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Well Ruby definitely beats Sam Thomas in the eye candy stakes in my book (if not in the Gold Cup) but the oldies are the goodies with Mike Cattermole and Johnny Francome ahead of most

I was always an Adrian Maguire fan myself though but don’t see him too often these days sadly.

But of course if we were to talk about motorbike-RACING then James Toesland is something else :swoon:

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Broadsword

the only thing I know about this one was he lost as red-hot favourite in the 1981 Triumph Hurdle to a 66/1 shot trained by a then unheard-of handler named M C Pipe. What did he go on to achieve?

He went on to sire some big slow yaks.

So what?

I don’t have access to Broadsword’s racing record and couldn’t give two of Little Owl’s hoots (or even one) about his stud record.

This thread is about our favourites, not the best horses.

Yes but wasn’t the yak comment actually a response to the question ‘what did he do after his victory’?

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hurdler sweet duke was among my favs in the 90’s

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Yes he was a bonny little horse

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remember Marlboroughs early days when his jumping was so awful; Mick Fitz really sorted him out….lovely horse, probably didn’t get the credit that he deserved at the time…

with a little help from Yogi Briesner I believe! but I don’t dispute Fitzy’s contribution to the success. The horse appeared to be a thug early on, throwing himself at fences, really nice to see him live up to his abilities eventually

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Of all time would have to be Viking Flagship and Desert Orchid with Barton Bank a close runner up. Currently it’s My Way de Solzen, though smallbutexcellent Katchit is right up there, along with Another Promise.

Other particular favourites over the years:
Dorans Pride
Strong Promise
Flagship Uberalles
Dom Samurai
Contraband
Cool Ground

edited to remove the (very few) flat horses as forgot what the thread title was

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Salsabil
Marling
Culture Vulture
also Balanchine and Lady Carla

and over jumps:
Mysilv and Brief Gale (Sun Alliance winner)

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The Dubai World Cup isn’t a world cup though is it its just a name given to it its just basically a Godolphin initiated meeting that the odd decent horse will attend. It will never be a world cup the nearest flat racing has to a world cup is the Breeders Cup.

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Yeah but neither is the Cricket World Cup

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