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I know
Clan Royal
won a Becher and a Topham but I’d have him in here surely deserved a National? Would have beaten Amberleigh House had he not nearly missed the elbow in his first National, cruising a year later with AP on board when carried out. Then ran a respectable 3rd the following year behind NumberSixValVerde and Hedgehunter.
Similarly the old rogue
Harchibald
won his fair share of races but would have liked to see him win the Champion. Carberry still hasn’t gone for him, he’s still waiting, he still hasn’t moved ……
It’s hard to pine for Howard Johnson to have trained a Gold Cup winner, but I was sad that
Grey Abbey
never won the big one.
I know some people truly rate Kicking King as one of the best of the last 20 years, but I always thought he was just the best of a weak bunch. Grey Abbey was no Kauto Star either, but he’d have had a big chance with a little more luck in 2005.
He got a niggly injury in the weeks before the Gold Cup and the ground turned against him on the day. His Scottish National and Betfair Bowl performances were top notch efforts in the context of everything else that was around in his era.
I’d love to see The Giant Bolster pick up a big one. Ambitiously raced, never comes easy to him, always writing him of about 2 miles out, but always a battler
It’s hard to pine for Howard Johnson to have trained a Gold Cup winner, but I was sad that
Grey Abbey
never won the big one.
A fine shout TYF, I wanted him badly to win that Gold Cup, and hadn’t even bet him. Was lucky enough to be at Ayr when he won The Scottish National, that was some effort.
Although I had an interest in the sport this was the time when I was really getting into it and I started to record the Saturday afternoon racing as I had other commitments back then. Would just hope no one would blurt out the result. Think he was the first horse along with Thisthatandtother I really "fell for". I was told by a mate that the horse had little chance as he was carrying too much weight. My stock answer "They don’t give weight to donkeys". The only winner I have ever had in the race. Gutted when I heard he had passed away
We were there that[Gold Cup] day, mainly to see Grey Abbey, and went and spoke to his owners after the race when they were unsaddling him. They were, obviously, disappointed but kindly told us we could visit him when he was on his holidays [we never did]and seemed quite delighted when I told them that just seeing Grey Abbey ‘in the flesh’ was an absolute thrill for me. What a performance in the Scottish when he won! Whatever we know about Howard these days, he had a real eye for a horse and knew how to spot a good’un.
Whatever we know about Howard these days, he had a real eye for a horse and knew how to spot a good’un.
It was Barry Murtagh who spotted, bought him and originally trained him moehat.
I’ll have to go with STRONG PROMISE. Remember being on him at big odds for the gold only to be outstayed by possibly the worst horse ever to win a gold cup.
Surprised nobody’s mentioned Getmeoutofhere
Lee
I was. I read thru 3 pages but you beat me to it.
I fell upon Menorahs supreme win on youtube last night and guess which horse was second, I’d forgotten about that and was there for his head bob second to Final Approach in the Coral. And another I cant recall
But Mcmanus Mcoy and trainer are no strangers to other successes so for purely sentimental reasons I’d wish Flemenstar had won a truly massive race
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