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Your favorite horse?

  • 10-06-2017 3:50am
    #1
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    Mine was Lord Gyllene who won the Aintree Grand National in 1997.

    It was the first time I ever placed a bet. I was 8 and my Dad put a pound down on him for me. I remember it was such a thrill, I loved it.

    I've always remembered LG since, he died in December of last year.


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  • #2
    mdwexford
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,286 ✭✭✭✭mdwexford


    MRSLEFTHAND


  • #3
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Funny guy

    Why don't you post up a picture of your mare wexford and we can all judge.


  • #4
    Stigura
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,576 ✭✭✭Stigura


    My Rosie


    Rosie_zpsemniafnp.jpg


  • #5
    Persephone kindness
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    First pound of many lost I would say.


  • #6
    mdwexford
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    Funny guy

    Why don't you post up a picture of your mare wexford and we can all judge.

    Thanks.

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  • #7
    Persephone kindness
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    One day, Oisín and Fianna saw a beautiful white horse in distance, and on its back was most beautiful young woman they had ever seen.

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  • #8
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    She's pretty cute actually.

    I'm not entirely familiar with the My Little Pony stuff as I'm not gay but to each as their own as they say.


  • #9
    Persephone kindness
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    She's pretty cute actually.

    I'm not entirely familiar with the My Little Pony stuff as I'm not gay but to each as their own as they say.


    And now to bring in a phrase I hope will permeate Irish society!
    'That's something the DUP would say. ':D


  • #10
    Persephone kindness
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    Imma sorry.


  • #11
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    The one that comes on a plate


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  • #12
    Lady is a tramp
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,208 ✭✭✭Lady is a tramp


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


  • #13
    Persephone kindness
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    Lady is a tramp wrote: »
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jzYzVMcgWhg
    :P:P:P:P Still makes me happy!


  • #14
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Persephone kindness wrote: »
    And now to bring in a phrase I hope will permeate Irish society!
    'That's something the DUP would say. ':D

    Oh bugger off with your DUP. The only parties I respect up there are PUP, UUP and SDLP.

    I'm a southern Roman Catholic Fine Gael man.

    I don't do extremes, Hard Left and Hard Right are equally retarded imo.


  • #15
    Persephone kindness
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    I'm a southern Roman Catholic Fine Gael man.
    That's closer both the DUP and SF ironically than me though :P


  • #16
    Persephone kindness
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    I would vote Mick Wallace ....he has hair.


  • #17
    Jim Bob Scratcher
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    Epona


  • #18
    Persephone kindness
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 1,084 ✭✭✭Persephone kindness


    Pilohippus.


  • #19
    Persephone kindness
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    In reality for breeds my fav ..the Irish hunter.


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  • #20
    Persephone kindness
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    Irish hunter brave ..bold go anywhere do anything...yet gentle enough for amateur riding. Lively with common sense.


  • #21
    Persephone kindness
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    We do horses really really well...




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  • #22
    Persephone kindness
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    I have only ridden mostly ponies though :P


  • #23
    DEFTLEFTHAND
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    M grandfather had a great friendship with a workhorse on his farm called Dobben.

    Dobben collasped one day in the yard, buckled into a heap.

    Himself and his father knelt down over him and comforted him in his final moments. There was nothing that could be done for him. Heart attack.

    That horse was more than a piece of farm equipment to them, they loved him. To the extent that his name is still spoken about in the current generation of the family.


  • #24
    Persephone kindness
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    M grandfather had a great friendship with a workhorse on his farm called Dobben.

    Dobben collasped one day in the yard, buckled into a heap.

    Himself and his father knelt down over him and comforted him in his final moments. There was nothing that could be done for him. Heart attack.

    That horse was more than a piece of farm equipment to them, they loved him. To the extent that his name is still spoken about in the current generation of the family.
    Awh. I am not from farming folk. But I love old family stories passed on :)

    You can learn a lot about people from their stories. :)

    I believe ancestral memory. And the lessons therein ....if something or a memory is in your blood it's there. :)
    Farming and horses in particular :)


  • #25
    DEFTLEFTHAND
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 16,500 ✭✭✭✭DEFTLEFTHAND


    Persephone kindness wrote: »
    Awh. I am not from farming folk. But I love old family stories passed on :)

    You can learn a lot about people from their stories. :)

    I believe ancestral memory. And the lessons therein ....if something or a memory is in your blood it's there. :)
    Farming and horses in particular :)

    They're elegant noble creatures who have served mankind for centuries.

    I hate to see them abused. Highly intelligent also.


  • #26
    Persephone kindness
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    DEFTLEFTHAND wrote: »
    They're elegant noble creatures who have served mankind for centuries.

    I hate to see them abused. Highly intelligent also.
    Agreed :)


  • #27
    Poor Uncle Tom
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    Horses are magic,

    mine tuned into a field...


  • #28
    sjb25
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    Tír na nÓg

    into the west some film :)


  • #29
    Persephone kindness
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    sjb25 wrote: »
    Tír na nÓg

    into the west some film :)
    Indeed the riding school i went to in carrick mines lent some horses for it. One of them was called Spike. He was one of the piebalds. I sued to ride him. He became like a superstar!


    This is so cute!


  • #30
    Persephone kindness
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    Altruism in horses. A little guy standing to a stallion to protect his little buddy!



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  • #31
    Noveight
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    Hurricane Fly, for no reason other than its excellent name :P


  • #32
    LordSutch
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    Rocking ...


  • #33
    maudgonner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,455 ✭✭✭maudgonner


    The animated version of Animal Farm seemed to be on telly a lot when I was small. The allegory went completely over my head, but I was always distraught when this happened:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xzklsnBTzc


    So I'll say Boxer. Although I was slightly obsessed with Desert Orchid for a few years too.


  • #34
    Burial.
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,131 ✭✭✭Burial.


    Sprinter Sacre. What a horse. Would nearly bring a tear to your eye seeing what he did.


  • #35
    RayM
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,973 ✭✭✭RayM


    I've never met one I didn't like.


  • #36
    LirW
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭LirW


    I like horses the most as salami.


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  • #37
    ToddyDoody
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    I love the ones that shed the jockey early-on then go on to win the race.

    Also the phrase "get it down you horsebox"


  • #38
    bazz26
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    Mr Ed.


  • #39
    SimpleDimples
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    Shergar!


  • #40
    [Deleted User]
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    maudgonner wrote: »
    The animated version of Animal Farm seemed to be on telly a lot when I was small. The allegory went completely over my head, but I was always distraught when this happened:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2xzklsnBTzc


    So I'll say Boxer. Although I was slightly obsessed with Desert Orchid for a few years too.

    I'm hungover so that gave me a boo-hoo. Have to go and build something now to restore my manliness.


  • #41
    super_furry
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    3321-horse-meat-lasagne.jpg


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  • #42
    Outlaw Pete
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    Mine That Bird (they made a movie called '50 to 1' about him and his amazing win of the Kentucky Derby).


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf2Rsb-vppQ


  • #43
    Ken.
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    Outlaw Pete wrote: »
    Mine That Bird (they made a movie called '50 to 1' about him and his amazing win of the Kentucky Derby).


    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xf2Rsb-vppQ

    Brought for $9500 and won over $2.2 million. It's a great film. Especially Calvin Borell's scenes.


  • #44
    Beasty
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    Champion...


    ...he was a wonder horse


  • #45
    Rumpy Pumpy
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    Our Duke

    Following him since his opening race and have made a nice few quid as a result. Great winner of the Irish Grand National this year. Class act.


  • #46
    harry Bailey esq
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    I picked a straight forecast on the national about 10 years ago,the bet was a free in a newspaper I found a on a table in a pub. Numbersixvalverde and hedgehunter 1st and 2nd.
    Istabraq was a classy horse too,but too difficult to back for the average joe


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