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It’s obviously taking poor old Denman time to fully recover from his strained heart. If indeed he ever manages it. There was no evidence of his having regained full strength at Kempton. Anyone backing him tomorrow is taking a massive gamble. By contrast, Madison Du Berlais is in top form and is having a fine season. I’d rather back him. But overall, take out Kauto Star, and taking into account Denman’s problems, it’s a slightly substandard renewal.
My personal favourites are:
Red Rum
The Minstrel
DanehillI thought that Danehill was such a nice looking, powerful horse, and extremely talented over six and seven furlongs. He got beat on the only occasion that I actually backed him though which was in the July Cup. I was really pleased about how well he later did at stud.
The Minstrel was the first Derby winner that I saw in the flesh. I was nine and already mad on racing when my father took me to the ’77 King George. Again, The Minstrel was a nice looking individual, who as we all know received some firm handling during his top races. We left after the King George, and as we made our way back to our car The Minstrel was stood just outside the gates, beyond the old pre-parade ring, being washed down, waiting to be tested. We had a fantastic view of a real racing superstar, never to be seen again on a racecourse.
But I could make a list of favourites containing just one horse. That would easily be Red Rum. As much as I have enjoyed horse racing over the last thirty years, it’s never been quite the same for me since Red Rum was retired. Nothing for me has quite matched the excitement of looking out for his white noseband, or Tommy Stack’s yellow cap as he made his way over each of those mighty National fences. Hoping that he could win it yet again. There was something almost unrealistic about the way he was so consistant in so tough a race. It bordered on fantasy stuff. Real horse racing isn’t like that is it?
