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Diamond Geezer
Gone But Not Forgotten
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Viking Flagship getting the best of a thrilling battle with Deep Sensation and Martha's Son at Aintree, three weeks after the second of his Festival wins, in 1995.
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2015 Coneygree pulverising top class opposition in the Gold Cup...probably showing my age...but I could (and will) be watching that race again and again for many years to come.
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Ivantheterrible
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Indulge me. Our Conor's Triumph. A little twist in the gut that afternoon.
I thought I'd witnessed greatness in the making.
Reminded me why I loved the old game so much.
I thought I'd witnessed greatness in the making.
Reminded me why I loved the old game so much.
The Tatling last race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GrwuZYkm59U , why I love th game so much, look at him going into the stalls, professional till the end!
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Very easy one for me. Kauto Star winning his last Lancashire Chase. I wrote an account of the event somewhere else but was unable to find it. Thankfully, some German bro made note of it and my account lived on.
http://www.meistertrainerforum.de/index.php?topic=9495.55;imode
Such passionate interest in an eclectic form deserves recognition so pay the dude an online visit if you can.
Anyways, my account;-
I've just come back in from Haydock and I'm still in ecstasy.
I wanted to see him in the parade ring prior to the race and even with a circuit to go in the fixed hurdle race I had to pinch the last place against the barrier.
As impressive as the Pipe horse Dynaste was, save for the connections of the horse, his glorious homecoming was met with polite indifference at best. Everybody came to see Kauto's last appearance in a parade ring and the crowd was at least five deep before he was even saddled. Very few people spoke and those who did chose to do so very quietly. The tension was extraordinarily intense. When Kauto finally did come out to parade, the warm applause he deservedly received already had the lass in tears.
I took my seat in the grandstands and after a circuit, I think everybody was pleased to see Kauto jumping with fluency but as Long Run began to hit a few towards the end of the back straight, the sense that Kauto could be seriously involved in the finished began to take hold. As he jumped four out, the calls of "Come on Kauto" began to rise. Jumping three out, the calls turned to shouts. After two out, the crowd was urging him on with gusto and as he cleared the last, it was pandemonium. The crowd was in rapture, the hands stung with applause and the throats growing rough. Fists punched the air and Racing Posts graced the sky.
As he crossed the line, Ruby slapped the hero and the strangers who surrounded me in the stands were my best friends in the world because we shared a moment few people will ever experience. For at that moment, Kauto Star belonged to each and every single person who was at the course.
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I have been lucky enough to have seen Man City beat Gillingham at Wembley and FK Sarajevo beat Levski Sofia at Koševo in the flesh and they were both incredible events. I've also seen a lot of bloody good racehorses first hand doing remarkable things against all preconceived understandings regarding an animal's capabilities (Frankel, Sprinter Sacre, Moscow Flyer etc). But I honestly believe god or aliens will visit Earth before I ever witness another event that even touches the Kauto comeback.
http://www.meistertrainerforum.de/index.php?topic=9495.55;imode
Such passionate interest in an eclectic form deserves recognition so pay the dude an online visit if you can.
Anyways, my account;-
I've just come back in from Haydock and I'm still in ecstasy.
I wanted to see him in the parade ring prior to the race and even with a circuit to go in the fixed hurdle race I had to pinch the last place against the barrier.
As impressive as the Pipe horse Dynaste was, save for the connections of the horse, his glorious homecoming was met with polite indifference at best. Everybody came to see Kauto's last appearance in a parade ring and the crowd was at least five deep before he was even saddled. Very few people spoke and those who did chose to do so very quietly. The tension was extraordinarily intense. When Kauto finally did come out to parade, the warm applause he deservedly received already had the lass in tears.
I took my seat in the grandstands and after a circuit, I think everybody was pleased to see Kauto jumping with fluency but as Long Run began to hit a few towards the end of the back straight, the sense that Kauto could be seriously involved in the finished began to take hold. As he jumped four out, the calls of "Come on Kauto" began to rise. Jumping three out, the calls turned to shouts. After two out, the crowd was urging him on with gusto and as he cleared the last, it was pandemonium. The crowd was in rapture, the hands stung with applause and the throats growing rough. Fists punched the air and Racing Posts graced the sky.
As he crossed the line, Ruby slapped the hero and the strangers who surrounded me in the stands were my best friends in the world because we shared a moment few people will ever experience. For at that moment, Kauto Star belonged to each and every single person who was at the course.
.
.
.
I have been lucky enough to have seen Man City beat Gillingham at Wembley and FK Sarajevo beat Levski Sofia at Koševo in the flesh and they were both incredible events. I've also seen a lot of bloody good racehorses first hand doing remarkable things against all preconceived understandings regarding an animal's capabilities (Frankel, Sprinter Sacre, Moscow Flyer etc). But I honestly believe god or aliens will visit Earth before I ever witness another event that even touches the Kauto comeback.