Wow! What a race horse! He made up nearly 28 lengths in the final 3 furlongs. You just don't see that happen. Finest distance specialist ever to set foot on a European race track. Frankel was not as complete a racehorse as was the great Dancing Brave.
@lutzgrellmann10539 жыл бұрын
Jackie Dyson I never seen in my life a more impressive series of wins than those of Dancing Brave in the Eclipse, King George and the Arc. I am always impressed by the the comment ".. but owe soo much to do.. " when it is clear that Dancing Brave is the Best but does not have the chance to prove this.
@sharongowdy77057 жыл бұрын
Gordon stakes at Goodwood after the Derby greville Starkey did ride dancing brave after the Derby
@lennydickens97914 жыл бұрын
Mill reef was the best Derby winner by a long shot class
@jcartist835 Жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave Past over 17Horses in the Last 3 Furlong My Goodness What a Horse he Was i Keep looking back at this Race over and over
@DavidChesler-e7oАй бұрын
Thank Starkey. He blew it. Not the brave
@BauhausGolf9 жыл бұрын
RIP Pat.
@kevincheadle53664 ай бұрын
It still hurts me watching this I was only 16 at the time absolutely loved Dancing Brave
@mikerainham2 ай бұрын
@@kevincheadle5366 same 16, I did back west tip in the grand national and did expect to back the derby winner to! Also had sharood and the French horse Arokar each way, but they didn’t do anything
@moyajanko6642Ай бұрын
"Hurt" is right, and I feel the same. Am now 70. And it still hurts.
@alistairhartley29884 жыл бұрын
I'm 56 and Dancing Brave is the best I've ever seen.
@markleyland81914 жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave.. the best flat horse ever Desert Orchid... best jumps horse and far best horse flat or jumps
@indiana1464 жыл бұрын
Alistair i too am 56 and on that day i had £40 on sharastani i felt sorry for dancing brave a better horse by far What was starkey doing should have covered up mid field moved up round tattenham then home sharastani would not have caught him Alistair im too much of a gentlemen to accuse wrongdoing but i am deeply worried by a top jockey riding like that to b honest that ride by starkey stunk
@digeme694 жыл бұрын
@@indiana146 I backed Dancing Brave every time he ran including ante post at 16/1 for 2000 Guineas. Had double at Epsom with Midway Lady 7/2 winner of Oaks. Pat Eddery wouldn't have lost the Derby but hindsight is a wonderful thing.
@indiana1464 жыл бұрын
@@digeme69 ive watched the race many times i still cant wonder what starkey was doing sat at the back Ive watched races where a horse has been pulled its been easy to spot I would not think a man of starkeys standing would b involved in that But makes you wonder He rode like he didnt want to win Which jockey dropped his hands and more or less stopped riding on El gran senor
@digeme694 жыл бұрын
@@indiana146 Was the last part a question? It was Pat but I'm not sure he dropped his hands, it was more a case of hitting the front too soon. Anyway its all what ifs and Pat was a great rider(99% of the time). From memory I recall horse like Deep Sensation and Morley St over the jumps. If they hit the front too soon they stopped racing
@MrFishface17 жыл бұрын
R.I.P. Walter Swinburn, such a gifted jockey
@donaldbakerGonzo14 ай бұрын
I’m 86 and Dancing Braves Arc win against about 11 group 1 winners is the best performance of any race I’ve been fortunate to watch
@richardmalton29956 жыл бұрын
Fantastic commentary from Graham Goode...
@MotormanTM3 жыл бұрын
"But oh, so much to do!" People forget that commentary isn't scripted and that was just one of those perfect lines that said everything.
@caeglas16 ай бұрын
Also he said as clever enough to concentrate on dancing brave even when at back of field some still doing look for the favourite
@nickynewell97623 жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave ran the final furlong faster than any sprinter did that season.
@jasonfox48573 жыл бұрын
Thats why he,s easily the greatest!
@rjjcms12 жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave nearly doing a Scurlogue Champ on the entire field there.
@kevinmunday57822 жыл бұрын
Nijinsky finished just äs fast, and He won too
@davidhall7905 Жыл бұрын
best horse best jockey greville
@issyjas3309 Жыл бұрын
Just imagine him over 5f, Dayjur speed
@royskiwb9 жыл бұрын
The Best. Even though he was second.
@rayrobinson39808 жыл бұрын
I honestly don't think he acted around Tattenham,he looked so unbalanced,and also, watch Mashkour,which incidently put up the fasted time in the final furlong,Dancing Brave shot past him like a bullet,but Mashkour was actually catching him in the final furlong,it was a case of Shahrastani acting on the track,and sadly Dancing Brave not.
@L11_EFC6 жыл бұрын
He was all over the place, coming in to the straight, take nothing away from Shahrastani though, he was a top drawer colt in his own right, but DB is the the best colt I've seen.
@thebay77sanfrancisco726 жыл бұрын
Absolutely true, machine of a horse, dancing brave was the best ever
@125fluff4 жыл бұрын
Yeah.. nest ho4se on thd day won
@125fluff4 жыл бұрын
Plus swinburn won 3 derbys..starkey as me dad said couldnt ride a clothes horse
@johnrobertson67703 жыл бұрын
It’s got to be the worst ride ever on a derby favourite if desert was on it was a certainty greville starkey Nineveh got to ride it again no wonder Mc cririck could’ve won on it
@denis15013 жыл бұрын
Actually Greville rode the horse in two more races after the Derby John, the Coral Eclipse and also at Goodwood in his prep race for the Arc. You'd be surprised how many people make the same mistake you just did, memories playing tricks after all these years maybe!
@grahammonro65004 жыл бұрын
Its So Painful to watch...Greville couldn't settle him.. "" oh so much to do "".. What an astounding understatement... Dancing Brave's Greatness will be judged on many things.. But for me, any Horse fast enough to win the 2000 Guineas.. Then Defeat older horses in the Greatest race, the Arc , has to be considered Great.. Not Sea Bird, Frankel, Ribot, The Brigadier, or Mill Reef did that...And to think the Horse would have barely been a 3 Yr old when running in the Derby.. With todays Guineas being run in late May now, Dancing Brave would have won his Guineas as a 2 Yr old.. That's Greatness for me..
@Formula1Madx7 жыл бұрын
Greville Starkey, Pat Eddery & Walter Swinburn. 3 great jockeys all involved in the story of the mighty brave & all of them sadly no longer with us. RIP Grev, Pat & Walter & thanks for the memories.
@benbim5406 жыл бұрын
well said all sadly missed.
@nedlambton66023 жыл бұрын
When you take this ride into consideration, you cannot call Starkey a great. It was a great tragedy. Whether it was corruption or incompetence is not important to me. It was absolutely dreadful. Still painful in 2021.
@rjjcms12 жыл бұрын
RIP all of them.
@frankschlanker Жыл бұрын
@@nedlambton6602 All jockeys have their bad days whether it be Starkey,Eddery, Carson, Cauthen or Swinburn the lot.
@cludoe3 жыл бұрын
Great horse, so sad he never won the Derby. He will always be one of my favourites.
@dougreed22572 жыл бұрын
Would have won with pat in the saddle!
@cludoe2 жыл бұрын
@@dougreed2257 For sure, Starkey was too confident and held him up too much.
@digeme69 Жыл бұрын
Best horse ever!
@Forthegeoffofthehalsall6 күн бұрын
He did win the derby. It was his jockey who lost it
@Sunburst757 жыл бұрын
The best way to make sure you will not win an Epsom Derby is to be out the back at Tattenham Corner. I'm afraid Greville (RIP) made a complete and utter horlicks of things.
@ianharvey9926 жыл бұрын
Just got all misty eyed reliving the past when me and a few friends used to go and watch the races I went to Epsom and to Paris, what a great day out that was. The Brits went crazy. I wasn't even a fan but I never forgot Dancing Brave, what a superstar. A great, great horse. So exciting to watch. Near the back and then just blows everyone else away. When I think of sporting heroes from the eighties for me it's Marvin Hagler, Alex Higgins and Dancing Brave.
@mkfloyd913111 ай бұрын
Very well chosen I agree wholeheartedly...
@alexfelton12015 жыл бұрын
To much to do even for super horse
@christopherstephens40162 жыл бұрын
Every time I watch this race I am in awe of Dancing Brave - ridden like a non-stayer by Starkey (of course at this stage of his career they couldn't be sure he would get the mile and a half) and then having a rough passage the horse still almost won, and the acceleration in those final 2 furlongs still sends shivers down my spine. Sharastani, a good horse in his own right, only ever glimpsed a disappearing backside of Dancing Brave from there onwards in their careers. Frankel was amazing, but for me, in 50 years watching Racing, this horse was the best I ever saw.
@doodles863 Жыл бұрын
Absolutely spot on, another 10mtrs and he would have won
@thomasgowdy7387 Жыл бұрын
The night before the derby Starkey was asked if his horse would stay the trip and said he would stay the ascot gold cup so he could not have ridden the horse like a non stayer
@WilliamMitchell-n7i3 ай бұрын
Tears 😭 So Brave 🐎GRH Walter A Great Ride 🐎
@keybuckley5 жыл бұрын
I still think Dancing Brave is going to win!
@harrycallahan33915 жыл бұрын
It would have done if Starkey hadn't had him last around Tattenham Corner!
@shaneparkin47214 жыл бұрын
Will give you a million to one he doesn't
@shaneparkin47214 жыл бұрын
Worse Derby ride ever
@alistairhartley29884 жыл бұрын
Brings a tear
@oldnook2 жыл бұрын
@@alistairhartley2988 always does me as well. He never rode for guy harwood again.
@cartersrest14079 жыл бұрын
poor old Grev--worst ride ever on the greatest horse ever
@1989NickyD7 жыл бұрын
One of GG's greatest commentaries.
@kevinmunday57824 жыл бұрын
I backed sharastani here , was gutted when he was only 4th in king george, he wasnt right that day sweated profusely, ran a lot better in the Arc but dancing brave was obviously a superstar tho ......
@mrk241079 жыл бұрын
My mate had £100 at 33's, £100 at 16's and another £100 at 6's on the day on Shahrastani, I'll never forget the look of anguish on his face during that final furlong... He was lucky that day and history would prove the best horse lost, but Shahrastani was a very good horse on his day, he was very impressive in the Irish Derby and if I remember started favourite when they next met for the rematch in the K.George.
@2019freddie9 жыл бұрын
+Matthew Kerr; wow that was a lot of money back then!
@december23644 жыл бұрын
I had been backing Shahrastani for weeks before the race. Not quite as much as that but I was screaming for the winning post all the way down that final furlong.
@indiana146 Жыл бұрын
I was left £5000 in an old aunty's will I helped her every winter she lived in the sticks and I did her shopping every week I didn't exspect nor wanted anything So I got 25/1 very early reference point bloody hell I bought a house with winnings
@paulmatthews5703 жыл бұрын
Starkey gave him too much to do and with his experience he should of had him closer at 3 f then he would of won easily
@christopherkearns82933 жыл бұрын
I have watched racing for 40 years and have never seen a horse has good as dancing brave
@StephenSmall-sf5um2 ай бұрын
Not in top 5
@jaycfc69552 жыл бұрын
Can't believe to this day The bookies still had sharastani favourite in the king George.When pat and the brave swooped past the whole bookies I was in erupted. Everyone had backed him. If I remember shadari came 2nd .
@facethetruth98434 жыл бұрын
At least Starkey never lost the race on purpose unlike today's cheating gangsters.
@janine237126 күн бұрын
Although his closing run failed to catch Shahrastani in the 1986 Derby Stakes, Dancing Brave turned in one of the fastest closing furlongs in the race’s history, having been clocked at 10.3 seconds for the final 220 yards.
@daz3b5604 жыл бұрын
It doesn't matter that he was 2nd,'cause everyone knows it was Starkey's exaggerated waiting tactics that cost DB an easy Derby victory,and history shows that the 1986 Arc was probably one of the hottest races of the century.....Dancing Brave was ridden by Pat Eddery and he ran further than any other horse in the race, yet still came storming home on the out side to win cosily.....setting new record for The Arc in the process.
@stecarter59884 жыл бұрын
Oh dear Greville - the story is the DB covered the last furlong in almost the same time as the winner of the six furlongs sprint
@liamg3533 жыл бұрын
the actual fastest finisher in the Derby for the last Furlong is Sir Ivor in 1968. D.B.s run was from 3. and a 1/2 furlongs out. so his finish was more of a sustained run rather than the blinding speed that Sir Ivor showed. Not altogether certain that he was as unlucky as is thought the way the race was run i.e slow pace. winning time was 2.37 over Six seconds above the record. . He was a brilliant horse from then on esp. in the Arc.
@147ard Жыл бұрын
The most powerful stretch drive ever scene on a course of all time from Dancing Brave no horse in history had that much power as a 3yo ust imagine if he ran at 4.
@MrM8942 жыл бұрын
But ooohhh so much to do,what a commenter Grahame Goode was.
@tigerarmyrule10 жыл бұрын
No horse has ever had more charisma, more star power, more sheer superstar appeal.
@antonioolivo44582 жыл бұрын
I agree with you!!!
@steveperkins92442 жыл бұрын
Sharastani
@antonioolivo44582 жыл бұрын
Alright! Keep making , great comments!!!
@danielmarshall3564 жыл бұрын
The irony of GG at 2.40 stating 3FL out dancing brave is in I known territory ! That’s key to why he was held up ive seen harwood say this .had to be held up and and such a slow race and tracked fcked for me starkey not to blame
@tonymcgrath7006 жыл бұрын
It annoys me that so many racing fans tend to forget how great a ride Walter Swinburn gave Sharastani, too busy slagging off poor Greville Starkey who didn't give Dancing Brave as bad a ride as people say, it all came down to one thing - Walter Swinburn's push for home at exactly the right time, if he had left it any later to kick on then DB would have won and Greville would have been hailed a hero for timing his run to perfection, as I've said it all came down to a brilliant ride Swinburn gave the winner, the unfair criticism of Greville probably hurt him more than we'll ever know
@Q...A5 жыл бұрын
@tony McGrath Greville Starkey said that Dancing Brave was "bombproof" over a mile and a half. If this was the case he should NEVER have had the horse so far back. Terrible ride, plain and simple.
@KryptonitetoallBS9 ай бұрын
Are you serious @tonymcgrath700 ? Wake up and smell the coffee🙈 Dancing Brave was the best horse in the race. As long as the jockey had Dancing Brave in and around the first 3 with 2 furlongs left to race, there was no doubt whatsoever who would win. Swinburn gave his horse a brilliant ride, no one doubts that, but Starkey's performance "on that day", was abysmal!!!
@tonymcgrath7009 ай бұрын
@@KryptonitetoallBSGreville has gone on record saying Dancing Brave didn't handle Tattenham corner, firstly Greville Starkey never had the luxury of knowing whether he would stay 1m 4f, if he had been up with the pace like you say do you believe he would have had the same speed he showed when coming from the back like he did? he may well have been outbattled and outstayed by a underated Derby winner in Sharastani, if the race was half a furlong more then Sharastani still wins the race. When people say DB's finish was so fast then what do they expect when they walked the first mile until quick thinking Walter knew he had to go for home early in the straight to stand any chance of winning, he was never going to get caught after the slow early pace
@KryptonitetoallBS9 ай бұрын
@@tonymcgrath700 You're in denial mate. You're alone thinking that Dancing Brave wasn't the best horse in the race. Starkey was a professional jockey. Given one of the greatest horses of all time he should have easily won the race as Pat Eddery did in the King George.
@stevenward51633 жыл бұрын
Won a £10 free straight forecast bet with the Daily Mirror and picked Sharastani to finish 1st and Dancing brave 2nd, won quite a bit of money that day.
@markllewellyn28244 жыл бұрын
Watch this race over and over again,,dancing brave was the much better horse,,really poor place to be,,and not a clear run,,plus I think dancing brave responce was not instant,,,made his move about 3 furlongs out,,,he had so much to do,,but didn’t really get him going until 1 1/2 furlongs out,,but came like a train then,,but to much to do,,,it’s like when asked to quicken,,it’s not instant,,but when he does quicken,,it’s breath taking,,,wrong place,,not clear run,,,to much to do,,,bad jocky ship,,,mid field,,he would have won on bridle,,,but what a horse,,as we seen in the arc,, They don’t come about often,,just a shame this derby was his for the taking,,when we know,he could have won this race by 5L or more,,,,brilliant horse,,,I even bet him that day,,had my money back in the arc though,,r,I,p mighty dancing brave
@octavia24 жыл бұрын
Oh, Greville.......
@Blondie1010101006 жыл бұрын
RIP Greville Starkey, but it was his fault Dancing Brave didn't win. Well done Shahrastani and Walter Swinburn ( I was lucky to see them win the Irish Derby the same year and get Walter's autograph afterwards...he was a gentleman, RIP).
@dancingbrave28204 жыл бұрын
Watching this back, as has been noted by others, I think that Dancing Brave did not pick up immediately when Greville Starkey asked him to coming round Tattenham Corner, at the 3 furlong marker. This was probaby due to the course undulations of Epsom. Those critical lost lengths I think cost him the race unfortunately. So I am not so sure it is fair to criticise Greville if the horse did not respond as he was expected to. If you watch closely, it took an age before DB reached top gear and when he finally did, he fairly flew past the others but just just missed out on catching Sharastani. So I would say the tricky Epsom Downs beat him more than anything else the jockey could have done. Still a fanatatic finish to the race even if the best horse lost.
@indiana1463 жыл бұрын
Starkey was hopeless sat at back tattenem corner disgracefull ride
@klaravonassisi4 ай бұрын
One point that is invariably missed is how DB drifted from a straight line in the last furlong while Sharhrastani kept on straight. If only DB had run striaght from the 1f pole he would have won.
@WESSERPARAQUAT4 жыл бұрын
THE Fastest final furlong recorded by any horse in the Derby was by Dancing Brave and somewhat tragically he still was denied the win because of a terrible terrible ride from Starkey
@mizofan3 жыл бұрын
Oh dear, but what a turn of speed. Ok, we can blame Starkey, DB having some awkwardness with the course perhaps, and give credit to Swinburne
@salfordchris3035 Жыл бұрын
Every time I watch this I still think dancing brave is going to catch him. Maybe the best second place ever?
@andrewbeddall71092 жыл бұрын
Starkey gave this brilliant horse a badly judged race. Eddery later showed him how to do it.
@alanpotter16067 жыл бұрын
If starky had bee 2 lenghts nearer at the 3 furlong pole he would have won it easy.A travesty.My favourit horse of all time and ive seen the best.He won over all distances.The ark was brilliant.Its a shame he didnt do that well at stud,though did produce a derby winner so not all bad.
@paulc9574 Жыл бұрын
The amount of times i`ve watched this,"The Brave" will rollock home to win one time.
@johnjohnnyjohnson99874 жыл бұрын
It still hurts to watch! If I remember correctly Dancing Brave was reported slightly injured 5 days before the race and drifted to 11/2 ante post. Had a big bet by my standards and doubled up with Midway Lady in The Oaks. Got my money back in the following months King George. Without doubt my favourite racehorse.
@JackSmith-gb4iy3 жыл бұрын
The brave is imortal cause no horse will be ever as good x
@mabbrey3 жыл бұрын
racing history, the end of both guy harwood and grevile starkey too much at stake
@thebay77sanfrancisco726 жыл бұрын
My favourite racehorse of all time, dancing brave was a absolute machine of a horse, his turn of foot was unbelievable, saw this race millions of times and each time a think dancing brave was going to catch shahrastini, jockey gave him to much to do, greatest ever,,
@StephenSmall-sf5um2 ай бұрын
He didn't have the quickest turn of foot
@bigjoebob3 жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave, what a horse
@Forthegeoffofthehalsall6 күн бұрын
Greville Starkey… give the best horse in the world the worst ride ever. The timing of his run and positioning of the horse was pathetic. He lost the race and not dancing brave. What a horse he was!
@jameswillison22203 жыл бұрын
Never forgive starkey for that ride dancing brave up there in my top 5 along with franker dawn run dessie and of course red rum
@juleshunt35213 жыл бұрын
You and me both! Pebbles too, great little mare
@ijazmoh95457 жыл бұрын
Best racehorse off all time!
@AntAdam14 жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave losing was the story but looking back, watch Mashkour and Steve Cauthen, troubled passage and flew into third. Not sure what happened to that horse after this.
@paulyeomans85014 күн бұрын
It was tragic loss brave was much better than sharastani.He destroyed him in king George and the arc and should have done in the derby
@kafaingai6646Ай бұрын
After 38 years my opinion still no change if Starkey position Dancing Brave better let alone close to the pace then probably will win the Derby. So Starkey always is the one for taking the responsibility. And glad he got kick off from Prince's horses. Mind you nothing personal.
@KevinMunday-oh6xqАй бұрын
Dancing braves 2 defeats were going left handed. Only Two times he ran on left handed tracks. He didnt handle the turns and undulations at epsom either.
@JSB-IZ-ME2 ай бұрын
Dancing Brave took forever to get organised and also looked to get unbalanced around Tottenham corner. It wasn’t all Starkeys fault from the footage.
@michaeldowd55454 ай бұрын
Sharistani was 130 plus horse. A calabre of horse Frankel never got close to racing.
@lincolnwhite26016 жыл бұрын
Dancing brave didn't handle the course, the Jockey was not to blame. He was close enough if good enough
@moyajanko66425 жыл бұрын
I agree with you, Lincoln.
@strexus5 жыл бұрын
Hr was close enough? What are you two on about? He was stone last at Tattenham, and at least ten lengths back with 2 furlongs to go!
@jimmysharkey16656 жыл бұрын
DANCEING BRAVE WAS THE BEST HORSE I SEEN IN 30 YEARS GREVILLE STARKEY GOT SLATED FOR THE WAY HE RODE HIM BUT THAT'S THE WAY HE WAS TOLD TO RIDE HIM I BELIEVE. GREVILLE MISJUDGED HIS RUN ON THE GRAVEYARD THE REST IS HISTORY 🏇🏇
@stevelee495210 ай бұрын
This was not Starkey's only bad ride but to get Dancing Brave beat was as poor a ride as you would see.
@eugenekeher978 Жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave had too much to do at Tattengam Corner x but the track didn't suit him x he had his days afterwards x Shahrastani deserved it on the day. x.
@davidwallace6031 Жыл бұрын
Dancing brave versus sea the stars would have been a race And you might even throw the stars daughter into the mix😂
@terrynoonan61416 жыл бұрын
Sorry Sunburst 75 l cant agree with your comments about Greville to my mind Dancing Brave just wasnt suited to Epsom and l it was a miracle he came second with the amount of ground he made up was unbelievable.
@declantill88645 жыл бұрын
but he won it duhhh
@eddieclarke35454 жыл бұрын
Nashwan dancing brave.frankel the greatest
@callumtomsett1785 ай бұрын
This is the flat equivalent of crisp and red rum. Best horse to never win the said race .
@countbasi4680 Жыл бұрын
Shahrastani was nowhere near as impressive here as he was in the Irish Derby which he won swinging!
@tomconway23773 жыл бұрын
Even all these years later cant believe the Brave didn't get there.Without doubt the best I have seen.
@stevo62ful2 жыл бұрын
I'm not sure if the Brave could have beaten Seabird. I wouldn't like to bet on that mythical match up either way.
@paulyeomans85014 күн бұрын
He should have won it doing handstands
@stefipaudinbasterdatlarge.77694 ай бұрын
I heard that Ladbrokes paid Greville to lose the race.
@angelocalabrese5487 Жыл бұрын
That has got to be one of the worst rides in the derby closely followed by pat eddery on el gran senor
@elgransenor1965 Жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave was the greatest horse never to have won The Derby.
@paulyeomans85014 күн бұрын
Needed epsom king on him.L P
@tomlardner27083 жыл бұрын
A great horse and a great race as well too.
@KevinMunday-oh6xq13 күн бұрын
Superb commentary
@elta6241 Жыл бұрын
No matter how many times you watch this it's impossible to see where Dancing Brave comes from. No horse is capable of that.
@paulyeomans85014 күн бұрын
Needed Lester on him
@mediastarguest4 жыл бұрын
Eddery rode Dancing Brave exactly the same way in that year's Arc and won.
@gerrymcglynn7390 Жыл бұрын
Starkey lost that, RACE,😂
@alistairmccausland15802 жыл бұрын
Always thought Greville Starky Dancing Brave's jockey that day put Dancing Brave in an impossible position to win You can draw your own conclusions, remember, he had 1mile & 4 furlongs to gain a better position...my conclusion was as blatant as it comes for all to see! Shame for owner & Guy Harwood trainer...
@Abse-b1f8 ай бұрын
Shariat best horse on the date
@issyjas33092 жыл бұрын
A phenomenal performance by DB, it’s odd but this elevated him more in defeat than in victory, can’t say that about many races. Every time I watch it I just keep expecting him to get there but oh so much to do
@WayneTippett4 ай бұрын
Heartbreaking 😫
@2icelollys1goat Жыл бұрын
3rd was unlucky too
@russkkay4 жыл бұрын
I am not an avid watcher of great group 1 horses but for me, Dancing Brave is the class horse , only matched by Galileo and Sea The Stars, who were bettered by the best horse in history, Frankel.
@johnoconnell17524 жыл бұрын
Wise up Russell. Have you ever heard of seabird?
@Keith-ks3ez Жыл бұрын
"But with oh so much to do"
@philboardman57659 жыл бұрын
Dancing Brave an awesome horse, Frankel a great miler but.................never forget that Brigadier Gerard only got beat when giving 11 pounds to the '72 Derby Winner Roberto, he then reappeared in the QE2 and won easily smashing the track record and.......he beat two subsequent Arc de Triomphe winners in Mill Reef '71 and Rheingold '73......no other horse EVER managed that !
@SG-si4qi7 жыл бұрын
I absolutely concur...Brigadier Gerard..'The' greatest racehorse I have ever witnessed bar none - outstanding!
@dougreed22572 жыл бұрын
Greville Starkey was a very good workmanlike jockey, but not a big race one!!! Pat would have won if he'd ridden dancing brave!
@paulgeczi2276 Жыл бұрын
I agree . When you think of it k Abdulla has probably had the best horses of all time with frankel and dancing brave Also zafonic was another who should have been greater .
@miger1824 Жыл бұрын
Greville Starkey said that Dancing Brave wasn't travelling well early on. He only needed to have had him a little nearer the middle of the field turning Tattenham Corner to have won easily.
@keithclark4851 Жыл бұрын
Redemption in the King George. Then magnificent in the Arc
@paulsmith76566 жыл бұрын
One of the worst rides in 35 years of watching racing along with liam coopers ride of clan royal in national
@phonetops10033 жыл бұрын
Apparently, I skipped classes then. Does the year authenticate me?
@mabbrey3 жыл бұрын
should have lapped them what was allez mlord doing
@kevanwignall12 жыл бұрын
Still can’t believe Dancing Brave did not win!!
@juv79 жыл бұрын
Greville Starkey was the blame for Dancing Braves defeat he rode a shocking race thus why he never sat on the wonder horse again they put a real jockey on it with Pat Eddery RIP Pat godbless
@grahamscutt40256 жыл бұрын
You know shit about shit.
@grahamscutt40256 жыл бұрын
And then Tony McCoy won the arc on him.
@chivasteele5 жыл бұрын
Starkey rode him in the Eclipse and was injured for the king George. After that race Pat Eddery became the retained Jockey for Khalid Abdullah. So he rode Dancing Brave in the Arc and the breeders Cup. It's true though that Starkey gave him a little too much to do. But on a doubtful stayer, saving his speed for the straight was probably the most obvious gameplan.
@Q...A5 жыл бұрын
@@chivasteele Starkey was quoted as saying that Dancing Brave was "bombproof" over a mile and a half when asked did he think the horse would stay. If that's the case he shouldn't have had the horse so far back. Terrible ride......nothing else.
@theartfuldodger65004 жыл бұрын
@@chivasteele There is holding it up for Speed and there is holding it up with no chance of winning. Poor ride especially on a track like Epsom.
@mabbrey2 жыл бұрын
still run on a Wednesday
@MattHolmes-m1p Жыл бұрын
If Dancing Brave had Eddrey on his back would have won this easily