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David Johnson RIP

  • 06-07-2013 6:40pm
    #1
    amiable
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,206 ✭✭✭✭


    David Johnson the successful National Hunt owner has passed away after his battle with cancer and has been confirmed by Channel 4 racing's official twitter feed and Gordon Elliot.

    RIP


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  • #2
    Slattsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭Slattsy


    Didn't know he was ill to be honest.

    Himself, Pipe and AP were some team back in the day.

    RIP


  • #3
    Nulty
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,838 ✭✭✭Nulty


    Seemed like a very genuine person and a character I always enjoyed listening. Unfortunately didn't get to hear him very much but happy that a man like him was involved in the game.

    Well Chief, Our Vic, Poker De Sivola, Great Endeavour and Comply Or Die are the horses that I had the pleasure of watching in his colours.


  • #4
    Colonel Sanders
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,669 ✭✭✭Colonel Sanders


    RIP

    Owned some great horses, chasers in particular (no idea if that was by design or by accident). One of the first I remember (wasn't one of his first horses but was when I was getting into NH racing( was Golden Alpha who IIRC was bought for a King's ransom from Ireland. I was on at decent prices for the 1999 bumper. Beaten by an apparent 50/1 "rag", although that one (Monsignor ;)) turned out OK!

    Numerous festival winners although I'm betting Noel Meade reckons he's lucky to have one of those on the side board :P (think they'd had it off big time ante post on Champleve)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N14lfhKo_2w


    Well Chief was surely destined to win a champion chase after Moscow Flyer regressed after 2005 but injuries intervened

    The McCoy/Pipe/Johnson axis was the dominant force when I started watching racing, many many fond memories of their many big race wins


  • #5
    meriwether
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,232 ✭✭✭meriwether


    Colonel Sanders wrote: »
    RIP

    Owned some great horses, chasers in particular (no idea if that was by design or by accident). One of the first I remember (wasn't one of his first horses but was when I was getting into NH racing( was Golden Alpha who IIRC was bought for a King's ransom from Ireland. I was on at decent prices for the 1999 bumper. Beaten by an apparent 50/1 "rag", although that one (Monsignor ;)) turned out OK!

    Numerous festival winners although I'm betting Noel Meade reckons he's lucky to have one of those on the side board :P (think they'd had it off big time ante post on Champleve)

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N14lfhKo_2w


    Well Chief was surely destined to win a champion chase after Moscow Flyer regressed after 2005 but injuries intervened

    The McCoy/Pipe/Johnson axis was the dominant force when I started watching racing, many many fond memories of their many big race wins

    Timmy/Pipey/Johnson were the dominant force when I started.

    Well Chiefs Tingle (Moscows Tingle) and WC the VC Chase are find memories.

    WC gave buckets of weight away in the VC, 10/3 in the morning (9/4 Lads) drifted to 5/1.
    Thank you Celtic (RIP) for guaranteeing prices.


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