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  • November 4, 2005 at 01:21 #81667
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    A few who I thing should have races named after them.

    All the favourites I saw at Haydock in the late 90’s and early part of this century.  General Wolfe, Young Kenny, The Last Fling, Bobby Grant, Kingsmark.

    Martin

    November 4, 2005 at 01:24 #81668
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    The French beat us to it.

    The Tierce Handicap at Auteuil run at the big winter jumps festival this Sunday is to be renamed the Prix Best Mate.

    November 4, 2005 at 09:38 #81669
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    A Handicap. The irony of it!

    November 4, 2005 at 12:27 #81670
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    Oh hang on – some people on here are having a laugh. Best Mate – won 3 Gold Cups – how the hell can you call them poor quality gold cups???? Yes, best mate was beat by beef or salmon in the ericsson chase. But how many times did best mate destroy beef or salmon in the gold cups???<br>Best Mate never came out of the top 2, and there is no way i am including the haldon gold cup as a run. If the jockey club cup on champions day was named after Persian Punch last year, a race he won a few times, then why could the Gold Cup not be named after Best Mate for 1 year and then give him a permanent race.

    You cant say that i think that hardy eustace should be given a race named after him. Hardy Eustace finishes 2nd or 3rd up until march, where he wins the champion hurdle and then wins a champion hurdle in ireland in april. he’s nowhere near as consistent as best mate, and the 2001 festival being abandoned didnt inconvenience hardy eustace anywhere near as much as it may have. Hardy Eustace probably hadnt even started racing then.<br>The Gold Cup is the entire reason that chasers exist. I’m pretty sure if you asked any trainer in the uk, which race they would want to win the most, it would be the gold cup. Arkle won it 3 years running, and <br>Best Mate has, so to treat Best mate with lesser respect is absurd.

    November 4, 2005 at 21:04 #81671
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    How about the "Best Mate would have won this with a half-decent ride instead of coming second when Mounty was on at 10-1 Supreme Novices’ Hurdle"

    November 4, 2005 at 22:26 #81672
    davidbrady
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    Let it go man let it go. You’ll become even more bitter and twisted than you already are.

    November 5, 2005 at 08:24 #81673
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    On past performances by the authorities, we may end up with something along the lines of  "The Best Mate July Cup".

    Colin

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