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last Scottish trained festival winner I think, Tartan Tailor, Scottish owned was I think trained at Greystoke in Cumbria, though if he was trained by Len Lungo who also trained for the owner, then he was from Carrutherstown near Annan in Scotland

I was on top of the Eglinton Stand that day and he walked past me looking a bit bruised but reasonably okay. I thought he would be alright but sadly died in the Vet hospital three days later. A very sad ending to a fine horse, how good would he have been, we will never know. Nevertheless, let u...

Ryan Price was a top man in every sense, fiercely loyal to his people and devoted to his horses. I believe he once said "I'd feed them gold dust if it would do them any good" also went ashore on D Day blowing a hunting horn. Happy memories of a memorable man

@Kierkegaard73 Maybe I am being British about it, but it did not feel awsome, just jolly good. It was an ordinary racing day at a very picturesque track in the South Midlands - well worth a visit if you ever come over when its on, not remotely like anything you have in the states. Ginger was t...

One of the greatest moments in racing history, two legends in head to head battle on a sunny day at jumpings headquarters, called by Sir Peter at the peak of his career. It shows what a great horseman Pat Taaffe was because Arkle could pull like a train. The comment that Kauto would have lapped...

saw the runner up win at Plumpton in November I think it was his first chase. Totally different track to Leopardstown and I think he will win again some time soon.

The bravest of all sportsmen and the very best of men. They should be paid ten times what those whining overated footballers are paid (cant stand the infernal game). Lads thanks for the great pleasure I get watching you. Led by the best of them all, the one and only totally unique and thorough...

The classic rags to riches story. I saw him run fourth in an ordinary race at Kelso in 1971 and if you had told me then what he was going to become I would have laughed at you as it did not seem possible and yet look what he did I don't expect to see his like again round Aintree.

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This is a recent rule and it was brought in with the best of intentions to ensure that a horse who is injured in a fall is not subjected to undue stress before being checked by a vet. I am basically in favour of it, but it will lead to situations like this in a small field on a ...

Actually Young Kenny broke a hind leg at Haydock the following spring. A tragic loss.

Remarkable for the fact that two of the runners, Monty's Pass and Amberleigh House, went on to win the Grand National

simply magnificent. A brilliant performance by one of the best two and a half milers of all time, pitty he did not get any further or he would have been a certainty in the Grand National. Great memories of a very good horse and the mercurial Captain Foster his trainer,

Two riders in this have recently trained Grand National winners, David Pipe (Comply Or Die) and Donald McCain Jnr the man who trained this year's winner Ballabrigs.

He'll still get beat because he won't stay and he has yet to jump a fence in public. 2014 maybe but first time novices rarely win the Gold Cup. I wasn't criticising, just giving an honest opinion which is what racing is all about.

What a fine jumper of a fence Dublin Flyer was, skipped round Aintree to win the Topham Trophy making the big fences look small. Shame he didn't get a yard beyond 3 miles as he would surely have hacked up in the Grand National.

Great to hear the wonderful voice of Michael O'Heir, along with Sir Peter O'Sullivan, the two men whose wonderful comentaries of Arkle got me hooked on National Racing. Wonderful to hear.

I had a chat with him one cold day at Towcester, we had never met before but he was happy to talk as if we were old friends. Bluff outspoken and yet that day I came on a self effacing, kindly modest gentleman who had time for the reall jumping fan just out for the day. He could not have been ni...

Went on to be in my opinion the best mile and a half horse since the war. Yes that means I think he would have beaten the likes of Sea Bird, Nijinsky, and Ribot, maybe not on Derby Day but they would have been behind him at Ascot and Longchamp. Shame the rematch with Brigadier Gerard never happe...