One for the oldies .....

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It IS a 2 Ron .... follow the thread :) It's a mistake by the broadcaster, nothing earth shattering, I just asked if anyone else had spotted it is all :)
 
I had forgotten Rainbow Quest ran in that KG. Went on to win the Arc. It was a big surprise that Petoski won but the Hern team had been under a cloud that spring and had few winners. Petoski had gone to Newmarket a couple of weeks before the KG and won really well however.
I was lucky to see the 73, 75, 77, 80, 83, 84, 85, 86, 87 and 88 renewals. Saw a few later as well. Dahlia’s 73 win was the most impressive. The 84 win of Teenoso was from a strong field. Pointed out to my friend that Ile de Bourbon stood out on looks in ‘88 then didn’t back him! My mate helped himself to a tidy 18-1 bet with the bookies. The 1975 race was one of the most exciting sporting events I’ve witnessed.
 
Reebok said:
Surprise winner or not, that was a field full of class animals :)

I just watched Slip Anchor's Derby win again, I'd forgotten just how destructive Cauthen's ride was - got to have the right horse of course, but what a win :)
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Slip anchors derby win was my first ever visit to a racecourse I was hooked. We watched from Tattenham corner.
 
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I doubt if anyone else here can say "I was there" when Ribot won
 
I can remember going to Musselburgh with my Mum and Dad plus other families from Leith. There were beer tents and other entertainment in/on the infield/golf course a la The Kentucky Derby at Churchill Downs :))<cheers><cheers>:emoticon-0140-rofl:). If the Dad's won on the cuddies it was the upmarket chippy for tea then either Wallyford or Powderhall for 'the dugs' in the evening.

Used to spend a lot of time staring at the totalisator machine at Powderhall.

Misspent childhood methinks!
 
smokethedeadbadger said:
Unfortunately i've never heard of him. Also don't know what this Shoe reference is you've just made. In my defence i've only been watching horse racing for around 10 years and i don't actually think i could name one single current American jockey to be honest
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Just spit out some Mexican names and you won't be too far away.
 
Steve Cauthen was a master at riding a horse from the front,he seemed to have a stopwatch ticking in his head, he used to bowl along in front on a horse and he must have been timing how fast he could go on certain horses, a great jockey like many of them were in that specific race.The flat racing then seemed a lot more interesting than it is today,Just my opinion.
 
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Big tone said:
Steve Cauthen was a master at riding a horse from the front,he seemed to have a stopwatch ticking in his head, he used to bowl along in front on a horse and he must have been timing how fast he could go on certain horses, a great jockey like many of them were in that specific race.The flat racing then seemed a lot more interesting than it is today,Just my opinion.
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I remember watching Cauthen on Lord Howard de Walden's Shavian in the St James Palace Stakes and thinking the whole race "he's gone off too fast, they're going to catch him". But of course they didn't .......................

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I got i to racing age around 10. Ths days of the Eddery and Cauthen battles. Then you had the class others, the great Piggott, Carson, Swinburn, Roberts to name few. I was a Carson fan for the way he put his head down and punched them home, i was at Newcastle the day he banged in a six timer.
 
I was a Gordon Richards fan <laugh>

and Geoff Lewis, the Hutchinsons and the Smiths
 
I never liked the Smiths - that Morrisey is a boring bastard!

The main jockey rivalry when I became aware of horse racing was between Lester Piggott and Scobie Breasley. Breasley got decent rides, but such was Piggott's lure from most of the top trainers, he could pretty much pick which one he wanted to ride! And the term being "jocked off" was first used at this time (as far as I'm aware)
 
Doug Smith and Eph? Smith

Doug Smith was probably the best jockey around that could do 7stone 8

Those weights don't arise any more. Yesterday there were 2 or 3 horses withdrawn because the trainers couldn't find a suitable jockey at 8 stone
 
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