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Yes, Punchestown Bumper. He was accidentally given worming medicine meant for another horse, which didn't clear his system. How that happens to a horse who's just become a huge name by winning at Cheltenham by half the track baffles me, but there you go.

If a trainer is convicted of a criminal offence regarding illegal possession of these drugs and the Turf Club still can't sanction him, the question follows: what is the point of the Turf Club? Also, how did Al Zarooni and Butler get away without any criminal proceedings in the UK? Not even...

Saw that too DG, very good :lol:

Chris Cook in the Guardian has it as Fenton. http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/feb/17/philip-fenton-court-drugs-charges

Certainly don't. And they both lost. Hell, both finished unplaced (in a 5 runner race).

Solford was No. 1, carrying a G1 penalty from the Eclipse.

I thought I was joking, but you made me look. The eBay listing includes the following: "The card is postally used and bears a 1985 postmark." !

Bingo! Great find. Here's a higher-res copy to verify. From the mesh fencing all the way up to the pattern of the glass/perspex on the side of the upper tier and the hanging baskets. So that's that sorted. Now, about the race depicted in that postcard...

You ain't seen nothing yet. Pope John Paul II visited York in 1982 and said mass at the racecourse. Here's a shot of him with stands in the background. It doesn't look like it matches the Teenoso shot, but it could be too far up the straight and anyway his head is in the way :)

Here's a colour shot of Teenoso from Derby Day. Its definitely him - markings, colours, age of Piggott, all fits:

Great memory.

...moved in to main forum because I'm curious and want an answer :)

No, he wore a noseband in that and was No. 9. Piggot only rode him from the Derby onwards: Derby at Epsom - where he was No. 25. Could there be a 5 obscured in the photo? Doesn't look like Epsom to me but I'm not sure how the stands looked there in the early 80s. Irish Derby at the Curragh -...

I think Simon is spot on. Anyone recognise the course?

The downward trend of Champion Hurdle field sizes continues.

Simon Claisse: http://www.theguardian.com/sport/2014/feb/10/flood-warnings-no-concerns-cheltenham-festival

Totally agree Grassy, absolute POS these days. They don't seem to have invested anything in it for years, despite asking people to pay for so much that was previously free. Cancelled my sub last month.

Whats your gut feeling given your local knowledge, DG?

Or the most important part of the races themselves - the zoom in on Annie Power that meant you couldn't see the final hurdle she fluffed was a nadir. Understand they weren't C4 pictures (same feed as ATR, not sure who supplies it, RaceTech?) but no-one really gives a **** about that - if you...

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