Mtoto, Reference Point and Triptych 1987

Mtoto Reference Point Triptych Milligram 1987

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Sports

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• Mtoto
• Reference
• Point
• Triptych
• Milligram
• 1987
• horses

[147ard]

Dancing Brave would have his hands full beating these two with record pace on.

[shaffi1]

This trip was probably a bit sharp for RP but still a hell of a run by Mtoto, who improved dramatically from 3 to 4 as did his sire Busted. His grandsire Crepello another damned good horse, if i remember also had leg problems which cost him a triple crown that was at his mercy. As for Mtoto he was certainly a prizefighter, in a head to head with him you would lose, he was uncompromising and unrelenting which was his forte.

[macvatu]

Reference Point and Steve Cauthen were my favourites and sometimes I wished Steve would hold him up for a final burst for the post. Bust that wasn't the American's way of riding over here - he was a "catch me if you can" type of jocket, and pulled off lots of spectacular wins in his inimitable style, thank's Steve !!

[mikerainham]

Both great or almost great horses and mtoto was better the following year

[sigmondball]

brilliant stars ....... rip Mtoto ...rip all......sadly missed

[davross67]

People forget the context of this. Mtoto was a ''people's champion'' - I was certainly swept along and Mtoto is one of my all time favourite horses. The issue was that Mtoto was a handicapper (a bit like Harbinger years later) that rose from those humble origins to beating the very best - 'Mouse' Roberts was also a punters' favourite. No true fan of Mtoto would claim superiority over the likes of DB, STS etc, but the journey made the legend of the horse .....!

[MeMeMeMeMeMeMeMeAndU]

I loved Mtoto. He was fast, brave and has stunning acceleration. I remember i had a bet on him in this race ante post and got 8/1. He won a string of group 1's after this and was terribly unlucky to lose the arc.

People always tend to forget about Reference Point but he was a really great horse too. He won the Derby despite not being fully fit after an injury and he ran Mtoto very close in this race over a distance 2 furlongs short of his best. He was as tough as they come & a great battler

[cpulls]

Mtoto is my horses dad and what a great great horse to remember ,,, just like mine one of the best xxx

[cpulls]

Mtoto is my horses day and what a great great horse to remember ,,, just like mine one of the best xxx

[ballshavins1234]

@tukoramerez brilliant horse,but it aint even close to dancing brave.

[mallafets]

DB from memory beat Tryptich 4length in this race the previous year very quite easily and would see off Mtoto over any distance. While Mtoto was top class i dont think he would of beat RP over 1m4f. !m2f was little short for RP.

[CloudStrife2014]

@SeaJack999 I totally understand you, I've searched everything about my horse, his family, sisters/brothers, grandparents where he was born etc etc. I found quite a lot. and I also found out that Secretariat is my horses great great granddad on his mothers side :D I was really shocked at first. :)