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Cashew King had fallen at the first on his chase debut and the jolly at Ascot was Michael Buckley’s The Proclamation, who sadly dies after sustaining injuries when doing the splits at an early obstacle. I believe that Young Snugfit was the other runner. (I’m going to check the RP database now!!)
11/10 twice and 12/1 it transpires.
For the benefit of the tape, yours truly backed the winner at 12/1 in the Ladbrokes shop on the corner of Clerk Street and Preston Street in Edinburgh. I subsequently lent £20 to a ne’er do well called Stuart Rose who smelled shocking and used to sneak into Powderhall Stadium for the last four races as it was free.
Quote: from rory on 6:13 pm on Dec. 19, 2006[br]11/10 twice and 12/1 it transpires.
For the benefit of the tape, yours truly backed the winner at 12/1 in the Ladbrokes shop on the corner of Clerk Street and Preston Street in Edinburgh. I subsequently lent £20 to a ne’er do well called Stuart Rose who smelled shocking and used to sneak into Powderhall Stadium for the last four races as it was free.<br>
I didn’t know that info would be available at the RP site. Was it 12/1? I got better value than I recalled :)<br>One of th efew winners I have ever got at Ascot. A dodgy track for me. Hot Grove placing was a killer that i’ll never forget, along with the other five win bets that placed on that day :(
i’m a relative newbie and my favourites all come from the present era.
Jair du cochet was a horse that had everything in his career. Robbed of a chance at the triumph hurdle due to foot and mouth but possibly the best juvenile hurdler seen for decades. His last race over hurdles as a juvenile was simply astonishing to see. <br>A fantastic novice chaser culminating in an awesome Feltham victory when 5yo which was just 1 second slower than the King George on that same day. In the Sun alliance chase that same year he came 2nd with possibly the worst ride these biased eyes have ever seen. i still have nightmares about it!<br>Pillar chase winner to boot, and one of the few horses to beat best mate at his peak he was sadly killed on the gallops preparing for the Gold Cup when 7yo.
Swansea Bay and in particular Ei Ei are my other favourites who are responsable for between them, in the years of 2002 and 2003, a hugely prosperous period within my household!;)
(Edited by roland at 7:26 pm on Dec. 19, 2006)
Quote: from graysonscolumn on 12:24 pm on Dec. 19, 2006[br]
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.
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No it’s not him. I was sitting watching ATR this afternoon when it came to me in a flash….Lanzarote.
Yes I know it doesn’t begin with an A, but I couldn’t think past ‘Azertiuop’ at the time, probably because it’s got a Z in it too! My stupidity amazes even me sometimes….
I’ll have to dig out my old journal I used to keep when I was a teenager. It’s got a reference to the racing on every page. I used to make comments like "Past Master failed to start again" and "Comedy won today. Yippee!". <br>Might bring back a few memories and a few old names.
Roland I’m glad you mentioned Ei Ei! That was another I was going to add to my list this evening. He was another killed during a race, jumping the last when winning if I remember rightly. <br>
(Edited by Burroughhill at 8:57 pm on Dec. 19, 2006)
NH – Hill House – ‘famous’ winner of 1967 Schweppes
Flat – Top Cees – could write a whole book……
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Roland I’m glad you mentioned Ei Ei! That was another I was going to add to my list this evening. He was another killed during a race, jumping the last when winning if I remember rightly.
<br>Terrific campaigner, with a hugely enthusiastic owner in Sarah Richards and an admirable attitude to the sport.
He met his end when falling in a Market Rasen handicap hurdle two summers ago – he was getting on for a distance clear of the remainder when the terrible accident happened.
His demise was used as another stick to beat the purported evils of summer jumping in a number of outlets (including, sadly, on this forum for a few days), and frankly the horse deserved better than that.
Jeremy<br>(graysonscolumn)<br>
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Boggy, the first winner I ever saw "live", when he won the selling handicap hurdle on Easter Monday at Wincanton in 1959.
Although that year is remembered as one of the best summers of all time, Easter that year was in March and it had rained all weekend and was still doing so on the Monday morning. After my Dad ringing the track to make sure it was still on, we trained up from Bournemouth and the sun came out after Creekmore Halt, and it’s still vivid in my mind remembering topical-tip Boggy ploughing through the red mud in the bright sunshine. A great memory for me.
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