Dancing Brave 1986 Prix de L Arc de Triomphe Inc Replay Listen to the english fans welcome him back

1st Dancing Brave 2nd Bering 3rd Triptych
5th October 1986 Distance 1m4f Going Firm Course Longchamp
Trainer Guy Harwood Jockey Pat Eddery

[@grav20]

The masterful Pat Eddery at his brilliant best. One of the best tactical rides ever in a top class race. Kept Dancing Brave out the back, out of trouble and then delivered him to perfection.

[@danielmarshall356]

I watched this race at least-100 times and it never ever fails to give me goosebumps in the last 2f …. There’s a reason it’s voted thr best horse race of all time

[@smilodontiger5675]

Would Dancing Brave have won the Derby with Eddery on him ? I say definitely yes.

[@Gritto1445]

100%

[@danielmarshall356]

Nope would have made difference at that time of his career DB - they thought he wouldn’t stay band had to be held up and the track beat him

[@chinering23]

@@stephensmall8601 Lol, what ? He came from last to almost first in 17 seconds or whatever up that hill. Greville left it too late simple as that.

[@chinering23]

​@@stephensmall8601 Because Greville left it too late, by late we're talking seconds, he could easily shifted gears at any point earlier than he did. 1.5 seconds sharastani was probably beat but it wasn't to be. That would have probably been voted the best race if he had won it instead he the Arc was voted. That was last year so it's still pretty incredible all these years he's still pretty much on top.

[@issyjas3309]

He’s remembered more for losing it than if we won, scintillating in defeat. Horse didn’t know he lost

[@tonynaccarato4751]

Great horse, great jockey, great race, remember it vividly.

[@mrsilverbuck3181]

he was the best i have seen

[@garymckee5182]

My all time favourite horse on the flat Greville slept in the Derby, and paid the price but I forgive him he had a bad day, and rode him brilliantly in previous races.

[@johndoe-qg7jp]

Never get bored watching this. Eddery's a genius. I hate it when the frame changes when the brave overtakes Bering! The brave wins going away! What a freak! 'Eddery's asking for everything" And Dancing Brave delivers!

[@janinelarocco7184]

Eddery was not a genius in the Epsom when he gave Brave a bad trip.

[@don__hector7845]

@@janinelarocco7184 he didnt ride it that day greville starkey rode it!!!

[@manuelsammy-lg1vl]

What a magnificent colt he was.

[@Funeeman]

This race featured an all star cast. The winner was undoubtedly the biggest star.

[@joncaffrey8967]

Pat eddery gave dancing brave the perfect ride a champion jockey 🏇 and masterclass the greatest jockey ever 👏

[@keithjones6602]

Was the cameraman on coke

[@evertonianwalker3635]

@@stephensmall8601correct

[@lukenewt1683]

Lester was by far the greatest.

[@pauljackson2098]

Best ever arc ,wonder horse dancing brave

[@smallsmalls3889]

Should've won the Derby but for a shocking ride.

[@Gritto1445]

My favourite race ever.

[@darrenbaker6834]

This was the best arc there has ever been and ever will be..English and French Derby winners group 1 winners everywhere..Dancing brave for me was the best mile and halfer there has been.

[@michaeldowd5545]

There were so many 125 plus horses in this.

[@darrenbaker6834]

@michaeldowd5545 There was also a German horse that s cauthen rode called acatenango that had one all 19 races in Germany I know that don't amount to much but at the the time the jockey thought he had a good chance.depth of that race will never be seen again

[@bregawn]

Has to be my favourite ever flat race

[@neilhamilton5951]

Yes he was a brilliant horse 🐴 😊

[@mrsilverbuck3181]

for me he was the best i have seen thank you for comment

[@Keith-ks3ez]

Simply one of the best!,he suffered a lot of I'll health in retirement and spent his last days in Japan

[@mrsilverbuck3181]

for me he will be int the top three of all time along with mill reef & Nijinsky

[@manuelsammy-lg1vl]

The horse with the best turnof foot i ever saw in my 45years in horseracing.

[@StephenSmall-sf5um]

No that would be golden fleece

[@joegreen2750]

Probably the most star studded field ever in this race.

[@martinwilson2499]

pat was the greatest , rip

[@jcharles8743]

Lester

[@lukenewt1683]

@@jcharles8743Lester was the Greatest Jockey who ever lived no doubt.

[@WHU973]

what a horse . if he was within 3 lengths within the last furlong the race was done ,

[@mrsilverbuck3181]

he was the best thanks for comment

[@davewaldo1218]

It will always be a shame that the best horse there's ever been, failed to win the Derby.

[@StephenSmall-sf5um]

Best dont be stupid

[@digeme69]

@@StephenSmall-sf5um He was the best horse I've seen. Frankel was finally rated 2lb better than Dancing Brave by Timeform but didn't win over 1m 4f. For me DB was better. Possibly the likes of Sea Bird, Brigadier Gerard and Sea the Stars are on the same level but even if you don't think DB was the best he was very close to it.

[@janinelarocco7184]

Redemption for his BRILLIANT loss in the Epsom.

[@slickwillywize]

highest rated performance ever

[@mrsilverbuck3181]

he was the best all class

[@stuartgardiner3161]

i first watched this 6 months ago im in nz, first of all what a race ive never seen a finish spread out like that,as for dancing brave he was flying,hes up there with frankel winx and black cavier etc.hes a champion.

[@salvatorelegrottaglie4241]

Best ever

[@mrsilverbuck3181]

i agree the best

[@chrisbrader7720]

A Rolls Royce of a Racehorse and Grevilles Nemesis sadly.

[@davidwallace6031]

Well done to the cameraman for focusing on dancing brave as he accelerated😂😂😂

[@mikedavies9953]

The greatest ever ARC won by the greatest ever horse , he made multiple group 1 and classic winners look like handicapers

[@perrybruce5456]

The master. Used to see him at Dalham Hall Stud, magnificent horse.

[@glendockree9171]

My favourite and got friendly with Pat.

[@countbasi4680]

You're a star for posting this. I had it on VHS for years til my flat got robbed..cleaned out! I had some great races on tape. Warning's comeback race after he got sick, Mtoto lots of his.

[@jcartist835]

The Top Jockey Pat Eddery

[@ronaldmasters4031]

I was there to witness something astonishing, the finishing speed from Dancing brave was never in any doubt of victory once Pat moved to the outside, I won a whopper that very special day, he should have won the derby easily but the late G. Starkey misjudged the race,

[@padraigohooligan8363]

Whenever a jockey decides to ride a horse so far back in the field, he increases the chances of various things happening which might prevent his horse winning. Top jockeys have come a cropper in big races when they were held up at critical points - it happened to the best of them, including Piggott on Nijinsky and Park Top, both in the Arc.

[@user-bo8sn6dh9d]

Our King 👑 Lester Would Have Obliged 👌

[@mrsilverbuck3181]

thanks for comment

[@ChristopherJohnson-ge5jy]

What ahorse and ride

[@user-fs6sl2er1x]

Dancing Brave was a mile horse. to start Grenville Starkey rode the perfect race and to what he was told to do Greville Starkey never got over being blamed for the defeat in the Derby

[@mikedavies9953]

Dont think he was told to box him in on the rails

[@danielmarshall356]

@@mikedavies9953 never watched the race then??? He was on the outside all the time FFs under orders from harwood to be held up .. he didn’t handle Epsom

[@mikedavies9953]

@@danielmarshall356 So if he didnt handle epsom how did he end up with the fastest furlong in history , he was cramped for room 3 out thats why he didnt win

[@selfemployedmortgagehub]

@@mikedavies9953 3 furlongs out in the Derby he was on the wide outside. What are you talking about? Watch the race again

[@mikedavies9953]

@@selfemployedmortgagehub The race i watch see's Starkey give sharastani 20 lengths lead are you telling me Guy Harwood told him to do that? dont talk shite

[@williamthompson6372]

Sad day for racing when the lowered Dancing Braves best ever international rating of 141 to 138, just so Frankel could be top, fact is even at 138 he was higher rated than Frankel as a 3 year old 136, Dancing brave never raced as a 4 year old. When you think he was a very late fole he was amazing. Wonder what they will do now Flightline is rated 140...😅 all great horses.

[@mikedavies9953]

Frankel would not have got within 5 lengths of Dancing Brave over 1.4m

[@michaeldowd5545]

Frankel Not as a 3 yo. Frankel probably as a 4yo. But the fact is the top 7 or 8 in this are all better than any horse that Frankle raced against.Think about it.

[@myfrobert]

I'm still wondering what happened to DB in that Breeders Cup Turf roughly one month later? Should he simply had never gone there?

[@RayHanson-nl8ce]

The greatest horse ever no matter what the pundits say the 1986 arc in my opinion the greatest race ever he beat the srongest arc ever look at the horses behind him deby winners past arc winner eddrey had trouble puling hom up i think he would have still one if he was carrying 7lbs extra ehst would of happened to his rattings as for starkey should not had listened to the trainer that day i forgive g starkey

[@issyjas3309]

Still takes the breath away even with lousy camerawork

[@VilhelmHammershoi1666]

Grenville Starkey was sacked by the owners and trainer, his failure in the Derby personal i think he never got over

[@digeme69]

That is actually a common misconception as he rode DB twice more . Greville rode DB to victory in his next race the Coral Eclipse but then got injured and Pat took over for the King George. Greville then rode DB again in the select stakes at Goodwood before Pat took the ride in the Arc and the Breeders Cup. Khalid Abdullah wanted Pat for the Arc and it was his decision and Guy Harwood stood up for Greville after the Derby defeat. He continued to be the stable NO 1 jockey for Harwood and rode all the other horses in the yard with Tony Clark as the No 2

[@leroyosborne5546]

Pat Eddery should of won the Derby on El Gran Senor 2 years earlier rode a bad race which he had admitted to.

[@RogerCross-ow3bw]

I would have won on it

[@michaeldowd5545]

The fact is Hukum 2023 king George winner might not make the top 10 in this

[@keithjones6602]

I would not let this camera man film me on a donkey at Blackpool

[@williamthompson6372]

He was focussing on bering the French unbeatable horse, 🤔 till Dancing brave left him for dead.

[@martindoherty6855]

The worst camera work in the greatest ever race