1982 Cheltenham Gold Cup Extended footage

[@martinharris8267]

40 years on I can still remember all but a couple of the runners. What a great field, so much more strength in depth than there is today.

[@garrywilson7327]

I remember this very clearly as a young man of 23 (63 now). Cheltenham gold cups of today simply can't compete with the strength in depth of this one. Chasers of that era much better than today's!

[@quae5tor]

Martin Pipe revolutionised the training of jump racing. Merely by ensuring his horses were fit meant they were at an advantage. Training then was more done on the racecourse.

[@kilkennycat4819]

I cannot BELIEVE that Tied Cottage was still going in 1982, never mind still in contention around the home turn..!

[@davidkent8606]

I seem to remember these old warriors coming out for many seasons without being dogged by injuries, what a field, back in the day they seemed to be tougher than today's crop of stayers who seem more prone to career ending or fatal injuries.

[@keithmaxine7163]

They were and gave away lumps of weight in handicaps,battle hardened warriors. Today's neutered chasers powder puffs. Like to see kauto ,or denman or best mate ,orchid etc give away 35lb in one race and win .

[@karenblackadder1183]

@@keithmaxine7163 Desert Orchid raced every 3rd Saturday giving away lumps of weight. Think only Arkle gave away 35lb and won. That was the Irish National where he beat Height of Fashion. I'm old enough and fortunate enough to have watched Arkle race.

[@jabhookjabcross4231]

Silver buck was one of the best chasers I've ever seen and it was justice that he won a gold cup to add to the two king George chases he won. The 1981 king George chase was abandoned due to the weather and had he run in it he would surely have made it a historic treble. Hardly ever beaten he only ever did just enough so the handicapper never gave him the rating his talents really deserved. Gave sunset Christo over two stone and was only just beaten by him, not that long before he finished fourth to silver buck I this gold cup. He gave Burrough hill lad over 20lbs and beat him cold at haydock. Barney curley found him in Ireland and the vet said he had the strongest heart he ever heard of any horse. A real true superstar.

[@dickiefears5832]

Was my favourite too. Amazing horse. Dickinson thinks he would have won the famous first 5 home the following year if he had been right, but had a few problems that year.

[@keithmaxine7163]

Annihilated Burrough hill lad gave him 21lb. Phil tuck said he pulled up along side him Earnshaw shook reins beat him on bit!!!!!. Tuck in shock. One of the greatest ever

[@jabhookjabcross4231]

@@keithmaxine7163 great to share these memories. I saw silver buck early on at Leicester in a hurdles race where he was against Willie wumpkins. Bucket was carrying top weight and if I'm not mistaken Dickinson was riding. Over the last bucket came past Willie wumpkins to take the lead but as they passed me Willie wumpkins was fighting back and it looked as though he would prevail. Photo was called and there was some nail biting. I was a kid and my dad had backed the first two for me in a reversed forecast. Dad however, as a big gambler had it one way only, bucket to beat wumpkins. Sweating still the tannoy announced bucket had come again to get up, much as he did throughout his career. Dad was chuffed to bits and loaded too. How timeform give him such a lowly rating I don't know. He beat everything matched against him and when he didn't it was usually because therevwss something wrong with him. Had it not been abandoned in 81, and the nail in the foot, would have been the first triple king George winner. He had an infection when beaten by wayward lad the following year or it could have been a quadruple. It's hard to beat everything around you for so long and yes when he beat burrough hill lad that was a sight to behold. Wish I could see that race!

[@davidarmstrong3817]

what a classy field this was,

[@ibanez777vbk]

Class horse silver buck 2 times king george winner cheltenham gold cup winner arkle winner,maybe more i cant remember,my fav chaser of all time deffo one of the greats

[@lessamuels3767]

Remember Bucky like yesterday winning..one of the best if not the best field to grace gold cup

[@rohansrider]

Three out of the five finished again in 1983 plus two more Dickinson horses . Those were the days! it seems there were far more runners then. As I said previously Silver Buck was a very nervous horse and it cost him his life.

[@moyajanko6642]

Super upload, thank you Eddie Cr. The premilaries are very important. XXX

[@bobbell4461]

my old man banged on about Silver Buck all through the winter and I didn't listen to him. Just could not see him doing it. Never did find out how much he won and I never saw a penny of it.

[@mikeh6219]

Great series of uploads this batch. Brings back many good memories, cheers!

[@gazowenowen250]

My dad always said silver buck never got the credit he deserved a class horse

[@keithmaxine7163]

Your dad was correct ,one of the greats.

[@chatham43]

....great stuff Eddie.......a trip down memory lane......and no Claire Balding....

[@Formula1Madx]

chatham43 I reckon you fancy her really 😲

[@seanscanlon9067]

Probably because Clare would have been about 10 or 11 years old at the time.

[@shaunspadah5790]

amazing how these horses stick in the memory, the only ones i cant recall are snow flyer and wansford boy, both grittar and tied cottage ran game races, mr dickinson you should have stayed in national hunt racing not wasting your time with sangster, robert earnshaw such an elegant action, reminds me of ap lol

[@JakeWalshMusic]

Tied Cottage may not have had the gas as a 14yo to stay the course, but he certainly decided who the contenders would be...

[@rohansrider]

The same horses appear again and again. What heroes - the Winter Kings .

[@dukeonthewater]

Helluva field!

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I was an apprentice brickie at the time getting £18 a week, managed to slip away at lunchtime from the site I was working on to get £10 on at 10/1 if memory serves, huge gamble for me at the time... and nearly fell off the roof I was listening to race on 🤣.... great memory

[@lessamuels3767]

The best field ever to grace the gold cup.. All winners at the best occasions.. Loved silver buck and Wayward lad the unluckiest loser at the expense of dawn run..

[@noamansaleem1707]

Silver Buck was the reason I started following NH horse racing. Was heartbroken in the ‘81 Gold Cup, but the high of the ‘82 Gold Cup has never been bettered. The quality of the field was comparable to the ‘86 Arc. Similarly, I’ve never felt lower than when Wayward Lad was caught by Dawn Run. To this day, it kills me he didn’t win. My two all time favourite racehorses who have given me some of the most precious moments in life, never mind horse racing.

[@pauldwerryhouse1261]

Great time in the 80's backin the dickinsons, tony, monica and then the genius michael won a fair bit this day with the winner and the forecast but 12 months later even better the famous first 5 home . Those were the days

[@dawnkeir549]

great memories

[@patrickcarney8808]

do you have any of the 1970s gold cups, have only seen 1979 race in full.

[@julzyboy1973]

Did Night Nurse get brought down?

[@fedlad]

Think he was pulled up before the second last.

[@barbaradyson6951]

@@fedlad night nurse suffered from a fibralating heart same as sprinter sacre, that's probably why he was pulled up. Back then it wasn't so well known as a serious problem.

[@lessamuels3767]

Shame on the 9 thumbs down