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would have been at Uttoxeter that day, but had gone to Northumberland and was watching the race on the telly. I’m so glad I wasn’t there, he’d been one of my favourites for a long time. He was descended from the Vulgan bloodline which took me back to my childhood….never understand why some horses just capture your heart and others don’t. It’s always mixed emotions when they retire, relief that they’re still in one piece but sadness never to see them on the racetrack again mo
re Morceli – was he that grey horse @ the One Man era who had a really nasty accident in his box either on the way to or from the races, banged his head really badly. Often think of connections who own horses who, in their novice year are so awesome that they must dream of what will be in the following season, only for something to go wrong.
I remember channel 4 showing Dublin Flyer jumping a fence, and they then measured how far he had cleared, he took off from way outside the wings – I’ve got it on video somewhere, I’m going to dig it out and see how far it was. But Desert Orchid for the exhuberance, and also the fact that when I watched him racing it was before I had realised how dangerous it was and actually enjoyed watching him……
re Gloria Victis – didn’t really have an opinion either way as to whether he should have run [ran?] in the Gold Cup; just remember a lot of talk at the time about it [seem to remember John McCririck going on about it a lot]. But, given the vast number of races that we all watch over the years, some moments are just etched into your memory, and you can still see that race in your mind, and for a novice to have that effect on me it must have been very very special…..
going off at a bit of a tangent here, but does anyone remember the year when the American Triple crown was dominated by the ding dong battles between Sunday Silence and Easy Goer…I’m not a great fan of American racing but their duels were awesome….try to watch them on UTube if you can…
Gloria Victis, the way that he won the race before the ill fated and controversial attempt to win the Gold Cup, and perhaps the fact that he was so aptly named, The day that he won was one of those days that nh racing is all about. also Draborgie, can still picture her galloping on at Cheltenham with her leg shattered thinking to myself ‘you poor poor horse, this is the end for you and we still don’t know how to pronounce your name’. I still have a problem with the way that McCoy walked away from Valiamix in the Champion Hurdle; it was obvious that the horse was injured. When Nick Dundee came down in the Sun Alliance Norman Williamson’s first thought was for the horse and he probably saved his life, and he did win a race a few years later, didn’t he? and there was still more to come from One Man running over 2 miles; it was only recently that I could watch a recording of one of his races…..mo
many thanks for info [have just got back from me hols] – sounds to me as if he would have won had he not been injured and I would have been on holiday in the South of France and not Northumberland [however weather in Northumberland has been excellent!]. Hope he makes it back onto the track again, the members of the racing club must have been terribly disappointed. mo
wasn’t Haydock meant to be a good trial for potential Grand National horses? I can’t quite get my head round the fact that this is happening to be honest, all the history that these courses have…very sad
the new Desert Orchid – [having ploughed through piles of racing and football outlook annuals] Coulton………..who?????
Unusually for Aiden O’Brien he somewhat over hyped the horse last year, so our expectations were always going to be high. Remember the horse that was described as ‘the next Desert Orchid’ [can’t remember his name at the moment] The poor animal was never going to live up to that one.I personally feel really sorry for George and hope his fellow athletes arn’t laughing at him behind his back…..[anthropomorphising again, should never have read Black Beauty] mo
re nothing special about this years flat – not a great fan of the flat and never have been, but usually get a soft spot for the odd horse and this year it has to be Peeping Fawn – what a horse and looking forward to seeing her run next season – a replacement in my affection for Ouija Board methinks [and easier to spell]. mo
re Nina – met her at MacDonalds in Naas the other year [spent ages saying to my partner y’know, that girl at the next table looks just like Nina Carberry] and when I eventually plucked up the courage to speak to her she was really sweet and shy – I think she’s a breath of fresh air. Remember years ago Paul Carberry saying that she was going to be the best of the lot. Just imagine if she won the Grand National! mo [who grew up dreaming of being the first girl to win the National, only to find that if I got on one side of a horse I fell straight off the other side, just like the Knight in Alice in Wonderland…..
re Iris’s Gift – followed him [quite literally followed him, purely by chance] the year he won the stayers – and we were in Ireland when he was beaten by Rhinestone Cowboy when, or so we were led to believe, connections didn’t realise that the other horse was going to take him on and beat him.Seemed a bit unfair to me as all of ‘Ted’s’ connections had gone over to see him win. Still think he should have stayed over hurdles. Does anyone know how the horse is these days?Very fond memories of the old horse….
I don’t know if any of you read Kim Baileys excellent daily blog, but he’s been saying that training fees should be paid via Wetherbys because it’s still all done in very much of a shake of the hand sort of way, and sometimes owners move horses away and never pay any fees owing.However, I do have to chuckle at news items about Pam Sly’s stables referring to her as a bit of a poor country mouse compared to the big boys, and then look around me at my own little abode! [not knocking Pam by the way, was and still am chuffed to bits about the success of Speciosa and lets hope there are a couple more races to be won before she goes to the paddocks]. But it is another world I think…..mo
re Detroit City – I felt that the horse was over raced last year, a young horse, stillf growing into himself campaigned both on the flat and over jumps – however, Phillip Hobbs looked absolutely shell shocked after the Champion Hurdle, so must have been expecting the horse to win. Maybe the curse of winning the Triumph stll applies even though I understand the race conditions are different now. Probably still worth a little ew though at a good price.Would like to see the horse come good…..mo
Nevada Royale is obviously going to be no price at all when he debuts this autumn, so an ante post bet is the only one worth having. The only one I’ve seen is William Hill quoting 25/1 for the Sun Alliance Thanks for the info, I’ve been trawling the internet for ages trying to find out more about him with little success….mo
totally agree with what has been said – racing and racing folk are brilliant – I spent years not having anyone around me even remotely interested in racing and would have loved having internet access in those days. As a female racegoer I even used to go racing on my own sometimes and even then had a great time! I now have a partner who enjoys racing as much as I do, but it’s important to be able to go back over the years and chat about bygone era’s and great horses….Cheltenham this year was fantastic because I was there on the Tuesday and talking about it for the rest of the week with complete strangers….mo
