imagine if someone bet $500 on Give the Slip, cheering with a few metres to go, only to find out that he/she lost when Ethereal comes from nowhere and wins the race that stops a nation.
I won the Qld Trifecta and First Four this year on the Caulfield Cup with this marvellous horse Ethereal and Sky Heights second. The Trifecta paid $8,000 and the First 4 paid $98,000.00. I'll never forget it. The third horse was the highest paying horse in the race and had dead track form as did the forth horse. Numbers were 17, 1, 20 and 10. Money is gone now. Cheers. Picked Ethereal the night before and won the ticket on a promotional give-away with the Qld TAB. Wonderful it all was.
Thanks for posting. Emotional watching it again - won a packet on her that day, which makes a contrast from most Melb Cups! If Give the Slip hadn't gone back to the fence, in the softest ground, he would have won easy. Still the closest any UK horse has got to winning it.
Watching this again, I think it is one of the truly epic Cup wins. Love how much ground she makes up, what a filly!
G1RaceCaller 3 weeks ago
imagine if someone bet $500 on Give the Slip, cheering with a few metres to go, only to find out that he/she lost when Ethereal comes from nowhere and wins the race that stops a nation.
VictorYong36 4 months ago
that was truly heartstopping.....listen again to the crowd at the last 200m
wekakiwi 10 months ago
I had ethereal in the sweep this year ;)
NightElf134 2 years ago
I won the Qld Trifecta and First Four this year on the Caulfield Cup with this marvellous horse Ethereal and Sky Heights second. The Trifecta paid $8,000 and the First 4 paid $98,000.00. I'll never forget it. The third horse was the highest paying horse in the race and had dead track form as did the forth horse. Numbers were 17, 1, 20 and 10. Money is gone now. Cheers. Picked Ethereal the night before and won the ticket on a promotional give-away with the Qld TAB. Wonderful it all was.
intotalawe 2 years ago
same here only cup winner i have ever picked. this year will be my year
LadiesMan68888 2 years ago
i won $36
LadiesMan68888 2 years ago
persian punch(3rd)
unfortually had a heart attack while running in the sagora stakes or somthing
in 2004
:(
all4pharlap 3 years ago
this is as stirring a win as can get. The favourite and the crowd's favourite got up with everybody roaring it on. Fantastic atmosphere.
raff23 3 years ago
Great win by Ethereal, the last Cup winner I backed, haven't picked one since.
On a side note, surely the award for greatest racehorse name ever goes to Maythehorsebewithyou
westdog54 3 years ago
Give the slip should have won by 5 lengths, stupidly stayed on the fence in the bogged part of the track, very ordinary ride.
joeliuswegs86 3 years ago
can anyone get her Queensland Oaks win ????
seanybob78 4 years ago
I have a copy of it so I will try to upload it.
andyoutsider21 4 years ago
only melbourne cup win iv ever had
26Samuel26 4 years ago
Good old Kiwi bred horses once again doing the trick!
Murphdogg1 4 years ago
Yeah, I had 50 bucks on Ethereal, and I'm usually a sucky gambler. That was a good day.
HarveyG13 4 years ago
Thanks for posting. Emotional watching it again - won a packet on her that day, which makes a contrast from most Melb Cups! If Give the Slip hadn't gone back to the fence, in the softest ground, he would have won easy. Still the closest any UK horse has got to winning it.
cmloz 5 years ago
Comes from no where. wow... give the slip didn't tire... Ethereal was just on fire
TheHind23 5 years ago