All the plaudits for Desert Orchid. Quite rightly so, he was a magnificent Racehorse. But spare a thought for the runner up, Yahoo. The jockey on Yahoo did nothing wrong, thinking he had the race won approaching the last, on a proven stayer. But for me, the jockey hit the front too soon. Had he waited before asking Yahoo, i think the result would have been different. Just my opinion, but history only records the winners. RIP to them both.

Everybody knows Ruby's the best 🎉🎉🎉

One of the great if not greatest hurdle race finishes ever with two of the all time greats involved , Monksfield and Night Nurse , whip rules are tighter today , it was excessive .

Arguably the most talented hurdler there would ever be had we got to see it. We will never know after the Scottish champion but what he did do till that point was light years better than the rest. RIP champ.

Greatest ever hurdler.

Likely would have won multiple champion hurdles such was that horses ability. Sadly we can only watch these videos and think what might have been.

I refuse to believe that this was a dead-heat. I'm not certain but I'm sure I read somewhere that the photo finish equipment was upgraded the following year. I'd only barely believe that there was short-head or nose in the finish

'Comedy' is my all-time favourite hurdler, to say nothing of being one of the very best ever to grace our racetracks.

The weight arkle gave away no modern day horse could do that .And there are people who think dessie and kauto would have given him a race .

Could have been one of the best

One of my favourite horses, lucky enough to see Morley Street win at Aintree on Grand National day in 1989.

Night Nurse was a top-class hurdler/chaser. He won 35 of his 64 races over hurdles/fences. Night Nurse is the only horse to win the Welsh, English and Scottish Champion Hurdles in the same season.

Arkle gave 3 stone away to Height O' Fashion. That's the reason that the phenomenon known as Arkle had no equal. His stable companion, Flyingbolt, was not far behind him though.

Dawn Run 1986 and Dessie 1989 the noise from the crowd still gives me goose bumps 💌

He's beginning to get up.

Behold a pale horse

That was scintillating, race over in a few strides. Same sire as Dawn Run.

A great ride from Stan Mellor on Stalbridge Colonist a great horse

What a Myth was always my favourite horse when I was a kid.My Dad would put a little bet on for me and I won a fair few shillings for sweeties 😂

Was only a kid at the time but always remember the hype about him,defeat was absolutely out of the question

Would have been one of the greatest horses ever

Flyingbolt was a truly great horse , no doubts , deserves respect and plaudits , but to compare him to Arkle and their respective achievements is pure folly .

Madness 👀🖤

Panto Prince still remains the best jumper of a fence I've seen in well over 30yrs.

Backed ten plus each way fifthy each way think he would have won definitely would have been placed no doubt about that 😮

What an absolutely brilliant horse . Would have been a great champion but for terrible fate in Scottish champion hurdle AS A NOVICE. Goes with the ill fated Killiney as a horse we never got to see fulfill their potential 😢

Best iv'e ever seen

Must make a observation concerning the exciting top class hurdlers who dominated the scene at this particular time,Their names will for me forever resonate MONKSFIELD LANZAROTE. SEA PIEGEON BROADSWORDCOMEDY OF ERRORS. BULA does a man have to say anymore,

He was cantering all over some of the best hurdlers even in the Scottish champion hurdle would have been a superstar no doubt about that 😉

I wonder what a ten bob forecast would have paid out…..

Trained by a master and a gentleman as well met him in Limerick a few times

Vftal Yk to met him in Limerick a

Trained by a master Edward o grady 😊

Better days

Ted list the plot with this argument

Armchair ride for "Boots" Madden

Teds a retard .

What a horse dessie was mond

Jockey won the race Wayward lad Jockey down tools

He was a very good horse indeed.

Pulled so hard at the start, yet finished like a train. The Greatest!!

People forget that poor Spanish Steps had the misfortune to be around at the same time as these two, beating everything else bar Crisp in '73 in 3 successive Nationals.

Tommy Carbury one of the best riders ever ever

Dreaper ran Flyingbolt twice over 3m and 3m2f and got away with it because he was never out of his comfort zone in both races. Horse will always stay further in cases like that. When he moved to Ken Olivers along with Barry Brogan he never ran once over 3 miles and when he moved to Roddy Armatage he tried him at 3 miles and was oustayed by Titus Oats in the King George the finished tailed off over 3 miles at Ascot. Nothing during his career would indicate that in a high class field he would have got 3m2f round Cheltenham. He never ran in the 3 mile RSA novice chase at Cheltenham Arkle won it for Dreaper then Buona Notte won it for Bob Turnell while Flyingbolt was kept to 2 miles in the Champion Chase. Flyingbolt in my opinion would have been completely oustayed by Arkle in a Gold Cup.

What a great horse L’Escargot was. Former Gold Cup winner, real class and when he won this, well in the veteran stage. Tougher than a coffin nail, the snail was anything but slow and he gave his all every race. The first horse to find a weakness in the mighty Red Rum, Teasy Weasy Raymonds Rag Trade would do Red Rum the next year, L’Escargot still had that class about him when he accomplished this win. So good to see him again, an era where the national was still a test not the pantomime of the modern era.

What a great weight carrying performance, the greatest Arkle. I loved Rough Tweed he was a good handicapper. No one nowadays has the minerals to commit such a great horse into handicaps

I always backed Dessie you could tell he was a winner by he looked he had that spirit in him anytime i see a white horse in a field Dessie always comes to mind RIP 🙏 Great horse ❤

The Bolt was really speedy and he did beat Arkle though he was getting weight as far as I recall. I was at the course the day The Bolt got his own back. As to was he better than Arkle? Arkle was a phenomenal horse whilst The Bolt was gifted and great he certainly was not phenomenal. Pity the 2 shared the same generation. Modern chasers really don’t have the class these 2 had.

Shit.. viking flagship was one of the best horses in the planet ever... Martha son never won anything else... A flook

I loved The Dikler ❤️