Generous - 1991 Epsom Derby

An awesome performance from an awesome horse. Raced 11 times, highest RPR 137 in the King George.

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• Generous
• 1991
• Epsom
• Derby
• Champion
• Cole
• Munro
• Racehorse
• Lester
• Piggott

[Sarastro030981]

What was the piece of music for 1977?

Thanks.

[flimper1]

@Sarastro030981 Van McCoy - The Shuffle (1976)

[megmeggie16]

Generous is my horse's daddy :D Wooo

xx

[flimper1]

@megmeggie16

Which horse is that?

[Sarastro030981]

@flimper1 Many thanks Flimper1.

[wayne42354]

This was the first Derby i went to..i was only 18..i remember putting on £10 at 10-1 and cheering him on from the Longsdale Enclosure inside the last furlong..Its a pity he flopped in The Arc but he was a great Horse and a picture of him stands in my house to this day..Alan Munro was always confident of his chances..I went to the Derby three more times but when it got moved to Saturday i stopped going there was something special about a Wednesday Afternoon Derby.

[frankschlanker]

Generous beat Marju 1st St.James's Palace, Hector Protector 1st Prix Jacque le Marois,Environment Friend 1st The Eclipse,Toulon won the Leger .Personally I think hejust got better as the summer went on.If you look at the facts nowt in this race except Toulon stayed further than 1m2f.So inhind sight he had every right to murder them over 1m4f.He went onto murder Suave Dancer in the Irish Derby who subqnt won Irish Chmp Stks+The Arc.While Generous won the KG alas The Arc was a race to far for him.

[ASupremeOwl]

@Katabatic77 he really was!

[ASupremeOwl]

@Katabatic77 didnt exactly beat world beaters in there career and neither did they beat world beaters in the Arc's they won. The best 3 year old You named in that list was Montjeu who I believe STS would have eat up and swallowed on the turf. Where talking about the first 3 year old to win the Guineas, Derby, Arc in one season, If he isn't as good as people make out then why is he rated on the same calibre as Dancing Brave and Shergar (140) In years to come you will realise how good a horse...

[ASupremeOwl]

@Katabatic77 In the 2009 arc there was the double breeders cup winner 2008,2009, St Leger and King George winner Conduit, There was the Irish Derby winner Fame And Glory, Youmzain a treble runner up in the Arc which is a feat on its own. Yes this Arc wasnt as strong as Arc's in the past but the only two arcs in history that I would say had a good field of horses throughout was the 1965 and 1986 which Sea Bird and Dancing Brave both won. Montjeu, Sinndar, Sakhee, Lammtarra, Peintre Celebre...

[ASupremeOwl]

@Katabatic77 But clearly not because if any of the horses You just named were better than Sea The Stars surely Timeform would have rated them an higher horse than Sea The Stars espcially if Your claiming they beat better horses? Sea The Stars beat some top 3 year olds in his 3 year old career, Aidan O'Brien rarely trains poor horses and Rip Van Winkle, Mastercraftsman, Fame And Glory are not poor horses. And STS didnt just beat Cavalryman or Youmzain did he in the Arc...