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Cheers GM………..your questions are great, so fire away, all yours, or anyone else who wants a go
Thanks, Bobby. It is common knowledge that Richard Guest actually trained as well as rode Red Marauder to Grand National success (for Norman Mason). Who was the last previous person to both train and ride the National winner, when, and on which horse?
Two Irish Classic winners of the 1970s both accomplished a rare feat not achieved since.
Name the two horses and the link between them.
Ribocco and Ribero who both won the St Leger as well and were full brothers, sired by Ribot out of Libra by Hyperion.
Ribocco & Ribero won the Irish Derby in 1967 & 1968 respectively.
The two horses I am looking for were both trained in Ireland.
To reiterate:
Two Irish Classic winners of the 1970s both accomplished a rare feat not achieved since.
Name the two horses and the link between them.
The two horses I am looking for were both trained in Ireland.
Non-existent though it is now, early on in the piece this achievement was far less uncommon. For example, of the first 25 St Leger victors at least 4 would join the two 1970s Irish Classic winners in this somewhat elite club.
I suggest the Internet might help for this question.
Lady Capulet won the Irish 1,000 first time out – remember the BBC showing a reply around teatime on Grandstand. Got that one from the top of my head but had to check the internet for the other, Ballymore FTO in the Irish 2000 in 1972.
Or was it a Friday evening and they showed the reply the following evening. Just seem to remember the BBC showing the Irish GNS from the can in the 1970’s. They definitely showed Jaazeiro at teatime on Grandstand, when Piggot pulled out wide.
Thanks Seasider, 75-79 time went oh so slow.Think it’s the same though whatever anyone’s main sport is. Your mind retains all sorts of stuff from your bitten period ,then struggles to remember anything about recent big events whether it be Grand Nationals, FA Cup Finals, Opens, Wimbledons or Monaco GP’s.
Anyway,this animal is not from that period.He won his maiden race at a northern English course.
At the time he raced in the colours of horses that have won races at the very top level.
When he he won this maiden race he was trained by a trainer who has been a champion trainer and ridden by a jockey who has been a champion trainer.
Four years later, trained in a different country with a different trainer,owner and rider, he won a championship UK event, with two previous winners of the same event in the field.ridden by a jockey who has been a champion jockey
good grief on the pop for a bit after early finish at work
I would say Silver Birch, Cancello, except both his first win under rules and first chase win were at Chepstow, and the GN is not really a championship event and it wasn’t four years after either. So I expect I’m wrong!
Golden Miller, lots of mileage in Silver Birch for quizzes from all sorts angles, more than most recent winners of the GN, was actually there when he won too but have lost all respect for the event with what they’ve gone and done to it.Actually get more of a buzz from the Hennessey, don’t think there is much of a bigger attraction in NH racing than weight carrying performances in that event and/or the emergence of a big new player. Anyway, wrong but on the right lines !
Actually, that’s misleading….hers’s s clue which may give it away, there is a switch of codes and no pt to pt connection.
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