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Your favourite horse ever

  • 18-02-2019 3:55pm
    #1
    wanmo
    Site Banned Posts: 5 ✭


    Who is your favourite horse ever


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  • #2
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 17,728 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The Tatling :)
    Was everything a racehorse should be, great career and had a great retirement.
    Wonderful example of how things should ideally go for all involved.


  • #3
    Whiplash85
    Registered Users Posts: 738 ✭✭✭Whiplash85


    90's - Florida Pearl
    00's - Moscow Flyer
    10's - Tiger Roll


  • #4
    The Tetrarch
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,092 ✭✭✭The Tetrarch


    Sea-Bird


  • #5
    akelly02
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,135 ✭✭✭akelly02


    King Kauto Star


  • #6
    tryfix
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,702 ✭✭✭tryfix


    Dancing Brave by a country mile, a 2,000 Guineas and Arc and much more winner with the turn of foot of a champion sprinter. Sublime.


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  • #7
    jay1988
    Registered Users Posts: 561 ✭✭✭jay1988


    Has to be Hurricane Fly for me.


  • #8
    Centrepassage
    Registered Users Posts: 57 ✭✭Centrepassage


    Boomerang


  • #9
    The Mig
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 2,034 Mod ✭✭✭✭The Mig


    Jumps - Hurricane Fly
    Flat - Sea The Stars


  • #10
    PhuckHugh2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 214 ✭✭PhuckHugh2


    Dylan Thomas and Zarkava dead heat


  • #11
    OsmosisJ
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 71 ✭✭OsmosisJ


    Sea the Stars and Denman


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  • #12
    IAMAMORON
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 9,078 ✭✭✭IAMAMORON


    Hurdler - Hardy Eustace
    Chaser - Denman
    Sprinter - Borderlee Scott
    Miler - George Washington
    Stayer - Sergeant Cecil

    There are waaaaay to many to choose from.


  • #13
    Tomw86
    Registered Users Posts: 941 ✭✭✭Tomw86


    Frankel & Hurricane Fly


  • #14
    gazza1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,137 ✭✭✭gazza1


    Flat - Dancing Brave

    NH - Dawn Run


  • #15
    klairondavis
    Registered Users Posts: 3,101 ✭✭✭klairondavis


    Klairon Davis


  • #16
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    shergar.
    Amberleigh house.
    She’s our mare.


  • #17
    PM me nudes
    Registered Users Posts: 1,393 ✭✭✭PM me nudes


    Nichols Canyon

    Sea The Stars


  • #18
    RivetingRoger
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,625 ✭✭✭RivetingRoger


    Vautour
    Jezki
    Denman


  • #19
    Doctors room ghost
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,825 ✭✭✭Doctors room ghost


    Forgot to mention, GO ON THE PERCY


  • #20
    seanl77
    Registered Users Posts: 125 ✭✭seanl77


    Istabraq followed closely by kauto star. Honourable mention for harchibald


  • #21
    Mostly Harmless
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,192 ✭✭✭Mostly Harmless


    Persian Punch


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  • #22
    meath4sam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 605 ✭✭✭meath4sam


    Time for Rupert


  • #23
    freewheeler
    Registered Users Posts: 301 ✭✭freewheeler


    NH - Dawn Run
    Flat - Sea The Stars


  • #24
    Gringo180
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,205 ✭✭✭Gringo180


    Labaik.


  • #25
    BumperD
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,681 ✭✭✭BumperD


    Spot the difference , maybe not my all time favorite but god did he have a huge heart


  • #26
    Laird
    Registered Users Posts: 28 ✭Laird


    Flyingbolt, Cheltenham 1966 won the Champion Chase in a canter then less than 24hours later led over the last in the Champion
    Chase finished a close 3rd, 4 weeks later won the Irish Grand National carrying 12st 7lb.


  • #27
    slimshady007
    Registered Users Posts: 727 ✭✭✭slimshady007


    Flat - Sea the Stars/Frankel
    2 exceptional horses. Delighted for their trainers to have horses like that at the times of their career.

    NH - Kauto Star
    By an absolute mile my favourite horse. As much for the downs as the ups. How many times did everyone say he was finished and then he'd roar back with a win. His final year on the track was special to say the least. At his best he was simply breathtaking. Even on his off days he never threw in the towel. His longevity at the highest level will never be matched in my opinion.

    Honourable mention to clan royal who was my first ever bet when 2nd in the National and who I solely blame for all the money I've lost since!


  • #28
    bladespin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,372 ✭✭✭bladespin


    Jezki - Can't remember ever being anything other than impressed with it's runs.
    Untitled Image

    MasteryDarts Ireland - Master your game!



  • #29
    Scott Tenorman
    Registered Users Posts: 508 ✭✭✭Scott Tenorman


    Lammtarra

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y99pK22aK2E


  • #30
    Panrich
    Registered Users Posts: 3,843 ✭✭✭Panrich


    Istabraq over the jumps. I did have a soft spot for Tied Cottage back in the day and some of those who were 'nearly' great. Merry Gale was a horse I loved to watch jump a fence. Doran's Pride another.

    A lot of horses I remember fondly tend to be ones who could have been great(er) like Golden Cygnet, Nick Dundee, Montelado and from the flat Golden Fleece.

    Others that were never the biggest stars but who were memorable to me include Strong Platinum, Limestone Lad, Bright Highway and many others going back far too long.


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  • #31
    longshotvalue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,473 ✭✭✭longshotvalue


    Vautour :(



    The best horse i ever saw around Cheltenham , which f**k it, is where it matters most.



    Just pips Barizan


  • #32
    TheBoyFromAus
    Registered Users Posts: 590 ✭✭✭TheBoyFromAus


    Winx


  • #33
    Slattsy
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 15,775 ✭✭✭✭Slattsy


    Flat - Hawk Wing

    Jumps - Istabraq


  • #34
    HarshOstrich
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,107 ✭✭✭HarshOstrich


    I’ve a few favorites that aren’t superstars, they just ran well anytime I backed them, my fav has to be caspian prince tho, you get everything from him every time and some big price wins down the years.

    Had a soft spot for peddlers cross the year hurricane fly beat him still hurts.


  • #35
    Shemale
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,376 ✭✭✭Shemale


    Sea The Stars & Zarkava - flat


    Denman
    Lough Derg
    Monets Garden
    Neptune Collonges


  • #36
    secman
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,418 ✭✭✭secman


    Mr Ed.......... no horse could ever do what he did.


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  • #37
    Brock Turnpike
    Registered Users Posts: 3,760 ✭✭✭Brock Turnpike


    Labaik


  • #38
    Brock Turnpike
    Registered Users Posts: 3,760 ✭✭✭Brock Turnpike


    TheBoyFromAus wrote: »
    Winx

    :Rolleyes:


  • #39
    AhrSkidar
    Registered Users Posts: 163 ✭✭AhrSkidar


    The Galway horses of my youth - Steel Duke, Double Wrapped and Pinch Hitter.


  • #40
    Motivator
    Registered Users Posts: 2,781 ✭✭✭Motivator


    For me it has to be Kauto Star. There aren’t too many horses that you look forward to seeing weeks before they run. 2006/2007 was magical. Jesus he was some horse.


  • #41
    Dr. Bre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,742 ✭✭✭Dr. Bre


    Black beauty


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  • #42
    gimli2112
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,409 ✭✭✭✭gimli2112


    Seabiscuit read a book about him that was fantastic
    Red Rum hard to beat his National record
    Desert Orchid was huge at a time

    Think they really captured the general public's imagination at their prime


  • #43
    Morleystreet
    Registered Users Posts: 225 ✭✭Morleystreet


    Istabraq.
    Never had a bet on him as was worried I'd jinx him!
    In the days when there were so few Irish trained winners at Cheltenham, he always delivered. A large photo of istabraq proudly displayed on wall in my home, much to the dismay of my wife. ( only a small photo of her on the mantelpiece).

    Also a mention for Morleystreet (......obviously!)


  • #44
    Bangor Billy
    Registered Users Posts: 335 ✭✭Bangor Billy


    Can't believe Himself hasn't got a mention. You must all be too young. However, as a Scouser my favourite has to be Rummy.


  • #45
    zoe 3619
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 631 ✭✭✭zoe 3619


    Red Rum definately.
    Don't follow the racing much recently,but yeah,suprised no ones mentioned him.


  • #46
    DJIMI TRARORE
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,656 ✭✭✭DJIMI TRARORE


    Dessie for me


  • #47
    jj mac
    Registered Users Posts: 119 ✭✭jj mac


    Moscow flyer. Class act.


  • #48
    Angliru
    Closed Accounts Posts: 636 ✭✭✭Angliru


    Sprinter Sacre would be #1. A once in a lifetime horse. Loved Vautour as well, just so effortless. Thistlecrack out of current crop, hopefully he has his day in the Gold Cup, would be one of the greatest stories in the history of the sport.


  • #49
    paw patrol
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,312 ✭✭✭paw patrol


    Angliru wrote: »
    Sprinter Sacre would be #1. A once in a lifetime horse. Loved Vautour as well, just so effortless. Thistlecrack out of current crop, hopefully he has his day in the Gold Cup, would be one of the greatest stories in the history of the sport.

    sprinter sacre for me .


  • #50
    Alpha_zero
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 907 ✭✭✭Alpha_zero


    My Main man Ray


  • #51
    mickmackmcgoo
    Users Awaiting Email Confirmation Posts: 950 ✭✭✭mickmackmcgoo


    From a gambling point of view had to be Danoli
    Istabraq
    St Nicholas Abbey


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