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Well done the winners and thanks to all that voted
Poster of the Year – Venture to Cognac
Flat Horse of the Year – Love
Jumps Horse of the Year – Al Boum Photo
Flat Jockey of the Year – Hollie Doyle
Jumps Jockey of the Year – Brian Hughes
Flat Trainer of the Year – Aidan O’Brien
Jumps Trainer of the Year – Paul Nicholls
Hero of the Year – Pat Smullen
Riding Performance of the Year – Barry Geraghty on Champ RSA
Broadcaster of the Year – Ruby Walsh
One to watch 2021 – Rossa Ryan
Racecourse of the Year – Cheltenham
Journalist of the Year – Chris Cook
Villain of the Year – Covid19
Owner of the Year – Cheveley Park Stud
Commentator of the Year – Richard Hoiles
Thread of the Year – Juvenile Hurdlers – Bachelors HallBlackbeard to conquer the World
Richard Hoiles via twitter
Thank you Nathan and my thanks to all who took the time to participate. I think I have an unfair advantage via my role with
@itvracing
so pleasing to see a wide range of nominations and votes. All the best for 2021.Blackbeard to conquer the World
Nathan – do you know if there is a thread with a roll of honour? Can’t find it.
DavidMany thanks Nathan for your work on this both this year and every year. Much appreciated.
I’ve published the results on our twitter page so have hopefully managed to reach out to the various winners.
David
Thanks David.. yes the roll of honour for this can be found on the roll of honour thread (sticky) in the competition section of the forum. Click on that and scroll down to the very bottom
Roll of Honour
Poster of the Year
2020 Venture to Cognac
2019 Venture to Cognac
2018 Venture to Cognac
2017 Venture to Cognac
2016 Venture to Cognac
2015 Venture to Cognac
2014 Venture to Cognac
2013 Gamble
2012 The Blues Brother
2011 Billion/Kingfisher Joint Winners
2010 Bob Rolf
2009 Drone/Glenn Joint Winners
2008 Graysons Column
2007 Graysons ColumnFlat Horse of the Year
2020 Love
2019 Pinatubo
2018 Enable
2017 Enable
2016 Minding
2015 Golden Horn
2014 Kingman
2013 Treve
2012 Frankel
2011 Frankel
2010 Goldikova
2009 Sea The Stars
2008 ZarkavaJumps Horse of the Year
2020 Al Boum Photo
2019 Tiger Roll
2018 Tiger Roll
2017 Sizing John
2016 Sprinter Sacre
2015 Coneygree
2014 Sire De Grugy
2013 Sprinter Sacre
2012 Sprinter Sacre
2011 Big Buck’s
2010 Big Buck’s
2009 Kauto Star
2008 Denman
2007 Kauto StarFlat Jockey of the Year
2020 Hollie Doyle
2019 Frankie Dettori
2018 Frankie Dettori
2017 Frankie Dettori and Josephine Gordon Jt Winners
2016 Jim Crowley
2015 Silvestre De Sousa
2014 Ryan Moore
2013 Johnny Murtagh
2012 Richard Hughes
2011 Hayley Turner
2010 Paul Hanagan
2009 Mick Kinane
2008 Johnny Murtagh
2007 Seb SandersJumps Jockey of the Year
2020 Brian Hughes
2019 Brian Hughes
2018 Bryony Frost
2017 Richard Johnson
2016 Richard Johnson
2015 Richard Johnson
2014 AP McCoy
2013 AP McCoy
2012 AP McCoy
2011 AP McCoy
2010 AP McCoy
2009 Ruby Walsh
2008 AP McCoyFlat Trainer of the Year
2020 Aidan O’Brien
2019 John Gosden
2018 John Gosden
2017 Aidan O’Brien
2016 Aidan O’Brien
2015 John Gosden
2014 David O’Meara
2013 Richard Hannon Snr
2012 Sir Henry Cecil
2011 Sir Henry Cecil
2010 Henry Cecil
2009 John Oxx
2008 Aidan O’BrienJumps Trainer of the Year
2020 Paul Nicholls
2019 Emma Lavelle
2018 Gordon Elliot
2017 Nicky Henderson
2016 Nicky Henderson and Colin Tizzard jt winners
2015 Willie Mullins
2014 Willie Mullins
2013 Willie Mullins
2012 Nicky Henderson
2011 Donald McCain
2010 Donald McCain
2009 Paul Nicholls
2008 Paul Nicholls
2007 Paul NichollsHero of the Year
2020 Pat Smullen
2019 Pat Smullen
2018 Dr Adrian McGoldrick
2017 Many Clouds
2016 Freddy Tylicki
2015 Bryan Cooper
2014 Lady Cecil + Noble Mission
2013 The Injured Jockeys Fund
2012 Richard Pitman
2011 The Tatling
2010 Paul Hanagan & Richard Hughes / Henry Cecil joint winners
2009 Henry Cecil
2008 Anthony Knott
2007 Henry CecilRiding Performance of the Year
2020 Barry Geraghty on Champ RSA Cheltenham
2019 Barry Geragthy on Sire du Belais Pertemps Cheltenham
2018 Katie Walsh on Pylonthepressure National Hunt Chase Cheltenham
2017 Jamie Codd on Fayonagh Champion bumper Cheltenham
2016 Jamie Codd on Cause of Causes Kim Muir Cheltenham
2015 Frankie Dettori on Golden Horn in the Arc
2014 Ryan Moore on The Grey Gatsby in the Irish Champion, Leopardstown
2013 Ruby Walsh on Tidal Bay in the Lexus Chase
2012 AP McCoy on Synchronised in the Gold Cup
2011 Timmy Murphy on Poker De Sivola – Bet365 Gold Cup (Whitbread)
2010 Matt Crawley on Lastroseofsummer
2009 AP McCoy on Wichita Lineman – Cheltenham Festival
2008 Kevin Manning on New Approach – Epsom Derby
2007 Ryan Moore on Notnowcato, Sandown 7th JulyBroadcaster of the Year
2020 Ruby Walsh
2019 Ed Chamberlain
2018 Nick Luck + Ed Chamberlain joint winners
2017 Matt Chapman
2016 Matt Chapman
2015 Matt Chapman
2014 Gary O’Brien
2013 Graham Cunningham
2012 Nick Luck
2011 Nick Luck
2010 Lydia Hislop
2009 Nick Luck/Lydia Hislop joint winners
2008 Clare Balding
2007 Clare BaldingOne to watch
2020 Rossa Ryan
2019 Ben Jones
2018 Sky Sports Racing vs Racing TV
2017 James Bowen
2016 Altior
2015 Frankel’s babies
2014 Limato
2013 Oisin Murphy
2012 Graham Lee / Dawn Approach
2011 Keith Dalgleish / Lucy Alexander joint winners
2010 Sam Twiston-Davies
2009 Rhys Flint
2008 Rhys Flint
2007 William BuickRacecourse of the Year
2020 Cheltenham
2019 Cheltenham
2018 Cheltenham
2017 Cheltenham
2016 Hereford and Cheltenham jt winners
2015 Ascot and Cheltenham jt winners
2014 Auteuil
2013 Cheltenham
2012 Cheltenham
2011 Cheltenham
2010 Cheltenham
2009 Ffos Las
2008 Goodwood
2007 GoodwoodJournalist of the Year
2020 Chris Cook
2019 Dave Yates
2018 Lydia Hislop
2017 Lydia Hislop
2016 Chris Cook
2015 Alistair Down
2014 Alistair Down
2013 Lydia Hislop
2012 Alastair Down
2011 Matt Chapman
2010 Alastair Down
2009 Greg Wood/James Willoughby joint winners
2008 Sir Clement Freud
2007 Lydia HislopVillain of the Year
2020 Covid19
2019 The Supreme Racing Club
2018 FOBT’s/Bookmakers
2017 The evil low life’s who set fire to the stable of Hettie (Jumireya) + her son Impossible Dream
2016 Willie Mullins
2015 Coolmore with Gleneagles shambles
2014 Daily Mirror on Wigmore Hall
2013 Mahmood Al Zarooni
2012 The BBC
2011 Howard Johnson
2010 Paul Roy
2009 The BBC
2008 Dean McKeown
2007 Faceless lawyers chasing Ian SempleOwner of the Year
2020 Cheveley Park Stud
2019 Andrew Gemmell
2018 Vichai Srivaddhanaprabha
2017 Alan and Ann Potts
2016 Jean Bishop
2015 The Bradstocks
2014 The Preston family and friends
2013 JP McManus
2012 Khaled Abdullah
2011 Khaled Abdullah
2010 JP McManus
2009 Christopher Tsui
2008 Princess Haya
2007 Clive SmithCommentator of the Year
2020 Richard Hoiles
2019 Simon Holt + Richard Hoiles Jt Winners
2018 Richard Hoiles
2017 Richard Hoiles
2016 Simon Holt
2015 Simon Holt
2014 Richard Hoiles
2013 Richard Hoiles
2012 Simon Holt
2011 Richard Hoiles
2010 Simon Holt
2009 Simon Holt
2008 Richard Hoiles
2007 Richard HoilesThread of the Year
2020 JUVENILE HURDLERS – Bachelors Hall
2019 10 TO FOLLOW JUMPS – Venture to Cognac
2018 4PP + DAYLIGHT CUP – Bob Rolf
2017 BETFAIR CHASE – Venture to Cognac
2016 WHY FRANKEL WILL RULE THE WORLD – Jonibake
2015 IS THIS SITE IN ITS DEATH THROES – Steeplechasing
2014 JUVENILE HURDLERS 2014/2015 – Bachelors Hall
2013 THE DAY WE BURIED RED RUM – SteeplechasingTRF Honourary Lifetime Achievement Award
Daylight
TRF Lifetime Achievement Award
2015 – Cormack15
Blackbeard to conquer the World
Very nice of Richard Hoiles to respond Nathan and nice to know that he pops in here from time to time.
Very well done to Bachelors Hall on winning Thread Of The Year..the amount of time and effort and all the information contained in that Thread is amazing and the insight into young horses taking their first steps to possibly becoming top class chasers is invaluable .
I know you’ve had you knockers on here BH and I don’t care for all that, but nothing can take away from your outstanding contribution to TRF this year..
Also a quick thank you to all who voted for Meydan Thursday 2020 it was a real curved ball of a Thread that started out trying to find a few winners in the desert at Meydan on 1st Jsnuary 2020 and found itself at the heart of the pandemic with a great bunch of TRFers posting not only great tips but updates on how they and families were getting through these awful times ..that Thread belongs to everyone who posted..many thanks
Many thanks also to Nathan for all the hard work you have put into this.
JacThings turn out best for those who make the best of how things turn out...Well done to all winners, especially Bachelors Hall with the juvenile thread. I’m surprised that any other threads even got nominated, never mind voted for, over that one.
Seeing as the finest commentator in the land has done an acceptance speech of sorts…
I think the award goes to show how progressive the sport has become over the years. Given that a horse racing community collectively bestowed its second most prestigious award upon a homeless vegan, it would be difficult to argue that our beloved pastime is anything but modern and inclusive in its ethos. That being said, this should also serve as a stark wake up call to everyone contributing to these boards. After all, if some homeless vegan can win thread of the year then something must have gone terribly wrong!
In all seriousness, I am sincerely grateful and rather overawed by the kudos. Though my contributions are broadly a personal exercise of a didactic nature, the respect that they have been given is not taken lightly.
While the bulk of my attention on these boards has recently oriented around horse racing, I fear that I might have misrepresented myself in the voting thread by unwillingly implying that anything on TRF outside of the sport is possibly superfluous. For the sake of clarity, I can state categorically that this is not my opinion. The community spirit which emanates organically outside of our common interest is palpable, and the Meydan Thursday thread did not just demonstrate, but unequivocally proved that the bonds made on this forum are tangible, sincere and, last year especially, crucial. Indeed, in this regard I am quite embarrassed that the juvenile hurdlers thread won the vote. As much as I strive for the thread to be informative, it pales in comparison when it comes to the appreciable positive impact it has on the real lives of others. To this end, I offer only my heartiest congratulations to Triptych and everybody mesmerised by the desert sands for creating something truly remarkable. I would also like to express praise for ExRubyLight for his Southwell thread. The welfare of the horses to whom we owe our passion is paramount, and any compromise to same should be held to the most uncompromising scrutiny and admonishment. It takes a brave person in this current climate to address the occasional trespass of the proverbial elephant into our proverbial house. Although we as racing fans are aware that the elephant is usually meandering outside and staying out of harm’s way, we can not use the antagonism of zealots, or the fleeting and fickle waves of the uninformed public, as an excuse to not maintain vigilance on our own affairs.
As an aside, I don’t know if I ever formally conceded the poem of the year contest, but for what it’s worth, well done Nathan, you were the worthy winner. After all, you wrote an actual poem whereas I just wrote the same word ten times. I can see now that I was beaten by the better scribe. I am not sure if there is, or ever has been, any needle between us. Given that I was rather more mercurial and prone to biodegradable memories in the past, it is entirely possible. Nevertheless, for what it is worth, I think your efforts here are laudable, and whatever is beneficial for the forum is beneficial for me so you are definitely in my good books
That should just about cover it. So thanks everybody for voting, whoever you voted for, thanks everybody for contributing, however that may be, thanks to everybody on the admin team for their tireless and worthy work, and I wish you all a peaceful and enjoyable 2021.
And on the seventh day he rested …. and here I am. I have put both Elon Musk and the tortoise to shame with my furious schedule of late, plus a spartan regime of no TV (apart from BBC online with my first morning tea followed by a bit of Al jazeera) no alcohol and no internet (see above). I have been attributed key worker status so can park more or less freely in the parts of the quickly sickening bankrokeciti that need me – so the Alien looking creature that frightened old ladies in the subway system has been temporarily confined to vacant aisles in Tesco.
Enough of me – I would like to congratulate all winners in this yearly fest of who can toss the caber further. But first mention goes to the tug of war winner Richard the HEAVER Hoiles whose leg muscles and firm grip were too much for Simon the HO Holt winning him his seventh year on year truffle tussle.
As for the BIG ONE Venture to Cognac has sealed his sixth consecutive win which is an unassailable record in my book and testament to what he does so well on this platform. Every good wish to you VTC and keep that secret potion to yourself
I now have something rather unpleasant to write as life is not all peaches and cream but has the occasional puppy dog tail with a rabid dog lurking on the other end which leads me on to ….the list
Sadly a deficient list as those pre 2007 are lying seethingly set in a murky Dead sea nestling next to a fed up looking Davy’s locker list. Put that to rights or risk the phantom’s return year on year to throw his bells.
We have at least one further GRAYSONS COLUMN ( lets hear it for Jeremy’s third column) At least one DAVID CORMACK ( lets hear it for David who came to fame escaping on a horsey as 15 in the Prisoner series )
Next we see an airbrushed IAN DAVIES who has two big ones to his name and goes by several titles but we will ascribe him his favourite today ‘chief’ – So let’s hear it for the Chief.You see COMPLETE SILENCE… they are all under the sea and there’s the rub and time for me to take my third tea…
( Time passes )…tick tock tock goes the forum tick.Someone almost two decades ago once said ‘gamble is God’ and I know for a fact Ian Davies was also ascribed the same three letters ( or were they something different ?) but given two possibly confirmed gods dogs or logs we have a new one to consider – the biggest improver who heralds and confirms the benefits of living in a confined dripping space and Veganism to boot – the one and only Bachelors Hall ( Thread of the Year ) stand Tall when you enter the Hall and welcome to the deity.
flatcapgamble… let’s hope he goes back in his box like me.
Tortoise…The only way is my way as little slow steps can get you anywhere
The corrected list…
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