Monksfield & Night Nurse dead-heat in 1977 Templegate Hurdle

Monksfield & Night Nurse dead-heat in 1977 Templegate Hurdle

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• 1977
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[mrbigshot1986]

@alipitogen my personal favourite 2 mile hurdle horse was golden cygnet he surely would of been a future great if he had not passed away so early in his career! won the supreme so easily and tanked his way through the whole race! at aintree he might night nurse and sea pigeon and as a novice he was only getting 2 pound from sea pigeon and was poised to strike before he fell at the last! my belief is he would of won quite cosy which only shows his potential even more

[mrbigshot1986]

@alipitogen how was istabraq bad on soft ground??? he destroyed french holly in ireland on soft easier than he destroyed him at cheltenham on good ground! istabraq was a very verstaile horse who could win over a variety of trips on different ground! was he the greatest i cant say if he was but he dominated his divsion and the only time he was allowed to actually put a stamp on the race was his first champion hurdle the other two he won as easily as charlie swan could do!

[alipitogen]

Was there a photo finish facility at Aintree this year?Was this actually the first year they installed a photo finish?I have a feeling it coincided with a Red Rum National win. It was installed in the 70s because I remember watching racing there those years and hearing the usual refrain in a close finish "It's too close to call and of course there is no photo finish here".Does anyone recall?

[Jadervason]

Night Nurse was faster than Monksfield but Monksfield....infinite determination, never gave up on a race

[seanofafrica]

This has to go down as the greatest meeting ever, in my book. A dead heat between two of the greatest rivals ever, and of course Red Rum's third victory. Wow.

[lifesgamble1]

Night Nurse won easily what a fix !!!

[alipitogen]

@foriamonlyahorse1 Ooh, not sure about your Istabraq comment.There wasn't enough supremacy shown by any of those three horses to be sure who would win.Night Nurse and Monksfield came along in a time of great hurdlers while Istabraq had no adequate rivals, and was bad on soft. It's not, however, like those silly arguments about Arkle against Best Mate or Kauto Star which are a bit like talking about sitting Elton John and Johann Sebastian Bach down at keyboards and wondering who'd play better!

[alipitogen]

Who did you want to win, Julian?

[foriamonlyahorse1]

@john131349 Monksfield had handed out heavy defeats to Night Nurse, far in excess of 6lb. This speedy flat track suited Night Nurse better. Both equally as great as each other & both would have eaten Istabraq!

[brindleyffc]

I got great odds on Epileptic Fridge-Boy.