Your top 5 favourite races

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I haven't really got my 5 sorted yet..but what are the 5 races that make the game special to you?

My first 3 off top of my head are

Dancing Brave's Arc win
The 1977..i think ..templegate {Aintree} Hurdle race between Night Nurse + Monksfield
Mtoto's...Prince Of Wales win
 
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Orchids gold cup I would always cite. I also loved that nutter zarkahnda's arc win. *

takiing of mtoto I was at that eclipse years ago and that was one awesome race

there are so many





* I love not remembering how to spell it, because it gets the ocds twitching )
 
Denman's 2nd Hennessey
Kauto's 5th King George
Hurricane Fly's 1st Champion Hurdle win
Frankel's Juddmonte
Spinter Sacre's Arkle

was on course for those last two

of all of them i think denman's hennessey is one i like to watch back the most. there's just something about it that makes the hairs on the neck stand up. i think it's holt's commentary.

https://www.facebook.com/75128932431/videos/227326680568/
 
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clivex said:
takiing of mtoto I was at that eclipse years ago and that was one awesome race

there are so many





* I love not remembering how to spell it, because it gets the ocds twitching )
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that Eclipse really stands out to me..i was obsessed with Mtoto..and backed him heavily to beat Reference Point..me and mrs anorak went to Nottingham races that evening and we watched Mtoto win in the betting shop in town before we got the coach to Nottingham..we didn't have a car then with being poor northerners like..i had a right wad on me that night..well at least 200 quid:lol:
 
I enjoy threads like this
Mine are all relatively recent
Pour Moi 2011Derby
Tidal bay 2012 Lexus
Danedream King George
2011 Champion hurdle
Dawn Approach 2000 Gns
 
So many to mention.

That Tingle Creek
STS - Eclipse
Kauto - 5th KG
Frankel - Queen Anne
Frankel - Champion Stakes. Much better than it looked.
All his races really. Royal Lodge was ridiculous.

Can't leave out Big Buck's toying with them. 4th World Hurdle
 
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so many to mention

you are right..rule change..top 10

yes..Frankel Queen Anne...one of the most awesome displays i've ever witnessed

would it be possible to change thread title to 10?
 
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Tidal Bay in the Lexus.
Amberleigh House National.
Zarkava in the Arc. Exceptional filly.
 
Frankel said:
So many to mention.

That Tingle Creek
STS - Eclipse
Kauto - 5th KG
Frankel - Queen Anne
Frankel - Champion Stakes. Much better than it looked.
All his races really. Royal Lodge was ridiculous.

Can't leave out Big Buck's toying with them. 4th World Hurdle
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Ah yes Lynchy with a very canny ride on VLV
His 3rd WH against Grand Crus was a great race too.
 
1. Sea The Stars Arc
2. High Chapparal V Johar, Dead Heat Breeders Cup 2003
3. Hurricane Run Arc
4. Brave Inca CH
5. Istabraq beating French Holly Leop

[All seen live.....]
 
The Grey Gatsby's Irish Champion
Rewilding Prince of Wales
2011 Supreme novices
Western Warhorse Arkle
 
fonz said:
Ah yes Lynchy with a very canny ride on VLV
His 3rd WH against Grand Crus was a great race too.
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Brilliant ride in defeat. Was a tad worried when he made that move. Once Ruby clocked it and Buck's had her in sight. Game over.
 
That Templegate Hurdle, the dead heat between Monksfield and Night Nurse, and Monksfield's first win in the Champion Hurdle
The sprint races at Phoenix Park, especially the likes of Polonia and Committed
Teleprompter's visits to the same track
Just about any of Frankel's races, but maybe the 2000 Gns was the day he really announced himself
Best Mate's first visit to Leopardstown
Looks Like Trouble's round of jumping at Down Royal, which was the last time we saw him unfortunately
That Tingle Creek
Captain Christy's wins at Kempton
Any of those races involving any perm of Harchibald v Hardy Eustace v Brave Inca
Sea The Stars in the Arc
Kauto and Denman at Cheltenham
And and and...
 
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Roman Warrior - 1975 Ayr Gold Cup - 10 stone!!!!!
Montjeu - 1999 Arc
Quevega - number 6
Big Bucks - number 4
Badsworth Boy - Champion Chase 1983 - a distance!!!!
Morley Street - Martell Hurdle 1993 - doubt if Brad has ever ridden a finer race unless it was
Bregawn - Gold Cup 1983 - the Famous Five but to lead from that far out needed b@lls of steel and a stopwatch in the brain
Sea Pigeon - 1981 Champion hurdle - Francome at his finest
Well Chief - Victor Chandler 2005 - won off 176 (Denman's second Hennessy was off 174)
Burrough Hill Lad - Hennessy Gold Cup 1984 - the finest handicap performance that I've seen live
 
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Irish Champion Stakes Fantastic Light v Galileo had it all.2001
That Templegate Monky v Night Nurse1977
That King George VI and QEII Grundy v Bustino.1975
That King George VI Chase Barton Bank v Bradbury Star
That Desert Orchid v Panto Prince Victor Chandler Chase.1989
Those Kings Lake v To Agori Mou St James Palace and Sussex Stakes.1981
That Welsh GN Monbeg Dude ride by "Alice ". one of many outstanding rides, described by Davy Russell as "the best you will ever see "
Dunguib's Cheltenham Bumper
Golden Cygnet's Supreme Novice
Brad's master class on Morley Street
p.S. i wore out the dvd of In Bloom's Navan win (just for Bachelors Hall )
 
for my top 10, I'll go with....

Montjeu's KG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DWGiJ8njuWQ
Frankel's wins (pretty much all of them) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yg--FSBJ_hQ
Bosra Sham's 1000 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlOtttafeyM
Dayjur's Nunthorpe https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3gjSz4xaUak
Pilsudski Breeders Cup https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8n5sklUwn3Y

Kauto's 5th KG https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pHl9VqR3gww
Unguided Missile NH Hcp Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aFK9dPfUtDg
Sprinter Sacre Champion Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQIOAhPkC2A
Edredon bleu Champion Chase https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eJHDivrhtRE
Dublin Flyer being beaten but he's the real hero of the race. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uc_UXGEAFz0
 
I've probably missed loads out but here goes, in no particular order after the top 3.

1. Dessie's Gold Cup
2. Dessie beating Panto Prince in the 89 Victor Chandler
3. Arazi's Breeders Cup juvenile
Rooster Booster's Champion Hurdle
04 Tingle Creek
Sprinter Sacre's Arkle
Mr Frisk's Grand National
Suny Bay's Hennessy
Quevega's 6th
Frankel's Champion stakes
 
1. 2011 Betfair - Kauto's comeback
2. Dancing Brave's Arc
3. Frankel's Juddmonte
4. The Fly's Irish Champion last season
5. Grundy v Bustino, 1975.


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1. Kauto's 4th Betfair
2. Frankel's Juddmonte (was on course for that one; never known a race day like it)
3. Oh So Sharp's 1000 Guineas
4. Dawn Run's Gold Cup
=5. Sea The Stars' Arc & Dancing Brave's Arc & Salsabil's Irish Derby & Desert Orchid's Gold Cup
 
Top five races were the last five winners I backed.:) High Chapparal beating Hawk Wing, pulling a million miles clear of the rest with Murtagh pinching the race off Mick Kinane. I was at Epsom that day so its stayed with me.
 
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