1985 Breeders' Cup Turf

[@scottmcottonwood]

I've seen it 100 times, and i have to say "wow" every time I see it!! England's Super Filley!!!!

[@steveo7165]

Peebles was awesome in her last 2 races🏇💥💥

[@LuindaDeeley]

It brings tears to my eyes.i remember watcning that race .what a fantastic little filly ,my favite Pebbles and such a talented jockey...😂

[@mosshourigan]

ballsiest ride of all time R.I.P. Pat Eddery

[@steveo7165]

Pat was a Great Jockey👍💙

[@halisozdemir531]

World Class Ride from Pat Eddery.

[@quae5tor]

Brilliant picture quality - well done. A tremendous performance from Pebbles considering she was stopped several times in the final half mile trying to get thru on the rail. Yet she put the race to bed in a matter of strides. If memory serves me right, she was 20/1 on the US tote and commentator for ITV Brough Scott persuaded the entire British crew to put their dosh on the horse. Scott won enough to fly home to the UK on Concorde. When you bet, bet like a man!

[@markrenehan4360]

I think its tolomeo winning the Arlington million your thinking of he was 20/1 pat eddery .pebbles was a short price

[@davidramirez4810]

She went off as the 2/1 favorite.

[@quae5tor]

@@markrenehan4360 thanks Mark, time dulls the memory. Well remembered - but I did love Pebbles!

[@quae5tor]

@David Ramirez you're right, I was thinking of a different race around the same time (late 1980's).

[@chrisp.9172]

Excellent ground saving ride by Edderly, turned out to be the difference! Some excellent sires in this race, including Strawberry road, Greinton, and Theatrical..♥️🙏👉🇺🇸

[@Laytonia1977]

Wonderful filly and a great ride from Pat Eddery.

[@catonahi]

Goosebumps every time I watch this

[@leocullen5864]

that was a masterclass from Eddery.. that man had no fear , he go for any gap.. that's why he won so much

[@steveo7165]

He was Superb.

[@robinpearce4103]

The horse I come back to most, the goosebumps as she takes up the lead... Great memories

[@MyAlbert47]

this was probably edderys greatest ride and he had many also congrats on picture quality the best i have seen

[@steveo7165]

@Paul Gallagher Pat on Rainbow Quest, 85 Coronation Cup when he plays w other jockey, before Cruising to victory, Peebles Champion Stakes, Golden Fleece's Derby. To many Classic rides to mention, it would hurt my finger to keep typing😁

[@chrisp.9172]

@@steveo7165 How about Chris McCarron on Touch Gold in the Belmont? Literally "hiding" from Silver Charm until the last seconds!..

[@jacqueshughes3085]

I worked for Mecca Bookmakers at the time, and nobody was surprised. She'd already won the Eclipse Stakes when many people hadn't given her a chance - first filly to win it in 100 years. There were so many good horses around at the time: Commanche Run, Slip Anchor, Rainbow Quest, Oh So Sharp, Tryptich, Damister, Palace Music, Theatrical etc - a great time for racing and they all had great followings. Oh So Sharp and Pebbles - two of the greatest English fillies of all time (I think that Tryptich was American?)!! The Champions Stake was probably the best race - everyone was talking Slip Anchor versus Commanche Run, and Pebbles beat them both. I can still remember most of the races. What an era!!!

[@gerardcurran8301]

A Masterclass of a ride from Pat Eddery. But only possible with a gutsy, willing partner, I don't believe any horse would got past Pebbles that day.

[@kevinmunday5782]

great horse and eddery at his absolute best too ....

[@SpursFanCanada]

This race always brings a tear to my eye because of the guy jumping up and down right before the winning post.Not sure who he is but I always assumed he was Pebbles' groom.

[@stephencooper7304]

SpursFanCanada hi mate just read your comment on the man jumping up and down at the winning post.your correct he was pebbles groom his name was John Harkness who is my wife’s dad

[@steveo7165]

@@stephencooper7304 Awesome😊

[@SpursFanCanada]

@@stephencooper7304 That's brilliant.Thank you.

[@73KHS]

Pebbles 2-27-81 September 2005

[@ahsanshaikh786]

Great move by Eddery !

[@PATRIARCA173]

Great communicator was this man

[@PATRIARCA173]

Ted Durkin

[@songsmith31a]

A brave performance under a top jockey got its deserved reward.

[@ianplant6658]

What a tremendous filly pebbles was

[@stevencooke6451]

I recall that day thinking there was no way Eddery would get through that wall of horses. And usually, if you have to keep pulling up on a horse they lose interest but Pebbles was a little stronger than most.

[@agoodchow]

Strawberry Road had the rail spot all the way till half way on the final turn. Pebble took over same spot. If Strawberry Road stayed and waited, could have won along the rail the whole way. Who rode Strawberry Road ?

[@darrenmaples3451]

@@agoodchowSteve cauthen

[@simonhindley65]

Nerves of steel from Eddery.

[@brettwilkinson9529]

If Ditman from Australia had been riding Strawberry Road , Pebbles wouldn't have had the opportunity to run the inside rail on the straight. But that's racing.

[@seanmcmanus867]

Strawberry Road was no where near pebbles and an Aussie jockey wouldn’t have made any difference

[@padraigohooligan8363]

@@seanmcmanus867 Strawberry Road was a high-class racehorse and appreciated in the US. Mick Dittman was a super strength rider and would have improved the horse's chance, though whether it would have been sufficient is pure conjecture.

[@seanmcmanus867]

Strawberry Road was a decent horse but a fairly ordinary animal against European horses. SR did nothing in the arc. An Aussie jockey on a US course wasn’t deemed good enough. So they put probably the best jockey in the world Steve Cauthen on the horse and still couldn’t win. A decent horse but not great

[@livetwice7702]

Strawberry Rd was an amazing horse , but Pat Eddery scraping paint off the rails was as cool as a cucumber

[@harpalchauhan428]

Named my cats after some of the greats cigar, pebbles, lammtarra, celtic swing, pennykamp, moonshell, pentire.

[@steveo7165]

A lot of cats😄

[@harpalchauhan428]

@@steveo7165 yep took care of 17 stay cats since 1995 to 2014

[@steveo7165]

@@harpalchauhan428 🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱🐱👍😊 What's your next Cat gonna be called?

[@harpalchauhan428]

@@steveo7165 lol we said no more but we ended up with 4 more kittens. 1 from RSPCA some one was about to throw in the canal, 1 from a bunch of stray kittens my partners best mate friend needed to rehome as he had pits and 1 adopted its self following our cat missy we took from RSPCA. But there names are missy she was from RSPCA. Shadow R.I.P had tumour vets never picked up she the one that followed missy to our house and sumner was the one some idiot had put in a box taped up and was going to throw in canal, and tara is the one that came from a guy who had dogs but couldn'tleave the kittens to get run over or die another way but he had dogs so needed someone to help. But the are doing fine though.

[@steveo7165]

@@harpalchauhan428 Double👍👍's Up for taking care of all of the extra guests, your a star, Best Wishes😊👍

[@giaguidera5464]

A small filly with a giant heart

[@chakenheimer]

Not only was the move to the lead thrilling, but it looked like strawberry road was going to blow. Y her but she dug down. Can anyone tell me about her offspring?

[@bclaw35]

I MET HER WITH HER FOAL PEBBLE CREEK (BY REFERENCE POINT) but unfortunately no her progeny were not spectacular

[@davidfoster2006]

Best horse won the race.

[@steveo7165]

Watch her winning the 1985 Champion Stakes, and you will see a quality racehorse 🏇

[@davidramirez4810]

Durkin's best call I think. England's super filly!

[@uhegbu]

Like that and yet another classic race even though I was four at the time.

[@amazed66]

Pebbles was a great filly but I think what cost Strawberry Road any chance of winning was when she drifted towards Pebbles and Pat Eddery having his whip in his right hand meant SR would be running into it.

[@Baskerville22]

You're right. He definitely shied away in the last 100m.

[@gregorykillen4564]

Strawberry Road was a stallion mate and an Australian one at that !!!!!! Do your research before posting !!!!!!

[@amazed66]

@@gregorykillen4564 A mere typo being that I had just mentioned Pebbles was a filly and that there is only one difference in letters between he and she. I know Strawberry Road was male and although I am in the UK myself, I remember him running in the Arc. Even if I had actually thought he was female though, it's hard to do your research when you do not know that you are wrong. People tend to only research when they know that they do not know something.

[@gregorykillen4564]

@@amazed66 It's taken you 5 years mate !!!!!!!! My apologies if I've come across rather short and curt, but I'm passionate about horse racing !!!!!

[@gregorykillen4564]

And if he was being ridden by a Kiwi or an Aussie hoop, Strawberry Road wins it !!!!! Just my opinion !!!!!!

[@utahcanyon1000]

My name is Peebles.

[@danielmarshall356]

My god eddery really was the best

[@steveo7165]

He was☝

[@agoodchow]

Strawberry Road had the rail spot all the way till half way on the final turn. Pebble took over same spot. If Strawberry Road stayed and waited, could have won along the rail the whole way. Who rode Strawberry Road ?

[@michaeldowd5545]

Pebbles is a better horse. Strawberry had the run of the race. I know pebbles and Eddery were lucky to get the gap, but pebbles had to put the breaks on a few times around the bend and had to put the accelerator on early in the straight to take the lead. In a match race. In a fast run race I know who I would bet on

[@rimamohammed8250]

England's super filly indeed...

[@brettwilkinson9529]

Jockey made an untimely mistake on Strawberry Road. But that's racing.

[@hughwatkin9950]

super filly indeed, the story goes she would sulk if her companion come on the blues did not travel all over with her, super horse she was

[@gregorykillen4564]

For you foreign wankers who think Oz and Kiwi horses can't mix it on the world stage, Strawberry Road was an Oz horse who was an out an out champion !!!!!!

[@jacqueshughes3085]

But lost to an English Shiela!!

[@seanmcmanus867]

The American tv pundits said she had no chance

[@johnedwards2117]

Don't get better than that

[@stephenord3403]

Won me a lot if money

[@tonybanks1614]

best horse ran 2nd .track very tight being on the fence made the difference bad decision on 2nd horse to go wide

[@seanmcmanus867]

Best horse won, and strawberry road got fucked in the arc as well

[@leesog3203]

Top horse and good performance - but lucky Symboli Rudolf stayed in Japan - he was a monster that year.

[@jamesfitzgerald6636]

Lee SOG .. you must be joking

[@dancooke353]

Abuse!🤬😡👎