1980 King George VI Chase Kempton Extended footage

Great line up but oddly run race

[@darren2514fv]

The first time the King George was shown on ITV this was the first year that ITV had the Kempton rights

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I loved Night Nurse but I was so glad he fell at the last as it looked to me at the time that he might get up and beat my lad Silver Buck who i backed heavily this day , glad he won and even gladder that Night Nurse got up and was ok 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@shaunspadah5790]

probably the only race where tied cottage isnt 30 lenghts clear, o neil wud have ridden night nurse but broke his leg a few months earlier, alan brown rode a poor race on night nurse, think it was frank berry ridin anaglogs daughter, rode carrow boy same colours in the 81 national

[@ThefightingCelt]

Tommy Carberry rode Anaglog's Daughter this day , as he usually did . I backed the mare but she ran out of steam .

[@michaelmoran9399]

In the eighties we had great chasers they had to be the jockeys were absolutely shite

[@shaunspadah5790]

it was a different world in the 80s maybe about 6 or 7 quality jockeys, only about 5 wud pass 50 winners, despite this racing was much better then than the 7 day a week sport it is now

[@teenoso4069]

@@shaunspadah5790 By the end of the decade Pipe and Scudamore had laid the path for what became for norm of larger strings, more runners, more rides and more winners than we had seen previously. Dunwoody and then McCoy took it on. Body protectors, medical advancement and a 12-month season helped too. Fewer horses in training, fewer races, more trainers and no single set of owners had all the good horses. Remember the big stables - strings of 60 or less - normally ran their seasons between September and early May and usually employed two stable jockeys. Dickinson alone had Earnshaw, Bradley, Beggan, Browne plus Jonjo and Francome when available. Outside that the ground was often firm or hard as courses didnt have the watering infrastructure we do today. Racing became more commercial by the late 80s than it had been at the start. We definitely gained something, but certainly lose something too in the process.

[@darrensmith4279]

@@shaunspadah5790 but how many race meetings was their..2/3rds less than today