Greatest horse races: Fantastic Light vs Galileo, 2001 Irish Champion Stakes

[@RacecoursevisitsIRLGB]

I was there that day with my late dad. One of the greatest races ive witnessed in person.

[@cliffrightmove1527]

A fantastic horse race by two great hoses !!and two great jockeys !!!

[@Elliot-T]

Great race! Good example of how a ride can make the winning difference when there's fine margins in horses ability.

[@DwayndibbVids]

Also Galileo probably better at 1mile4f. But you know Fantastic Light deserved this and what made it so special.

[@marcosperezdavila2709]

He visto esta carrera infinidades de veces, y cada vez que la vuelvo a ver , se me erizan los pelos, magistral. ❤❤❤

[@John-ed2wj]

Twenty years ago, only seems like yesterday

[@jackitcovitz1816]

I was there that day. In the parade ring a deafening silence greeted the winner. Punters couldn’t believe the great horse got beat. But over 1 mile 2 f !

[@abdullahaboobakker1758]

Horse racing at is absolute best second to none 🎉❤💪 👌 👍 😍 🥰 ☺️ 🎉

[@JL-ik8oy]

I think there is a better call for this race where the narrator is absolutely excited

[@occasionsphoto]

the inside line is what made the difference

[@abdullahaboobakker1758]

All are Legends the jockey and the 🐎 horse 🏇🙌 brilliant 👏👌😀👍

[@frankschlanker]

Frankie doing a Lester in the closing stages

[@scottjones5455]

Want to compare stud careers? Crazy how these things work out. Even though Fantastic Light had a stellar lineage, his progeny did not fare well at all. You know who Galileo sired.

[@robertdelacy3434]

Who did he sire

[@scottjones5455]

@@robertdelacy3434 Frankel

[@robertdelacy3434]

@@scottjones5455 I was being sarcastic northern dancer was the greatest ever stallion

[@mrforevernever517]

@@robertdelacy3434 NO WAY!. Around 100 years ago a high class handicapper called Pharlaris started his stud career. Today pretty much any thoroughbred racehorse that wins a group race anywhere in the world comes from his line. To do that in around 100 years is exdrodanairy. There are quite a few candidates for "greatest stallion of all time". I prefer the most influential stallion, and that is Pharlaris.

[@robertdelacy3434]

@@mrforevernever517 what do you think northern dancer has done

[@davidmcmahon5234]

Was there this day with two very good friends of mine 😊two furlongs out hammer and thongs great race gallileo just couldn't get past

[@davidwills3107]

Galileo had plenty of time to go by. Fantastic light best on the day.

[@unitedrealtalk5087]

Fantastic light like all Godolphin horses were given drugs to improve performance at this time.

[@rodneymckee8431]

2 great horses these constant head to heads hardly ever happen anymore racing should look back at these days. Perfect example of why less racing is better

[@barbaradyson6951]

Rodney Mickes. 2 great horses battling it out. Bustino and Grundy and it broke both of them.

[@jean-mariepierre2629]

Excellente monte de dettorri, Au contraire du jockey du 5,

[@tannofficial9757]

Dettori n'est pas comparable...

[@unitedrealtalk5087]

A performace enhanced drugged up fantastic light. Godolphin was drugging his horses at this time and was caught twice later on and got banned. Shows you how good a horse GALILEO was and ghis showed from his progeny

[@elgransenor1472]

By this stage of his career Galileo probably needed 12f.

[@craigpope8580]

Sorry meant galileo not fantastic light 🤦‍♂️

[@craigpope8580]

Fantastic light needed to stalk galileo to win but instead he got stalked by galileo

[@EricPollarrd]

First time that commentator ever got out of first gear wasn’t it?

[@aidanjoyce3248]

Galileo pacemaker ffkkdd up. The pace he went rendered his role pointless. Should have stayed handier.

[@thebeetrootman7348]

Montjeu absolutely annihilated Fantastic Light in the King George (He'd have done the same to Galileo). One of the all time greats!

[@cliffrightmove1527]

Beetrootman,what a load of crap you talk 😢

[@jasonmcdaid2200]

nonsense comment

[@elgransenor1472]

Maybe, maybe not Horses don’t run at their absolute best every time they race. To compare in such a simplistic way is meaningless

[@cliffrightmove1527]

@@elgransenor1472 nice to see a logical,sensible answer ,I’m afraid we do have a few dreamers on here😉

[@thebeetrootman7348]

Hilarious comments from some real halfwits 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[@rumelali6306]

That was mike tyson v mike tyson

[@youwwaaaat7166]

rail won the race