1986 Trusthouse Forte Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe

[@andrewchisam3732]

I echo the comments below that this was one greatest rides ever seen. For me what is noticeable about it is the way that Pat, when not even fully past all his rivals puts the whip down and it's hands and heels to the finish. The supreme craft, confidence and knowledge that no horse behind (or living, probably) could have matched that finishing kick is testament to his genius. This in the richest race in the world and in age where there was no big screen to check on and considerably milder whip regulations he just guides him to the line. What a jockey, what a horse!

[@andrewblackie7170]

Exactly friend👍 he had the Arc in the bag half a furlong out. GOAT 🙏

[@MEECHIO]

This Arc was loaded with top quality Group 1 performers and for me Dancing Brave produced the best performance over 1m 4f that I've seen.

[@robertsavage8564]

I loved Dancing Brave. Watched him win the King George and about 20 of us watched him win this Arc around a mates house after a Sunday lunchtime session in the pub. Magical times,Pat Eddery was class

[@thebrasenose]

This was the greatest and most thrilling horse race I've ever seen.

[@richardbagshaw4534]

My dad wasn't a horse racing man but he was there that day and said the atmosphere created by the english was the best he'd ever known at a sporting event. So pleased he experienced it.

[@richardbagshaw4534]

My dad did exactly the same

[@benbim540]

this was the greatest field ever assembled for a horse race DANCING BRAVE earned the remarkable rating of 141 the world record for this win.

[@leesog3203]

Recalibrated to 138. The second highest since 1977. What I would love to know, is if Bering never broke his knee in the closing of the race and somehow repelled the challenge of Dancing Brave, how highly he would have been rated, and especially compared to Frankel.

[@grahammonro6500]

I Detest the Comparisons between Dancing Brave and Frankel.. They are Completely Different Horses.. Dancing Brave beat Green Desert 3l in the guineas.. Frankel beat very little.. 6l yes but poor opposition.. Frankel didn't stay the 12 f classic distance.. The Brave did... Frankel ran at 4.. Dancing Brave retired at 3..who knows how good he would have been at 4... And then Dancing Braves last furlong in the Derby and Arc de Triomphe are truly Electrifying.. And this fact is mind blowing.. If the guineas of 1986 was run on 2nd May as it should have been this year, then Dancing Brave would have been a, 2 Yr old.. And would have ran in the 1986 guineas instead.. Where he would have virtually been a 4 Yr old, running in a 3 Yr olds race.. Anyway, I'm just saying that although Frankel is a Great Horse, you cannot possibly say he's definitely better than Dancing Brave.. Surely only sea Bird or Ribot or Mill reef or the Brigadier could be considered his equal or better? Bering was a very underrated Horse though.. To have him called better than Sagace, who won 2 Arcs and got disqualified, is saying something indeed..

[@theartfuldodger6500]

8 groip 1 winners in a line a furlong out and then Eddery takes off on the outside.

[@gordonhamilton727]

Your wrong about that......the best rated horse on the flat was SeabirdII with a rating of 145......

[@grahammonro6500]

As Lee SOG states..They were recalibrated in 1977..And Dancing Brave was awarded 141..How Frankel can be rated higher and Dancing Brave subsequently dropped 3lb is a DISGRACE.. Frankel couldn't get beyond a mile till he was 4..Even then, no king George or Eclipse or Arc because he didn't stay.. Dancing Brave was the Complete Racehorse.. At All Distances.. And as great as Sea Bird was.. Even he didn't run in or win his 2000 guineas..Just contemplate this.. The 2000 guineas has been moved to late May the last few years.. That means Dancing Brave would have Won his 2000 guineas as a 2 Yr old.. Let that sink in.. And he never ran at 4 like Frankel and others.. I'm not saying Dancing Brave is the Greatest of All time.. I'm 55,years old and he's the Greatest Flat Horse of my Lifetime.. All Distances considered..

[@ianplant6658]

What a magnificent racehorse dancing brave was , a true warrior greatest horse I’ve ever seen

[@jafalad]

So sad to hear of Pat Eddery's passing today. Still astonished by the ride he gave Dancing Brave in the 86 Arc. Was never even in the picture 2 out...and came from the Gods. Great ride.

[@elgransenor1472]

This is the greatest race I've seen in my lifetime. More great horses assembled in one race and all performing on the day than any other race I've ever seen.

[@oot007]

In the 1990 G1 Segenhoe Stakes Better Loosen Up was in last position 6 wide on the home turn when he defeated a field that included 8 other G1 winners that had won between them 42 Group 1 races including the reigning Japan Cup champion Horlicks who held the world record time of 2:22.2 for the benchmark distance of mile and a half.

[@elgransenor1472]

@@oot007 Is that a joke? You’re comparing some Mickey Mouse race in Australia to the greatest Arc ever?

[@oot007]

@@elgransenor1472 You mean the Mickey Mouse race in Australia that featured 9 G1 winners (who won between them 51 G1 races) including the current world champion Japan Cup winner Horlicks (and world record holder) and future Japan Cup winner Better Loosen Up who then beat 10 other G1 winners in Tokyo that won G1 races in Japan, UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Australia, USA and Canada?

[@oot007]

@@elgransenor1472 You mean this 2400m 1986 Arc ran in 2:27.70 was the greatest ever? Horlicks Japan Cup winning time of 2:22.20 over the same distance looks second rate doesn't it? 🤡

[@elgransenor1472]

@ Why don’t you put your comment in some of the other threads on this video and watch everyone laugh at you

[@lutherbuckhurst3887]

Classy field won by a magnificent race horse, nothing comes close, ever.

[@chrispafrieddreams9118]

Wow! What a racehorse!

[@johnfaw]

Absolutely nothing will ever come close either

[@doon4560]

Very nice victory for Dancing Brave here, but I don't think it holds a candle to the Arc victory of Sea the Stars.

[@johnfaw]

@@doon4560 That was also a great race...look at the ratings of the first 5 past the post in the 86 Arc...1) 140, 2) 136, 3) 132, 4) 135, 5)134....no other arc has had that high ratings for the top 5. Also the sectional times done by DB are the best since those figures are available....there is article other there with the sectionals...facts speak for themselves...closes would be 1965 Arc...1) 145, 2) 137 , 3) 130...plus American champion Tom Rolfe

[@doon4560]

@@johnfaw As for Timeform, speed, there is no question as to the extremely high level of this 1986 Arc. And wow! what a contingent of American jockeys (European-based Cauthen and Asmusen, joined by Cordero) to join Pat Eddery et al! Of course there are many factors with which to judge race horses, prestigious races, but for me what StS and Mick Kinane achieved on the rail on the Longchamp home stretch in 2009 puts their effort at the tops in terms of excitement, athletic ability and horsemanship.

[@studatelya]

best horse I ever saw and easy to forget how good triptych was too

[@stevo62ful]

Triptych was great. Rarely out of the top three or four places. Way back in the King George in 86 and still got third place

[@1969andywarren]

Triptych was amazing. And 70-1 for the race. Looking back, a tricast of DB, Bering and Triptych would have made us rich

[@jasonfox4857]

@Stephen Small muhammad ali lost loads of fights..usain bolt lost loads of 100 metre races...roger federer lost loads of tennis matches...lester piggot didnt win every race he rode in....so none of the above are superstars???? Dummy.

[@malarktaful]

The King at the height of his powers - best horse I've ever seen beating one of the best fields ever assembled

[@SuperBuster3000]

@Stephen Small what is your obsession with Golden Fleece? You’ve been replying with the same comment to people for over a year😂

[@lukenewt1683]

@@stephensmall8601dancing brave ran 5 furlong sprinter pace in that last furlong 10.8 seconds that’s unbelievable speed from a middle distance horse, no horse in history could match that.

[@andrewblackie7170]

You know i don't know why people keep saying Dancing Brave beat the greatest feild ever assembled ? My fav horse ever was Dancing Brave & yeah the way he dismantled that Arc feild was ridiculous " 18 G1's & 4 Derby Winners " but the strongest feild ever for an Arc was Sea Birds BUT the best race to watch was undoubtedly the 1986 Arc. R.I.P CHAMP & Pat🙏

[@malarktaful]

@@andrewblackie7170 I was a 4 y o when Sea Bird soon so don't remember it and I did say 'one of the best' but maybe 'best in living memory' would have been more accurate. Thanks for the prompt response though 🙂👍

[@andrewblackie7170]

@@malarktaful; No worries friend, to be honest I was just being made by my parents so I didn't witness Sea Birds Arc either & you're correct & my mistake as Dancing Braves Arc was the greatest in living memory for me too. I'll always have DB as my GOAT 👍

[@marcgardner4712]

Pat Eddery, the finest jockey I ever saw, was saved by DB this day. Three out and he is praying for multiple gaps to open for him...none appear. Two out he pulls to the wide wide outside. Against an exceptional field ONLY an exceptional champion could recover this position. DB accelerates past a field of Group1 winners. The best 12f performance for me anywhere, ever. Dancing Brave, the best 12f horse bar none.

[@jasonfox4857]

Their isn,t a horse in history could of stopped Dancing Brave in this Arc... is it true that Dancing Braves final furlong in this Arc was faster than the final furlong by Green Desert in that years July Cup?

[@mallafets]

@@jasonfox4857 i think the Arc last furlong was run in 10.8secs, super fast.

[@mallafets]

Harwood went to see Pat before the race and asked him "what are you going to do?" Pat replied "i will be the last to go". Harwood stormed out with a look of panic".

[@moyajanko6642]

Rubbish, PE doing none of that.. DB loved the open scope outside.

[@stevenfinch9026]

Miss u Pat my friend u and dancing brave were the best ever x

[@billymiller2643]

Dancing Brave 30year later Frankel, it was worth the wait. 2 of the finest on our shores.

[@andrewking6562]

I doubt very much if there has ever been any horse running over a mile plus with as much speed as the brave. As has been said before, travesty of a ride in the Derby by Starkey, subsequent wins in the Eclipse and King George and finally this, only serve to prove what a mighty racehorse he was. LEGEND!!!

[@selfemployedmortgagehub]

@@stephensmall8601 I'd be amazed if he said that. Dancing Brave beats Golden Fleece all day long

[@strosiemead4242]

2 legends together R.I.P. Pat Eddery

[@أحمدالصاعدي-ك3ل]

this is the amazing legacy of the humble prince khaled abdullah.he owned dancing brave,oasis dream,rainbow quest,frankel,arrogate,enable,kingman. amazing how much champions did he had.

[@catonahi]

I’ll never forget this race..a champion horse ridden by a champion jockey..Pat followed Bering the whole way..he knew this was the horse to beat..the plan worked..RIP Pat you were the best

[@antoinegodbille1216]

best arc ever! i was in Longchamp! i was thirteen years old! bering was a great champ but dancing brave is the best horse ever according to me!

[@uhegbu]

+Antoine Godbille A famous race and certainly, one of the late jockey's highlights.

[@MyCharlesgreen]

+uhegbu "a famous race". The strongest collection of group 1 horses ever assembled for one race. A race full of champion racehorses with the best of the best coming out on top.

[@johnlewis9158]

+Antoine Godbille Yes on the quality front this was the best arc of all time. It had seven group one winners in the field

[@funnights74]

for me third best after nijinsky and secretariat.

[@johannessking]

You could argue all day about this. But one thing is for sure. Nothing Frankel ever did comes anywhere near Dancing Brave's achievement in the Arc.

[@hummerman62]

I watch this race and remember crying in sheer jubilation, remembering that sunday, so chuffed i was around in the Dancing brave Era, he would of won the Derby if pat was on him, the most Exhilarating horse i've ever seen, turbo charged with added NoS

[@davebesag]

Starkey rode Dancing Brave identically in the Derby.

[@alistairhartley2988]

@@davebesag I think Dancing Brave didn't like going on a left hand course he lost at Santa Anita same situation

[@waynequincy5695]

You guys are so right for me he's tt greatest racehorse Frankel was the bollocks but dancing brave was God in a racehorse

[@countbelalucozade]

@@alistairhartley2988 He didn't handle Tattenham Corner, and also he used to take a while to hit top gear.

[@ianharvey992]

"But here comes Dancing Brave!" The best horse race ever, unbelievable drama at the end.

[@shaunm.2738]

@Stephen Small 🤣 idiot.

[@doodles863]

@Stephen Small you know nothing

[@doodles863]

@Stephen Small and you’re not

[@doodles863]

@Stephen Small so have I, so who are your top 5 ?

[@doodles863]

@Stephen Small well it’s all about opinions isn’t it, in my opinion the only one of those to get near him is Golden Fleece. Although all of them very good horses, I don’t ever remember any of them destroying a word class field like Dancing Brave did in the Arc and won going away.

[@danielmarshall356]

Still my fav sporting event ever I think and always will be... be 2nd last in the arc with 1.5 Fl to go and win easing down .. the best horse performance of past 50 years

[@paddyboy557]

RIP pat Eddery you were simply the best

[@jamesmcmillan9579]

Brilliant. This is pure Art!

[@theartfuldodger6500]

8 group 1 winners in a line a furlong out were made to look like platers by the flying machine that was Dancing Brave.

[@michaeldowd5545]

These are not 120 -125 G1 winners either that coolnore dole out year in year our. These are 125 -135 horses in positions 2-7.

[@benthedo3309]

Simply the best horse and the best race you will ever see..watched it back many times, the surge in the last furlong 'and here comes dancing brave'.stunning...💕

[@Broonzied]

I must have watched this fifty times but I still get excited as that line of great horses thunder down the home straight. As good a race as I can recall.

[@tadhgcomhaltas]

An absolute classic

[@michaellovell1368]

Alongside Sea Bird II in 1965 this is the classiest performance by any horse. Dancing Brave was poetry in motion.

[@Plunkett44]

Probably the best Arc ever...so many TOP class horses in the race..Dancing Brave is up there with best ever...

[@alistairhartley2988]

IMO the best horse I have ever seen ,Guy Harwood absolute legend

[@mojoman3455]

Jockey and Horse simply imperious that day. I don't think I've ever seen a better ride in a Major Classic. Guy Harwood did a pretty damn good job too. Farewell Patrick and thanks for the memories. One of Kildare's finest.

[@chrisfk63]

Shame my first Arc was a few years after this. Great race and one of THE classic rides from a truly great jockey. RIP Pat Eddery.

[@seanmcmanus867]

Beaten Dancing Brave easily?? DB won going away and he would have won by more if he hadn’t challenged last

[@slickwillywize]

That is the greatest performance

[@rayilvem]

Pat was a genius on a horse, and what better horse to be on !!

[@johnjohnnyjohnson9987]

Happy days! I doubled up with Sure Blade in the QE11....Go on the Brave!

[@davidrobertsdad]

But here comes dancing brave makes the hairs on my neck still stand up love watching this horse

[@davidrobertsdad]

The best and most exciting horse I have ever seen

[@SpursFanCanada]

The all around greatest horse race of all time.

[@billybragg6058]

Never get bored of watching this.

[@999LDS]

Freeze frame this at 2.56 Eddery swoops past 12 nags like Dancing Brave had an Exocet missile up his arse

[@fitfit1274]

Dancing brave . Phenomenal. Pat Eddery a top jockey too

[@athlone73]

What a brave ride,must be unbelievable to know you have such an amazing horse under you.

[@RobertSummerfield-e9q]

One of the best arcs class horse class jockey ..perfect

[@jimmysharkey1665]

WHAT A BRILLIANT HORSE DANCEING BRAVE WAS THE BEST OF THE BEST

[@csb7376]

Triptych 70/1!!! (shaking head in disbelief).

[@leejames8595]

My favourite horse ridden by my favourite jockey. What a powerhouse he was, incredible turn of foot

[@ijazmoh9545]

Dancing Brave...the greatest of all time!!!

[@uhegbu]

+ijaz moh I was five years old at the time but what a race it was. Prix D'l'Arc De Triomphe, the creme de la creme, the best of the best and what a field, too particurly that year's Derby winner, Sharastahni.

[@joseguedes2498]

I was there!! I saw it by myself...............

[@JackSmith-gb4iy]

Greatest and fastest horse of all time with greatest jockey pat eddery aboard x

[@paulmatthews570]

Genius jockey, best horse I ever saw over 1 1/2

[@mattstone5789]

Wonderful memories. Had money on Dancing Brave and was screaming him on. God bless Pat Eddery.

[@paulregan2881]

The classiest ever field for an 'Arc, Dancing Brave was an outstanding racehorse, most likely the best I seen closely followed by Slip Anchor.

[@juliehearn9074]

Greville made an unforgettable error in the Derby which im sure he regretted for the rest of his life but enter pat eddery and the rest as they say is history magnificent horse

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@juliehearn9074 Starkey rode an unproven horse at the trip, whereas Eddery already knew the horse got it when he started riding him.

[@jasonfox4857]

@@seanscanlon9067 Harwood wouldnt of ran Dancing Brave in the Derby had he thought he wouldn,t get the trip as Cecil knew Frankel wouldnt get the Derby trip so didnt run him in it...Eddery wouldnt of given Sharastani a 15 length lead coming round Tattenham Corner thats for sure...he.d of known that was the horse to beat and got the job done.

[@seanscanlon9067]

@@jasonfox4857 The natural next step for many 2000 guineas winners and even the placed horses is the Derby anyway. Harwood had no more idea as to whether Dancing Brave would stay 1m4f as Cecil did as to whether Frankel would but as I said above,it's the next step, just as it has been for many 2000 guineas winners and placed horse that did not stay the Derby trip but their trainers still ran them to find out. Frankel is by Galileo, a Derby winner himself as well as the Irish Derby and King George too. He is also the sire of proven 1m4f horses too like Nathaniel, who Frankel had already beaten at a mile on their 2YO debuts and most 2YOs debut at 5f or 6f. Galileo's progeny had already or went on to show an abundance of stamina and he sired middle distance and stayers like Anthony Van Dyck (Derby winner), Australia (Derby), Cape Blanco, New Approach (Derby winner), Order Of St George (Ascot Gold Cup winner at 2m4f), Rip Van Winkle, Ruler Of The World (Derby), Sixties Icon (St Leger winner at 1m6f), Soldier Of Fortune (Irish Derby winner at 1m4f), Ulysses and Waldgeist (Arc winner at 1m4f) and numerous others too, including a Frankel full brother Noble Mission who won at 1m4f as a 3YO and needed every yard of it. I personally feel the main reasons why they did not go for the Derby with Frankel was due to how easily and far he won the 2000 guineas by, that they thought they already had the Derby horse with World Domination and because Workforce had been kept in training for the 1m2f to 1m4f races. And Eddery would have held up Dancing Brave in the Derby too, just as he did on other horses he was beaten on in the race when not yet knowing if they stayed. Starkey was a bit unlucky that year on Dancing Brave that there were 17 runners, and he had to go so wide to circle them and then DB ran down the camber rather than in a straight line.

[@jasonfox4857]

Watch the Champion Stakes in 95!!

[@benbim540]

they say this was the greatest field ever assembled for a horse race.

[@paulcalderbank8016]

God bless you Pat you were brilliance me Dad always liked you you are up there in heaven with the greatest

[@chrisoflynn2617]

Genius ride out of Eddery!

[@rustyau3669]

Arc , is a great race no doubt.. Made them look like they were toiling when he blew from no where ... Exceptional finishing burst , too lay waste to them .... In the worlds top rated race .... Impressive horse, up with the best ever .....

[@JackSmith-gb4iy]

Greatest horse in dancing brave nd greatest jockey in pat edddry xx

[@danielmarshall356]

I’ve seen an interview once were Pat Said he didn’t panic once and knew he had to hold him back and wait and track Bering ..he knew what he had under him and said he gave him two small “taps” and then bang .. said he never ever felt anything like it from a horse he went from 2nd last 1.5 furlongs out in the ffin ARC to win easing down !!

[@goonervillegonad3662]

If it's possible, I hope to see you again one day, Pat. You fucking beauty.

[@Gritto1445]

Greatest field of thoroughbreds ever.

[@johnmurray1025]

What we like to call A Good Thing !

[@malcs0]

At the line, Pat stood up in his stirrup, and said "That's how you do it." One of the best rides to win an Arc ever. The only comparable one, in my mind was Mick Kinane's Houdini act on Sea The Stars in 2009.

[@mrvillan6951]

It's easier when you are on the best horse. I accept that Greville may have disagreed with that.

[@andrewblackie7170]

Pat Eddery hit Dancing Brave 3 times then passing the furlong pole hands & heels 👌 Unreal

[@thebay77sanfrancisco72]

My favourite racehorse ever, absolute machine of a horse the greatest ever,

[@effeo9962]

Goosebumps

[@salfordchris3035]

Greatest ark ever!. Won by an incredible horse Dancing brave

[@Nautilus1972]

R.I.P. P G Eddery. There was you, Willie, Mickey Joe, then everyone else ....

[@keithdross]

Well said, another legend of the sport leaves us.

[@oldnook]

Great revenge for Dancing Brave after Starkey lost the Derby on him. Well done Eddery

[@gazowen7310]

Starkey never lost the Derby

[@jimbrown4386]

@@gazowen7310 He did.

[@oldnook]

@@gazowen7310 so who rode Dancing Brave in the Derby ?😂 I think you will find it was Starkey. @Stephen Small he was interviewed before the race and said "he could bring the horse from anywhere to win the Derby" he obviously left it far to late, watch the race again and see how much ground he had to make up, and then watch Eddery time it to perfection to win the Arc. As @Luther Buckhurst has said nothing comes close to this horse.

[@kevinnorris9380]

This and STS are the greatest Arc's I've ever seen...

[@simonhindley65]

STS beat a mediocre Arc field, no comparison to this. Dancing Brave mowed down possibly the best field the Arc has seen.

[@fishermansid8861]

Greatest race horse ever

[@jimmymalone9139]

WHAT A RIDER R.I.P PAT GREAT HORSE TOO

[@darrenjohnbryant51]

The greatest!

[@csb7376]

Triptych 70/1 on the pmu WTF!

[@csb7376]

@sleeplessinsale I realise the PMU couples horses, but the coupled price normally reflects the percentage of what the separate prices would have been, so shouldn't affect the price of snother individual runner.

[@wheretheresawilltheresaway7752]

this wasn,t the best arc ever , this was the greatest race ever dancing brave the g.o.a.t

[@wheretheresawilltheresaway7752]

@Stephen Small err yes

[@csb7376]

also has anybody else noticed how the action skips a couple of seconds around 3:13 - 3:15. Great horse as he was he cant take a length out of Bering that quick.

[@espmadrid]

+csb73 Brough Scott explained that the French coverage totally missed Dancing Brave challenging on the outside, so Ch4 had to splice together footage from another camera before pictures went out "as live" to the UK.

[@csb7376]

oh right, didn't realise that. Thanks for the info.

[@mabbrey]

got to watch it again

[@december2364]

I unloaded heavily on Sharastani this race. I thought because he sweated up badly at Ascot, and looked very out of sorts, he would bounce back at Longchamp. I honestly thought Bering was the main danger. I would love to go back in time and hit my 19 year old self a slap as he walked into the bookies and tell him to get a grip.

[@issyjas3309]

He had an electric turn of foot, the best I’ve seen over 1m2 -4f, only suave dancer would come close to him in terms of acceleration.

[@issyjas3309]

Don’t be daft

[@mizofan]

Now imagine an Arc with Sea Bird, Ribot, Mill Reef, Sea the Stars and Dancing Brave.

[@paulyeomans850]

Superb ride by pat on that machine horse.Criminal he didn't win the derby.

[@charlesnelson7781]

It was indeed a super horse 🐎 👍

[@mrfixit2788]

We all wake up for a reason but Pat reached the very top.

[@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?

[@johnfaw]

Surely the greatest racehorse ever and the greatest performance ever

[@danielmarshall356]

You could have sworn that was run at ascot with the crowd Would have given good money to listen to that convo between eddery and Cauthen

[@kevinmunday5782]

I used to think this arc couldn't be topped until pent celebre came along. Dancing brave always came late from off the pace. Pent celebre, and sea bird could lay just in behind the lead and then sprint away..i have dancing brave 3rd behind sea bird and pent celebre in arc history imo 😊

[@simonhindley65]

Pentre Celebre was a great, but don't ever put him above the Brave.

[@alioucisse1548]

The 60s 70s and 80s what a time for horse🐎 racing

[@jasonfox4857]

Piggot, Mercer, Carson, Eddery. Cauthen, Swinburn, Cochrane, Roberts, Assmusen, F Head, A Fabre...H Cecil. V O Brien, M Stoute. J Tree, G Harwood, C Britain to name but a few...the golden age of racing.

[@alioucisse1548]

@@jasonfox4857 don't forget Major Dick Hern with horses like Brigadier Gerard, Bustino, Highclere, Sun Princess, Nashwan, dayjur just to name a few

[@jasonfox4857]

@@alioucisse1548 ah god how could i forget...nashwan and dayjur two of my fav,s!

[@mikedavies9953]

The race was over as soon as Pat pressed go he was past them with his signature burst in the final furlong , never seen See Bird but he would have had to be a truly special horse to live with the Brave over a mile and half

[@stevo62ful]

Sea Bird in the 65 Derby was unbelievable. Even better than the mighty DB imo

[@tonybaloney4195]

Classy horse,classy jockey rip Pat

[@thebeast2746]

Go on son Go on ..

[@Nik252]

What was the SP ?? thanx if anyone has it cant find it anywhere.

[@jasonfox4857]

6/4

[@shirleymorris916]

For the best race horse ever how did I manage to get 9/4 !!!

[@hectorpinnington4087]

No horse ever touches Dancing Brave.

[@stevo62ful]

You haven't seen Sea Bird in the 65 Derby ?

[@gazowen7310]

The best field since sea bird and won by one of the greats yet he once said golden fleece was the best he ever rode

[@daviddixon4385]

Wow A racing great

[@patmcstuff671]

Those Kentucky bred horses are the real deal

[@christineparker2511]

I really can't understand how this sensational performance by DANCING BRAVE was ever lowered to a mark below Frankel,absolutely ridiculous in my opinion. DANCING BRAVE smashed a multiple Group 1 winning field to pieces with his sensational,lung bursting turn of foot. He made them look like the old selling class platers of old. Frankel was a very very good horse,but he only ever kept beating the same rubbish each time he ran. And to actually downgrade gim is the most bizzare and astonishing thing I have ever known. DANCING BRAVE would have quite simply made Frankel look ordinary. DANCING BRAVE won as a 3yo over distances from qm to qm 2f and 1m 4f. Frankel never even ran over 1m 4f so it's unacceptable to grade him higher than the phenomenal DANCING BRAVE.Quite simply the greatest horse that has,or will ever live.

[@ajvindiesel8517]

yep Frankel mollycoddled by Cecil, never beat a decent miler, never won outside UK, never got a course record time...yet people say "Frankel the Greatest", loved watching Frankel but no way can you give rate him as good as DB or STS.

[@michaeldowd5545]

Shahrastani started 24/1 a very impressive winner of the Irish Derby, and an amazing race horse. This lad might be 7-10 lbs better than any horse Frankel beat. This is a quality field.

[@michaeldowd5545]

This comment is for all the Frankel fans who talk about the number of G1 horses he beat. That were rubbish G1 winners

[@kevinmunday5782]

sea bird, pentre celeb, ribot, dancing brave, mill reef, vaguely noble, aĺleged, suave dancer, lammtara, helisio , treve, golden horn, enable etc etc what a race the Arc is ☺☺

[@andrewking6562]

Hurrah, someone actually mentioned Alleged, forgotton hero of two Arc victories and vastly underrated.

[@999LDS]

Frankel ? Who are ya ?

[@antoinegodbille1216]

+999LDS frankel, it's daylight robbery

[@maisiemoo1311]

One of the greatest ever to set foot on a racecourse and one that is more than proving his worth at stud - top sire Royal Ascot this year. I loved following Dancing Brave but you cannot compare the two.

[@seanscanlon9067]

@sleeplessinsale Maybe find another sport mate because you do not seem to understand horse racing that well really. Frankel beat numerous horses that were already Group 1 winners or went on to be after giving up trying to beat Frankel. The horse won at three different distances and at seven courses from his 14 races, with the reason being it was "only" seven is that horses often tend to repeat the same race schedule over different seasons. When you are the best then others come to you and Frankel beat horses from Australia, England, France, Germany, Ireland and Japan and if you mean Black Caviar when suggesting Frankel avoided her, she was a sprinter winning 5f-6f races with one win at 7f and Frankel won up to 10f, so a mile/8f would be a happy compromise if they did meet. So the sponsors of the Sussex Stakes which is at 8f upped the prize money for the race that went from £300k to £1million if both Black Caviar and Frankel ran in it. Her connections did not want to know so Frankel ran in it and won by 6 lengths, beating Farhh who himself went on to win the Group 1 Lockinge Stakes at a mile the following seasons by 4 lengths, a race Frankel won himself by 5 lengths too.

[@seanscanlon9067]

@sleeplessinsale Mate is a figure of speech so since I am not your mate, I will take it that you are a Billy no mates then. Essays are required when needing to put so much right in what from you was a relatively short post, so may I congratulate you on that, as it takes a special kind of talent to do so. What did you want then, Black Caviar and Frankel to race over farther than a mile? If so Frankel would have spanked her even more, considering she only fell over the line in a stiff uphill finish over 6f at Royal Ascot against a miler dropping back. If Black Caviar had already won at 7f then an extra furlong was a more realistic distance if they were ever going to meet then, considering Frankel's sire Galileo was a 12f horse having won The Derby and Irish Derby so Frankel was unlikely to drop back to sprinting distances consider he made his debut as a two year old at a mile. Black Caviar's connections did not want to know though at a mile and not even the chance of £1million and taking Frankel's scalp was enough to convince them to have a go, yet we always hear in the UK how sporting Aussies are and up for the challenge. Oh and my opening line was in response to your embarrassing and laughable claim that Frankel avoided Black Caviar, which is quite ironic considering I also saw Aussies suggesting he was avoiding So You Think by not going up to 10f, so the horse's connections really could not win regardless of what they did.

[@chrisfbklhhjc]

Greville on shadhari must have kicked himself?

[@jasonfox4857]

Shouldnt of fell asleep in The Derby!