wins in UK , US , France , course record holder Ascot and Sandown . Also mentions had been based at Household Cavalry Barracks London .David Nicholson trained the winner of race , Fury Boy .
As for Davy Jones , he was not on same card he rode horse called Gilded Chief into second on 2 nd Nov 84 at Sandown . My 84 memories are merging a bit .
Looking though old racebooks another time waster for me so i will need to put them back in garage quicklyI love these old clips which can be blast-from-the-past material or give me visual insight into events before my time.
Many thanks for this and to all who upload such material to the great free resource that is YouTube.
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"You may have seen it Ian but a good one espmadrid uploaded 3 years ago popped up when i looked at you tube today , The 1989 Shadwell Estates private sweepstake run at Ascot , some of the jockeys Jimmy Lindley , Richard Pitman , John Francome .
Those videos must have sat there for years gathering dust but an absolute joy to scroll through now .That’s some field !!!!!
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A wonderful field in that 1970 race, Miss Woodford – thanks for posting. The $63,000 to the winner would today represent $495,973.00
I don’t know how to post screenshots here, so the link to the race preview in The New York Times is here:
https://timesmachine.nytimes.com/timesmachine/1970/11/14/issue.html’71 and ’72 weren’t too shabby either. The great Inkslinger and Soothsayer trading win and place, with Top Bid and Shadow Brook finishing just behind them both years.
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