Saturday, 15 March 2008
Cheltenham Gold Cup 1981 Runners and Riders
1st Little Owl Mr A J Wilson
2nd Night Nurse A Brown
3rd Silver Buck T Carmody
4th Spartan Missile Mr M J Thorne
5th Diamond Edge W Smith
6th Jack Of Trumps N Madden
7th Royal Judgement R Rowe
8th Approaching R Champion
9th Midnight Court J Francome
Fell Tied Cottage L O′Donnell
Pulled Up Chinrullah P Scudamore
Pulled Up Fair View R Barry
Pulled Up Raffi Nelson S Smith-Eccles
Pulled Up Royal Bond T McGivern
Pulled Up So And So Mr D Gray
One of the better horses that I ever got to ride out was Chinrullah who was pulled up in the 1981 Gold Cup.
Chinrullah had won the 1978 Sweeps Handicap Hurdle at Leopardstown and the 1979 Arkle Chase when trained by Mick O′Toole. Chinrullah did actually pass the post first in the 1980 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Champion Chase but was later disqualified after failing a dope test.
I rode him at work a number of times in 1984 when he had moved on to David Nicholson. At that time I was working at Nicholson′s while I was still at school and I suppose Chinrullah was one of the better horse′s that a kid could get to sit on. A great ride and completely bomb proof. Chinrullah was definitely not just an old plodder or trainers hack, he was a real racehorse.
2nd Night Nurse A Brown
3rd Silver Buck T Carmody
4th Spartan Missile Mr M J Thorne
5th Diamond Edge W Smith
6th Jack Of Trumps N Madden
7th Royal Judgement R Rowe
8th Approaching R Champion
9th Midnight Court J Francome
Fell Tied Cottage L O′Donnell
Pulled Up Chinrullah P Scudamore
Pulled Up Fair View R Barry
Pulled Up Raffi Nelson S Smith-Eccles
Pulled Up Royal Bond T McGivern
Pulled Up So And So Mr D Gray
One of the better horses that I ever got to ride out was Chinrullah who was pulled up in the 1981 Gold Cup.
Chinrullah had won the 1978 Sweeps Handicap Hurdle at Leopardstown and the 1979 Arkle Chase when trained by Mick O′Toole. Chinrullah did actually pass the post first in the 1980 Queen Elizabeth the Queen Mother Champion Chase but was later disqualified after failing a dope test.
I rode him at work a number of times in 1984 when he had moved on to David Nicholson. At that time I was working at Nicholson′s while I was still at school and I suppose Chinrullah was one of the better horse′s that a kid could get to sit on. A great ride and completely bomb proof. Chinrullah was definitely not just an old plodder or trainers hack, he was a real racehorse.
Subscribe to Posts [Atom]
