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Which horse, in the space of six weeks, finished third in a Cheltenham Gold Cup, sixth in the Aintree Foxhunters having fallen at the Chair and remounted and then also finished sixth at Badminton three-day-event complete with roads and tracks and a proper steeplechase track which they don’t have now.
It did happen and in my lifetime, because I remember two of them clearly.watching them on the telly.
I’ll be back on just after ten pm with the answer. Though know you lot I probably don’t need to.
1965 I think ~ the Gold Cup was a four runner affair dominated by Arkle and Mill House.
Durlas Eile won Badminton for Ireland in 1965.
Stoney Crossing had been placed 3 times on the flat in Australia before
coming over and taking on Arkle and Mill House at Cheltenham – beaten 20 lengths and 30 lengths.Subsequently won a handicap chase at Market Rasen under 12-7 on his reappearance.
Stoney Crossing. The Gold Cup was his first ever run over fences in the UK
Spot on Rory, I knew somebody would quickly come up with that one, I would have had to look up Durlass Eille, he was ridden by Eddie Boylan of Ireland wasn’t he?
Owned and ridden (doubtless trained too) by the legendary Australian horseman Bill Roycroft who won a Gold medal in the three day event at one Olympics (Rome, I think) might have been more. Remarkably he rode three horses at Badminton that year (not allowed nowadays) and if you have a look at page 26 of this weeks Horse and Hound then you will see a photo of the great man (and I do use the word properly for he was at the top of his tree for nearly half a century and his son Wayne is still very much involved in the sport worldwide) and his three horses. He is riding Stoney Crossing. I already knew about the Gold Cup and Badminton, but knew nothing of his Aintree run. If he had not fallen surely he would have come close to winning wouldn’t he. Anybody got any details of the race?
Owned and ridden (doubtless trained too) by the legendary Australian horseman Bill Roycroft who won a Gold medal in the three day event at one Olympics (Rome, I think) might have been more. Remarkably he rode three horses at Badminton that year (not allowed nowadays)
The details of thre three he rode are also remarkable; one was Stoney Crossing, one was the eventual runner-up Eldorado and the third (I believe) was Avatar, who warmed up by running in Kirriemuir’s Champion Hurdle!
He was the last Englishman to acheive a POLO handicap of 10 goals – the maximum .
Who is his Trainer son and Sports Journalist grand-daughter ?
Backing two runners is the relentless pursuit of value. Backing each way is a shortcut to the poor house. Only 7% make a long term profit.
Gerald Balding snr., Ian Balding and Clare Balding respectively.
(I’ve read "Making The Running" too!)
Gerald Balding snr., Ian Balding and Clare Balding respectively.
(I’ve read "Making The Running" too!)
What about Toby?
Next question !
Backing two runners is the relentless pursuit of value. Backing each way is a shortcut to the poor house. Only 7% make a long term profit.
It is a shame Rory, that the West Berkshire Racing Club Quizz was not just National Hunt racing.
Can anyone on here rival Rory for the flat? Because, if they want to return for another tilt at the Racing Post etc. they need a Flat boffin.
P.S.
Was what Jeremy introduced you as that day true Rory?Mark
Value Is EverythingIt is a shame Rory, that the West Berkshire Racing Club Quizz was not just National Hunt racing.
Can anyone on here rival Rory for the flat? Because, if they want to return for another tilt at the Racing Post etc. they need a Flat boffin.
P.S.
Was what Jeremy introduced you as that day true Rory?Mark
We need to step up to the mark for that, to be sure, Mark; we got a bit of a kicking at Newbury but at least we tried! I can’t for the life of me remember what Jez’s introduction was, but he has an honest face, so I’d trust him!
The answer to the previous question is Davy Jones, if anyone is interested; he won the Gold Cup on Red Rower in 1945 when already considered a veteran in the saddle at the age of 37, but was amazingly still riding on the flat in the early seventies in Nairobi where he rode the Kenyan Derby and 2000 Guineas winners in successive years. Two of his sons (Peter and Buck) still hold training licences I believe, although I may have my Peter Jones’s slightly confused.
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