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Hello all,
Long time browser first time poster,I would like to mention two horses Knock Hill and Winnie The Witch both favorites of mine.Anyone who is a fan of both of those horses can’t be all bad. Knock Hill one of my all-time favourites for owner Peter Thompson, who used to fly standby from New York when he ran.
Thanks Rory,
Two other favorites of mine are Aonoch(as mentioned)form read 101010101 i think?? and Josh Giffords Door LatchA few of my old favourites…
My namesake
Grey Dolphin
who ran up a huge sequence on firm ground on the Marches circuit with Granville Davies.
His stablemate
Yangtse-Kiang
who mixed decent flat sprint handicaps with 2 mile handicap chases.
Pat O’Connor’s
Toirdhealbach
, who always caused the commentators nightmares. An entire who ran in 2m Hcap Chases.
Tom Bill’s
Northern Bay
, a dour stayer who won the 4 miler in the days when it was a proper race!
Graham Roach’s
Prideaux Boy
, the second best horse to have been trained in Cornwall – who can name the best?
Michael Dickinson’s
W Six Times
who always seemed to win at Wolverhampton before it got ruined.
Michael Chapman’s
Ei Ei
, no superstar but game and consistent as any horse I have known.
His stablemate
Yangtse-Kiang
who mixed decent flat sprint handicaps with 2 mile handicap chases.
That’s a name from the past. Brings back good memories of my first visit to Fontwell, when he won a 3 runner chase.
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Graham Roach’s
Prideaux Boy
, the second best horse to have been trained in Cornwall – who can name the best?
Coome Hill, perhaps?
Nice list, by the way; I always pronounced Toirdhealbach "Tray-lock".
Ah, some great names there, bringing back some old memories, my own & there are many Ive forgotten but as a Child the Crisp-Red Rum Grand National left a memory that has never left me and I still think he held on, Lanzarote, Pendil, The Dikler, Tied Cottage, Very Promising, Half Free, Combs Ditch, Burrough Hill Lad, Wayward Lad, Forgive N Forget, Muse, Relkeel & on the Flat-Blue Grass Prince, Ya Malak, Grey Shot, Provideo(record 2 yo race winner), Nayyir, Bosra Sham, Singspeil, Remember Ramon
I got a pocket money raise after Nickle Coin won the ’59 GN.
One half of my first winning double was Grey Of Falloden..a grand horse.
At work I touted the chances of Party Politics and Romany King for the ’92 GN. There were beaming smiles all over the place on Monday.
Southendonseabiscuit because the name tickled me.Blazing Walker (My favorite of all time. Injury ruined his career).
Blitzkreig
Kribensis
Kings Fountain (Monster horse).
Carvills Hill (Jumped like a frog)
Remittance Man
Celtic Shot
Inglis Dreaver
Full Strength
Esha Ness.The horse with the nose in the ground; ?Seven Towers
Jimmy Fitz had a horse called
Comeragh King
who was a bug*er for running with his head between his front legs!
Full Strength was killed on the back straight at Ascot. I rember watching it with a friend; just before it happened, I remember remarking to him how well Full Strength was jumping.
It’s great to know he is still fondly remembered.Full Strength ran a good second to BW in the H & T Walker Gold Cup at Ascot. He beat BW a couple of races earlier. Great jumper and fast too. What a bloody waste.
Forgot to mention:
Teaplanter (Great Hunter)
Mtoto
Peter DavisNobody seems to give Oh So Sharp the credit she deserves, probably best filly of all time.
Someone upthread mentioned Lacson. Does anyone know any more about him? I think he won the Sun Alliance, then won the Golden Miller Chase against some pretty established chasers, and then…I’ve no idea. Anyone?
Hello Old Applejack
I think Lacson ran very well in the Whitbread after that but think he went wrong and not sure he was seen again.
(Memory may be faulty). Recall him being erratic in his first races over fences but the penny seemed to drop to great effect in the Sun Alliance.Graham Roach’s
Prideaux Boy
, the second best horse to have been trained in Cornwall – who can name the best?
Coome Hill, perhaps?
Oops forgot about him – he’d be up there with Prideaux. The one I’m thinking of won the Champion Hurdle, but he wasn’t trained in Cornwall by then!
Sometimes you fall for ones that seem to run above their ability by trying rather than those who dont match up to there ability like Challenger Du Luc!
My hero is See You Sometime,who had an amazing enthusiasm for racing and won amd got placed in races he maybe shouldnt have,all guts.
Also Flagship Uberalles,if that horses back hadnt hurt he wouldve won more,a machine on his day.
Carrick Hill Lad trained by G W Richards would have won the Gold Cup for me if he hadn’t gone wrong coming down the hill to the home straight.
I also remember being at Ayr one day when he cleared the last with feet to spare like Fondmort did at Cheltenham.
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