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I loved Dawn Run and was there for her Gold Cup which was simply the best reception I have ever experienced on a racecourse - the commentary still gives me goosebumps as I think it does many others.

What I loved about her was her big, raw-boned form (she wasn't pretty) and the fact that she wasn't the best jumper of either a hurdle or a fence. She won a Champion Hurdle, an Irish Champion, she beat Gaye Brief (when looking more of a chaser anyway) and then went chasing the following season winning her first race and then getting injured which meant she sat out the rest of the season. She came back next season, won the Durkan and then beat Buck House over 2 and a half, who was no slouch and then fell on her next start at Cheltenham. Which meant she took part in the Gold Cup (and one of the better renewals) as a virtual novice and a chancy jumper to boot due to relative inexperience as well as going up in trip. She then dropped back to 2m, beat Buck House again before her ill-fated trip to France. We will never know how good she was as there could have been plenty more to come, but I think her engine was huge. I wept buckets when my ex (who had been riding in France that day rang me to tell me the news).

She is STILL the only horse to do the double.

<blockquote data-quote="jinnyj" data-source="post: 2698300" data-attributes="member: 65066">I loved Dawn Run and was there for her Gold Cup which was simply the best reception I have ever experienced on a racecourse - the commentary still gives me goosebumps as I think it does many others. What I loved about her was her big, raw-boned form (she wasn&#039;t pretty) and the fact that she wasn&#039;t the best jumper of either a hurdle or a fence. She won a Champion Hurdle, an Irish Champion, she beat Gaye Brief (when looking more of a chaser anyway) and then went chasing the following season winning her first race and then getting injured which meant she sat out the rest of the season. She came back next season, won the Durkan and then beat Buck House over 2 and a half, who was no slouch and then fell on her next start at Cheltenham. Which meant she took part in the Gold Cup (and one of the better renewals) as&nbsp; a virtual novice and a chancy jumper to boot due to relative inexperience as well as going up in trip.&nbsp; She then dropped back to 2m, beat Buck House again before her ill-fated trip to France.&nbsp; We will never know how good she was as there could have been plenty more to come, but I think her engine was huge.&nbsp; I wept buckets when my ex (who had been riding in France that day rang me to tell me the news).She is STILL the only horse to do the double.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="jinnyj, post: 2698300, member: 65066"] I loved Dawn Run and was there for her Gold Cup which was simply the best reception I have ever experienced on a racecourse - the commentary still gives me goosebumps as I think it does many others. What I loved about her was her big, raw-boned form (she wasn't pretty) and the fact that she wasn't the best jumper of either a hurdle or a fence. She won a Champion Hurdle, an Irish Champion, she beat Gaye Brief (when looking more of a chaser anyway) and then went chasing the following season winning her first race and then getting injured which meant she sat out the rest of the season. She came back next season, won the Durkan and then beat Buck House over 2 and a half, who was no slouch and then fell on her next start at Cheltenham. Which meant she took part in the Gold Cup (and one of the better renewals) as a virtual novice and a chancy jumper to boot due to relative inexperience as well as going up in trip. She then dropped back to 2m, beat Buck House again before her ill-fated trip to France. We will never know how good she was as there could have been plenty more to come, but I think her engine was huge. I wept buckets when my ex (who had been riding in France that day rang me to tell me the news). She is STILL the only horse to do the double. [/QUOTE]

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