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The Racing Post are doing a poll on which racehorse is Britain’s favourite of all time, although we all have to pick three each. The fact that any horse can be nominated leaves it hard to imagine that my choices will get anywhere, but it will be interesting to see the Forum’s choices, especially if they do involve horses that might not have been that brilliant!
Mine are:
Dubai Millennium<br>Lochsong<br>Moorcroft Boy
…in no particular order. Moorcroft Boy was my first favourite steeplechaser, and it’s shocking how it’s almost 10 years since he came 3rd in the Grand National!:o I was pretty upset at the time as I was convinced he was going to win (plus I was only 8 years old!). But I was even more upset when he nearly died in the Becher Chase later that year, so when he came back and won the Scottish National in 1996 it was amazing…proper courage and bravery!
Lochsong was my first favourite Flat horse, and her speed was outstanding. Every time she ran I got excited and I remember her 2nd L’Abbaye win as clear as a bell.
Dubai Millennium, a bit more recent, but as a Godolphin follower I got excited when he won his 2yo debut and ever since then he just amazed me with his performances. It was a shame he never fulfilled his potential and I cried my eyes out when he died :( .
So who are your favourites and why?
Royal Athlete<br>Suny Bay<br>Swain
That’ll probably change tomorrow, but I’m not typing reasons because I’m due at the pub at eight and would hate to be late!:biggrin:
In no particular order…See You Then..the way this patched up horse managed to win as it did was quite amazing.<br>Biloxi Blues..trained by Kim Bailey..for some reason i latched onto this horse and followed it all it’s career..perhaps because it was a grey i’m not sure..it even won a Flat race at Newmarket..i just thought that this horse could do no wrong in my eyes.<br>Golden Beau…trained by David Morley it ran in low class races..but i just felt it tried it’s heart out in every race i ran.. i remember it had a bad injury for a while and as 16 year old just getting the racing bug i wrote asking how the horse was doing..i got a letter back from David Morley along with a photo plus loads of other stuff..the trainer along with the horse was class in my eyes.
1. Mr Mulligan.<br>2.Desert Orchid<br>3. Supreme Prince<br>That order could change in a couple of years!<br>I will be voting online too.
So many.<br>If pressed for three I’d go for Wayward Lad, The Minstrel and Nijinsky.
I am going to cheat, sod three….. i’m having three of each, please forgive me  :biggrin:
 Flat:
 Shergar. <br> I can remember getting a ‘stomach upset’ on Derby Day 1981 so i just had to stay home and watch him pee it. Class pure and simple.  <br> <br>  Ardross.<br>  All heart and guts with class thrown in. I just totally loved that horse.. simple as that. Sodding Akiyida. <br>  <br> Soba<br>  Tough as old boots. Climbed the ladder the hard way but never shirked it. Sodding Habibti…….
NH:
 Night Nurse.<br>   The Greatest Hurdler IMHO. Enough said, he needs no explanation.
 Young Kenny.<br>  A smashing old fashioned type of chaser trained in the north, big and bold. Blubbed my bloody eyes out that day at Haydock.
Finally Benbyas.<br>  Aint he just one of the best jumpers of a hurdle ya have ever seen? He is one of those horses which for whatever reason just grabs your attention when you first set eyes on him. Small and bonny and ive yet to see him not give his all in a race. May he long continue to make me sit on the edge of my chair when he runs!
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1. Sea Pigeon<br>2. Lanzarote<br>3. Azertyuiop
They’ll change tomorrow, the next day, the day after. There are so many …
<br>Best Mate<br>Desert Orchid<br>One Man
These are the 3 I come up with but there are many others just behind like Teeton Mill, Limestone Lad, Dubai Millennium etc
She’s Our Mare
A remarkable and profitable dual-purpose handicapper. First time I really copped on to her was when she won a 10f handicap at Leopardstown, really surging away in the final furlong. Went on to win three further handicaps in each code culminating in the Swinton Hurdle and the Cambridgeshire in the same year, 1999.<br>I’m already checking on her offspring: a yearling filly by Desert Prince and a colt foal by Montjeu – surely a future classic winner!
Dawn run, fab horse won the CH and the GC [not in the same year] :biggrin: Cool Dawn and Best Mate.<br>I backed all three to win the GC.:)
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In no particular order
Flat:-
Shambo <br>Grey Desire<br>Eire Leath Sceal<br>Moorestyle<br>Lochsong
Jumps:-
Limestone Lad<br>Beat the Retreat <br>Pollardstown<br>Dessie<br>The Last Fling<br>
(Edited by Grey Desire at 2:08 am on Dec. 22, 2003)
The Big Read for horses – will it be a walkover like Lord of the Rings was?
Desert Orchid – just a plain out-and-out star.
Triptych – gutsy and brilliant
Dragon Master – had me cash on him for his first <br> win at 100/1 so how could I not love him.
My not-so-short list:
Monksfield (I’m named after him:) – a little horse with a crab-like action; small-time trainer and semi-retired jockey; good and gutsy enough to be a Champion Hurdle winner in a golden era; his races against Night Nurse, win or lose, were epic.
Triptych – classy, tough and consistent. Beat the colts in the IR2000 and cleaned up as a 4-y-o.
Captain Christy – the tension every time he approached a fence at his breakneck pace was amazing. Would he get over it? Won two King Georges by a street. In fact he seemed to win everything by a street or else end up on the floor.
Anaglog’s Daughter – another bold, front-running and brilliantly fast chaser.
Stanerra – won twice at the same Royal Ascot meeting for her small trainer and went on to win the Japan Cup in the days when such achievements were underrated.
Red Rum – for obvious reasons!
Desert Orchid – spectacular, and so enthusiastic.
Giant’s Causeway – his Iron Horse monicker was well deserved.
Shergar – one of the greats.
Sinndar – noone deserved better than John Oxx to get the chance to train such a good horse.
If One Cool Cat turns out as good as I hope we will I’m going to like him a lot too!
Happy Christmas and New Year to all of you, I don’t expect to have access to a computer for the next couple of weeks.
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