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Footage on my you tube site of this race which for me just about had the best top 3 i can remember.
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Thanks, I had never seen the race before. As I recall Pollardstown had a ‘proper’ campaign winning five on the spin. He was very game but not quite quick enough to win a Champion Hurdle.
Great memories….. Loved that era…. Sea Pigeon, Night Nurse and Monksfield……some epic races…
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Yes it’s the racetech copy (would have been rts, racecourse technical services I think).
Does anyone know why they had to stop commentating a few strides before the line? They always did this so it must have been a rule. Possibly to stop any betting shop disputes if there was a bad call?
I stand to be corrected Martin O’Halloran who I know rode him around this time in his career. Sorry if ive got it wrong
How do you get hold of these old clips? Do you know if footage still exists for most of the 70s Cheltenham races? I am thinking if the Casbah race is out there others must be as well. If they are it is a shame that Cheltenham can’t round them all up and market them. The 80s is pretty well covered on YouTube but there are only a few gems from the 70s such as Golden Cygnet. So many old races I would happily pay to see. Always wanted to see the Kinloch Brae’s Gold Cup fall but the sadly the clip on YouTube doesn’t cover it.
Would love the full race of Dawn Run/Gaye Brief in 1983 Christmas Hurdle, and full clip of Captain Christy’s Gold cup
I always feel that racing misses a trick by not playing on it’s rich history and heritage (don’t get me started on removing historic race names – Bula hurdle anyone?). There must be a wealth of races (especially from approx 1970 onwards which were covered by one of the terrestrial channels.
In these days of Youtube, couldn’t the racecourses (via RUK / ATR depending on their affiliation publish some of their historic races online for other to enjoy and – you never know – develop a love of the sport?
I always feel that racing misses a trick by not playing on it’s rich history and heritage (don’t get me started on removing historic race names – Bula hurdle anyone?). There must be a wealth of races (especially from approx 1970 onwards which were covered by one of the terrestrial channels.
In these days of Youtube, couldn’t the racecourses (via RUK / ATR depending on their affiliation publish some of their historic races online for other to enjoy and – you never know – develop a love of the sport?
If only. Personally, I would prefer a re-run of an old ITV seven rather than some of today’s dross. RUK occasionally fill time with re-runs of old Flat races but rarely dip into the 70s. Unfortunately, they spoil things by repeating them over and over again. Channel 4 will occasionally show a few old clips but they are limited to seconds and these days they seem to prefer waffle from the booth instead.
The commentators in that era stopped in order to leave the PA system free for the judge, and he would then call the result or photo finish.
The judge is still the one that announces the official result, but the advent of pictures in the shops led to the demand for the commentator to keep talking as the old approach looked silly once everybody could see what was happening.
While how far horses have progressed in the last 30 years may be a moot point, one thing these (great) old clips highlight is the massive, step-change improvements that have been made by jockeys.
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