1985 Lingfield Derby Trial Stakes

Slip Anchor

[@nozmoz1563]

I pulled a fast one on my local bookie right after he crossed the line. He was slow to change the Derby ante post prices on the board so I stuck a tenner on him at 16/1 to win the Derby. I was flat broke when Derby day came around and that £160 was a life saver.

[@chatham43]

....the days when TV racing was a pleasure to watch....none of the gimmicky distractions which plague it today.....

[@nightowl7459]

Chatham43 absolutely true.

[@phobsdsr4326]

The old ‘BBC Grandstand’! Legendary Now you get concerts after racing FFS

[@raekiesha]

Those were the days when Lingfield was a joy to go and watch racing - no dirt BS on the inside - a good proper turf track only !

[@mikerainham]

Graham Harvey yeah Kempton and Newcastle lost their turf flat tracks all together. No Substitute for turf in my opinion

[@jeanlawley6483]

Slip Anchor was so underrated ... He is one of the best horses of the last 50 years ... doubt any horse could have beaten him that day at Lingfield and later in the Derby

[@gregl6527]

Certainly was Jean ... His run in the Derby was superb & some quality horses in the field, Brilliant performance.. 85 what a year ...Oh So Sharp & Slip Anchor ...

[@nightowl7459]

@Jean Lawley Sadly he never win after the Derby due to injury.

[@andrewblackie7170]

​@@gregl6527; I saw Steve Cauthen give a brief interview & he said that Slip Anchor was the best he sat on BUT someone popped on a comment saying Steve told him PERSONALLY that Affirmed was the best he sat on. Yeah Affirmed won the Triple Crown in 78 but he only had Alydar to beat in the 3 races & Slip Anchor won the Triple Crown too & he beat more than just one horse.

[@steveo7165]

This and The Derby were a stroll in the park, great upload Eddie

[@phobsdsr4326]

Steve O' 71 Eased down at a canter

[@mikerainham]

This is superb, I've only seen the head on part commentary from the racing year 1985 video, presented by Brough Scott. If Slip Anchor had remained free from injury I'm sure he would have won many more races

[@phobsdsr4326]

Michael John Faulkner won the Derby trail as he liked, eased down, no contest. I’m only approaching 36 but this (along with Dancing Brave and Commander In Chief) is one of my dads fav horses

[@stuartsimms4579]

Came across this halcyon days before arabs ruined British racing ..and always gave 2 winners at local Kilmarnock fayre Lord Howard..

[@mikerainham]

@@stuartsimms4579 they didn’t ruin it but it was more of a monopoly with competition amount themselves. Even Sangster couldn’t match that Money but Coolmore today is as good as Goldolphin.

[@stuartsimms4579]

@@mikerainham absolutely true sir .Abdullah and age khan gave them a run to.loved the old colours.Charlie st george,joels mcbees gangsters dewaldens.took me back to my miss spent youth. Dancing brave arc iwas 14 won £2000 thought I was a millionare ,

[@lianeamos7562]

Loved watching this, I used to work for Paul Cole and used to ride and look after Cadmium

[@SuperRaveTV]

I was there when he won the derby Just slipped the field Cauthen what a jockey Clockwork

[@bobmatthews151]

I was also there on Derby day, however, the only horse I saw that day was a bloody police horse..... Spent the entire day drinking beer and playing cards 😂😂😂😂

[@JHiggs64]

Richard Linley was/is a master at commentary and summary. Presented so well

[@MEECHIO]

Actually it's Jimmy Lindley not Richard Linley. The latter who you mention rode a lot of Sheikh Ali Abu Khamsin's horses in the 1980's - Gaye Brief, Half Free, Fifty Dollars More et al.

[@davidsheridan1699]

@@MEECHIO that's correct Jimmy lindley a flat jockey , and Richard linley a jump jockey who was great to offer advice to stable lads about how to ride horses correctly.

[@alioucisse1548]

In my opinion the 70s and 80s were the two best decades in horse racing. The 85 LingField and Epsom Derby was the easiest of a winner you’ll ever see in a horse race. Just absolutely a monster performance. Cauthen was just magical. Came back and did the same thing two years later on Reference Point.

[@kevincramwell4648]

BBC racing different class to what we have today !

[@davidhampson1958]

I remember this day I was in Catford on a course I went into a betting shop to watch the race I saw Slip Anchor was odds on to win the race so checked the Derby price he was 16/1 so I had a £10 bet on it for the Derby at that price... I went to the Derby that year to watch him run...Won easier than he won this race Happy days

[@nozmoz1563]

I pulled a fast one on my local bookie right after he crossed the line. He was slow to change the Derby ante post prices on the board so I stuck a tenner on him at 16/1 to win the Derby. I was flat broke when Derby day came around and that £160 was a life saver.

[@csb7376]

Not sure what he beat, but to be practically running away with Cauthen early on and then stay on as strong as he did was very impressive.

[@phobsdsr4326]

csb73 agreed.. Fully eased down. No dangers final furlong. Looked a real class act here.

[@RoyChadwick51]

The golden years … This tripe that is on today is absolutely appalling . Chamberlain - Cumani - chapman - Harvey - weaver et Al Appalling times .

[@nightowl7459]

Yeah, they used to have presenters who actually knew what they were talking about then.

[@RoyChadwick51]

@@nightowl7459 you know what is absolutely amazing Jimbo McGrath got binned and Alice plunkett kept on

[@nightowl7459]

@@RoyChadwick51 Yeah, I can't believe some of the clueless clowns they now have as so called experts, they just repeat the same platitudes over and over again, Jimbo was actually quite knowledgeable, but now it's all about how easy on the eye they are rather than what knowledge they bring to the viewer's.

[@RoyChadwick51]

@@nightowl7459 I’ve followed the racing for years and I remember jimbo would go into the breeding of the winners … things he’s say like ‘ out of a Danehill mare ‘ or from the family of ‘Miesque’ Very insightful .

[@RoyChadwick51]

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[@mikerainham]

Steve rode a beautiful race to win the Derby trail on Legal Bid 2 years later to.

[@patrickmcdonough4472]

Reference point,Legal bid finished well behind slip anchor in his derby,

[@patrickmcdonough4472]

Legal bid never won any derby, he was well down the field behind slip anchor at Epsom, and Steve Vaughan won his second derby on reference point.

[@thecommission6662]

Legal Bid finished 14th in Reference Point's Derby, not Slip Anchor's, also it's Steve Cauthen, not Vaughan.

[@mikerainham]

@@patrickmcdonough4472 I was referring to legal bids win in the derby trail at lingfield rather than the derby itself

[@mikerainham]

@@thecommission6662 I was referring to the excellent ride Steve Cauthen gave legal bid in the derby trail rather than the derby itself where he was an also run.

[@davidsheridan1699]

Led up. Steve cauthen as a stable lad at catterick on a horse I looked after many moons ago !

[@thecommission6662]

Cauthen didn't ride at Catterick very often.

[@steveo7165]

Hi Eddie, do you have any of Slip Anchor's pre Lingfield races to upload? Thank you in advance of any ☺

[@katewild2194]

I was there that day i had already backed him at 20/1 to win the Derby told my friend to come with me as i had a sure fire winner. If i remember right he was offered at 8/1 after this race to win the Derby sorry to say i did not have a press up. Since that day i have won a lot of money betting on horses the bookies no longer will take my bets.

[@mabbrey]

rip jimmy

[@davidfenn4444]

Interesting to see Steve riding in the English style there, when he first arrived he rode in the typically American style.

[@AntAdam1]

Lingfield sure has changed!

[@Formula1Madx]

We know the horse's name & surely Steve has stolen it! 🏇

[@wslbmg]

impressive.

[@terrydickinson3296]

Jimmy "stands over a lot of ground" "stamps his stock well" Lindley.

[@kevinpantera4429]

Slip Anchor, slipped away and crushed them in a walk! Good by!

[@jcartist835]

They Dont have Races And Jockeys And Commentators Like the Old School Tradition

[@nightowl7459]

I wish more jockeys would learn to judge a pace from the front.

[@kevinpantera4429]

Cauthen, great rider. They ran him out of NY. NYs loss. Racing in the states is un big trouble. Same characters stealing all the money!

[@mogheen]

I expected an American accent

[@iancarpenter6298]

thats unusual to hear an american accent from an american !

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@iancarpenter6298 I think the suggestion was that Cauthen did not actually sound American and had lost his accent here.