flyingbolt v arkle

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[DPDOLBY]

Arkle all the way - Flying bolt may have pushed himself but Arkle was probably in his prime when he injured his foot in the Whitbread and could well have gone on to gain a further gold cup .

[dabrodrell]

Arkle was the most exciting race horse I've seen in my lifetime.

[stevven69]

@TissuePrices U NOTHING ABOUT HORSE RACING , U TELL ME ONE DECENT HORSE HE HAS BEAT , I REMEMBER KS TRYING AND I MEAN TRYING TO GIVE MONETS GARDEN 19ILB HE GOT STUFFED HE WAS NEVER AND I REAPET NEVER CAPABLE OFF WINNING A RACE WHEN HE HAD TO CONCEDE WEIGHT FACT !!!!!!! U TELL ME WHEN HE HAS DONE THIS U CARNT COS HE NEVER NEVER HAS SIMPLE FACT !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!11111

[stevven69]

@TissuePrices U R FUCKING JOKING KS HAS BEAT JACK SHIT , GI COMMANDER WON GOLD CUP HOW MANY RACES HAS HE WON SINCE , DENMAN HOW MANY RACES HE WON SINCE HE WON GOLD CUP , LONG RUN HOW MANY RACES HAS HE WON SINCE HE WON GOLD CUP , KS IS THE MOST OVERRATED HORSE EVA DESERT ORCHID WOULD DESTROY HIM U KNOW NOTHING ABOUT RACING U IDIOT

[alipitogen]

Look at the still of Arkle above at 1'16. I sometimes wonder was he really a horse at all. There was just this imperious majesty about him. His gait and his head carriage, the very near twinkle in his eye all betray an almost human arrogance. It suggests that he knew he was unique and unmatchable.

[pmus1]

over the years k.s has just been a very lucky horse with the amount of times he has crashed through fences...and fallen..heavily most other horses would not have been so fortunate...arkle raced at a time when fences were still testing..and yes he did make the odd mistake but overall lf k.s had raced back in the 60s he would have hit even more and fallen more if arkle was around now well it would have felt like a flat race for him....you make your own minds up who will down as the greater horse.

[alipitogen]

Pro Arkle camp! That phrase to me is so mystifying.The supremacy of Arkle over rivals in his sport surpasses the supremacy, as far as I know, of any sporting legend of four legs or two.Not even in flat racing do they have such a singular hero.I suspect the real problem on these pages is that either memories are not long enough or ages too short. When those among us who know how great Arkle really was see an echo of something even approaching his stature we will be the first to proclaim it.

[alipitogen]

@Arazi124 I'd agree that 26 lengths is a bit unrealistic.Moscow Flyer was superb and as an Irishman I was absolutely besotted by him. My opinion is that with both at their best he'd have got to within ten lengths of Flyingbolt, maybe even down to seven.

[crocketstown64]

The big problem is the ratings and they just aren't reliable for the 1960s. I agree with tissue that once you look past Arkle, Mill House and Flyingbolt the rest of that eras chasers werent great. I certainly don't rate any of the horses who took Arkle on in the 66 Gold Cup and signs on if you watch the footage. But I still think that those three were something extra special just like Kauto, Denman and Long Run. I still give Arkle the edge over Kauto but not by 20lbs or anything like it.

[sigmondball]

@TissuePrices fuck off pea brain