1986 Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup (Extended Coverage) - Cheltenham 13-03-1986

1986 Tote Cheltenham Gold Cup (Extended Coverage) - Cheltenham 13-03-1986
Winner: Dawn Run (P Mullins) JJ O'Neill
Extended coverage features build-up, race, analysis and post-race interviews with Jonjo O'Neill and Graham Bradley

[@martinmalone6324]

Probably the best gold cup race ever, I 've just watched it again, 35 years later!!!!!!

[@befairish]

Thanks++ for this. I was there that day (you can see my black hat sailing up in the air just after Dawn Run passes the winning post). An unforgettable, gladiatorial atmosphere, tinged by regret that her owner's greed prevented her running up a sequence

[@davebesag]

The hat is something I always remember.

[@kilkennycat4819]

Liam: great story. Are you sure it was your hat?!

[@befairish]

@@kilkennycat4819 No evidential proof cat; just have to take my word for it

[@kilkennycat4819]

@@befairish Ha ha, done!

[@charliebear1436]

The best jumper of a fence I've ever seen beaten by a mare's allowance.

[@stephenholmes1036]

Correct then sadly sent to France and broke her neck. Id have retired her the lady owner awful woman

[@gerardlacey5428]

She was a terrific mare,who still should have had a great future ahead of her.

[@bregawn]

3rd best performance in the race 👏👏👏

[@waqarkhan25]

yea shame we miss her so much R.I.P Dwan Run

[@WESSERPARAQUAT]

i know Forgive N Forget won it in 85 but was stopping at the finish there, and i don't think he genuinely stayed the trip at Cheltenham up its hill , this time he stopped even more rapidly reminding me of One Man

[@tonysinnott2785]

John joe ,brilliant 🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉🎉

[@PeterMc141]

Dawn Run only won the race because she had a 7 pound mares allowance. They should all carry the same weight.

[@stephenholmes1036]

The owner should have retired her on the spot as she was a poor jumper The lady owner was very selfish and sent to France were she broke her neck. Yet another selfish owner

[@waqarkhan25]

he said the same when Desert Orchid won the gold cup back in 1989 you never hard the cheer like this before

[@aidankelly840]

100/1 in running today at the 2nd last jockey won the race

[@waqarkhan25]

to this day no mare has not run in the gold cup or won yet since Dawn Run