What horse will you always remember?

[graysonscolumn]

Quote: from clivex on 11:10 am on Dec. 18, 2006[br]<br>Jumps        Aonoch  (anyone else remember him?)<br>

<br>Oh God yes, Clive – a regular ride for Sharon Oliver and well capable of landing big handicap hurdles at whopping odds.

gc<br>

Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.

[graysonscolumn]

Quote: from Scottish Jamie on 8:05 pm on Dec. 18, 2006[br]<br> the loveably slow but game KittenKat

<br>Awwwww, I loved her to bits as well! Verily a horse for whom the phrase "needs five miles" would have been coined.

I think she’s been sent to the paddocks now, hasn’t she? Could be all set to produce some of the most dour plodders EVER.

Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>

Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.

[Scottish Jamie]

Think you’re right there GC, not seen her out this season so presume she is off to the paddocks. Bizarrely she was a close relation of Rooster Booster, he must have got her share of the family speed !

[qzy]

Moscow Flyer for me

[PAULCS]

Desert Orchid<br>One Man<br>Best Mate<br>Teeton Mill<br>

(Edited by PAULCS at 12:50 pm on Dec. 19, 2006)

[Malc Smith]

Best Mate

[Burroughhill]

I’d have to say the first horse I really followed, and the horse that made racing such a sentimental, emotional  game for me:

Comedy of Errors

Others that spring to mind and bring a tear to the eye:

Night Nurse/Monksfield (belong together)<br>Sea Pigeon<br>Desert Orchid<br>Spartan Missile<br>Past Master (started a race 3 times out of 10)<br>Nice to see someone mention Kittenkat! <br>Pebbles<br>Red Rum

What was that hurdler (graysonscolumn’ll know) beginning with ‘A’ probably in the eighties that was top class and died in a race at the top of his game? Bloody memory! Sorry I can’t come up with any more clues!

(Edited by Burroughhill at 6:52 am on Dec. 19, 2006)

[warrej]

Flying God

[colinf]

King of Kings

[betlarge]

Karaoke King.

The closest I’ve ever been to a ‘life-changer’.  The date was Friday 13th (!) 2003 and I decided to have a multiple bet.  As a bettor in singles, it was the first time I had done that for at least ten years and I haven’t done it since.  I have absolutely no idea why I put that bet on.

I’d already had a winner in the afternoon but thought no more about it and disappeared for a cricket net in the evening.  Switching on Sky when I got home, I immediately saw Glistening Silver bolt home at 25-1.  I then checked other results on teletext: Toy Story had won at 25-1, Sharp Hat at 8-1 and it was all going on to Karaoke King, due to run in the last race of the night.

I had taken 8-1 on the bet and the bloody thing was punted into 11-4 fav.  I was staring at total winnings of about 165k.  Bounced out into the lead, quickened momentarily then was caught over 1f out and finished a well-beaten third.

It was a hell of a blast, but I seemed to realise it was my one shot at punting immortality and basically I’d lost (apart from five grand’s worth of trebles).  It seemed futile to try again, so I haven’t.

Bloody Karaoke King.

Mike<br>

[Adrian]

Good call on Spartan Missile BH – really like your list.

My own choice would be the breathtaking Tingle Creek.

[graysonscolumn]

Quote: from Burroughhill on 6:40 am on Dec. 19, 2006[br]<br>What was that hurdler (graysonscolumn’ll know) beginning with ‘A’ probably in the eighties that was top class and died in a race at the top of his game? Bloody memory! Sorry I can’t come up with any more clues!

<br>It wasn’t Arcot of Jeremy Glover’s, was it? Killed at the last hurdle when favourite for the 1994 Swinton Hurdle.

gc<br>

Adoptive father of two. The patron saint of lower-grade fare. A gently critical friend of point-to-pointing. Kindness is a political act.

[purr]

Run and Skip.

Others would include Midnight Madness, Private Views, Cashew King, Sir Jest, Antonin, Roberty Lea and One Man.

[Irish Stamp]

Zameliana – our syndicate horse :)

[Ultimate Nightmare]

The Almighty Lammtarra, enough said.

[Stormont]

I will always remember my boy No Chance To Dance

and for bad reasons i will always remember Ballinger Ridge (the race at Lingfield that has most likely got Fallon into all this trouble amongst other races)

ofcourse others i will never forget: Giant’s Causeway, Dessie and Solerina

[Racing Daily]

I remember backing Cashew King at 11/1, as the outsider of three, at Ascot.  The market was something like 5/6, 11/10, 11/1.  CK was wayyy overpriced that day :)

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