Anywun remember a horse called Vodkatini? He was wun o tha biggest monkeys eva tah step foot ain a racecourse. Here he is in tha KG pullin faw 3m he was a nightmare but when he wanted too he bundels o ability & cud a been top notch http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ufBO2phm1XI&list=PL4C94A9630783FFB9&index=106&feature=plpp_video He may o wun tha champion chase if he neva fell, he refused ta race he threw his heed aroond...mental
Remeber him very well WLYT, he ran in several reces against the great Desert Orchid including, I think, the Tingle Creek where he refused to race and was roundly booed when returning to the paddocks. Seem to remember him looming 3 out in a couple of Dessie's King Georges as well before the grey horse put the turbo on up the Kempton home straight
Vodkatini ? What memories that horse provides. I remember the mid/late 80s was a time I was getting into racing with Dessie being the big pull but I loved characters like Vodkatini. Oddy I think you're spot on, Dessie gave him I think 31lb in the Tingle Creek and the horse just stood there looking around, he waited for the main group to jump 2 fences then decided he was going to run - a fantastic example of a horse being in charge.....
