Forgot to include the day Tied Cottage lost the 1980 Gold Cup on contaminated feed grounds.
Bad enough that he had fallen the year before at the last, only to blitz the field the following year.
That both owner and trainer were dead within months made it all the worse.
Then to see him for the next three years line up for 2 Gold Cups and Foxhunters, ears pricked , trained to the minute , knowing every blade of grass on the chase track and running his heart out (even when loose in 1981) reminds me of the Duracell Bunny.
Quel cheval !!
