“And Nashwan is cutting down Top Class as though he doesn’t exist….”
From “this is the best we’ve seen” (Arkle) to “here she comes, the Queen of Longchamp” (Allez France) to that immortal 1977 Grand National (Red Rum), to “Lester’s looking round for dangers, thinks he’s got Buckskin cold” (Sagaro), to “it’s the veteran 10yo, he’s won it at last!” (Sea Pigeon), I thought I’d got all my favourite O’Sullevan lines sorted forever.
But I happened to be on holiday in Sicily in July 1989 and tonight on YouTube was the first time I ever saw Nashwan narrowly beat Cacoethes in the King George in full.
What a race, what a commentary: https://youtu.be/Dnhe0siVqNg?si=ZG-OmgZhbcCym3cx
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