The BBC Grand National 1961 - Nicklaus Silver

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chatham43

chatham43

7 жыл бұрын

......Nicklaus Silver becomes the first grey to win the National since The Lamb in 1871...ridden by Bobby Beasley and trained by Fred Rimell....

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@nickbishop48
@nickbishop48 4 жыл бұрын
My mother backed him because she loves grey horses. She was 5 months pregnant and told my father if he wins and we have a son we'll call him Nicholas... and here I am!
@chatham43
@chatham43 4 жыл бұрын
..nice story....
@waqarkhan25
@waqarkhan25 4 жыл бұрын
nice but shame your not a jockey I am sure she give you that name thought you might be come a jockey to ride in the Grand National
@nickbishop48
@nickbishop48 4 жыл бұрын
@@waqarkhan25 I was always going to be too tall I'm afraid. It was what I would have loved to do but my parents had to temper my excitement and wishes..I ended up being 6ft 5. No horse big enough for me!
@Silver_Owl
@Silver_Owl 3 жыл бұрын
Great story, and a nice name! Just imagine if she'd backed Tea Fiend, and that had won instead.....😃😃
@splodgefrog936
@splodgefrog936 2 жыл бұрын
Same here! Nik
@goldenmiller7942
@goldenmiller7942 6 жыл бұрын
Bobby Beasleys life story is quite something a real battler and an inspiration.
@gazowen7310
@gazowen7310 Жыл бұрын
Yes it is after this he had sadly a spell of alcoholism and nearly took his own life until captain Cristy came along
@michaeligoe3935
@michaeligoe3935 4 жыл бұрын
I really loved Wyndburgh. A consistent Aintree specialist who always ran his heart out.
@jameshope398
@jameshope398 3 жыл бұрын
@leonard bolton no Wyndburgh finished 2nd three times
@brianmolloy9865
@brianmolloy9865 5 жыл бұрын
Great to see old film from the Grand National especially ones before I was born.
@greentombdive
@greentombdive 3 жыл бұрын
My first Grand National at age not quite 6. My grandfather took me - he’d got us right by the finish on the far side - he was 6”1 and I spent the whole race on his shoulders.
@nicholassilver8561
@nicholassilver8561 19 күн бұрын
I was 3, my whole family bet one my namesake, legend
@myfrobert
@myfrobert 4 жыл бұрын
More than half a century later Neptune Collonges became the third horse to win the National as a grey and was also the highest rated National winner in recent years.
@ianbennett1491
@ianbennett1491 9 күн бұрын
I was a few days old. 😊
@davidkent8606
@davidkent8606 5 жыл бұрын
I can remember just prior to the race when I was 12 I went to the Wimpy Bar opposite Ridley Road Market in Hackney, and on leaving I said to the waitress I've left you a tip underneath my coffee cup, I'd written on a piece of paper "Nicholas Silver for the National". I wonder if she backed It?
@kurman4749
@kurman4749 3 ай бұрын
It was the wonderful Nicolaus Silver, which incidentally is the correct spelling of the first part of his name, who started my interest in horse racing. I loved that grey horse and followed his career closely until he retired. He will forever stay in my memory.
@chatham43
@chatham43 3 ай бұрын
OK. Thanks for that. Sorry for the spelling.😊
@goldenmiller7942
@goldenmiller7942 6 жыл бұрын
Superb, thanks chatham43.
@maureenormston1687
@maureenormston1687 4 жыл бұрын
The first Grand National that I can remember seeing. I was 6 years old and at a friends house playing. I was transfixed watching those horses jumping those massive fences. Haven’t missed one since and gutted that it won’t be running this year 😭
@chatham43
@chatham43 4 жыл бұрын
...yep....sad news.....although its not the same race I remember....
@maureenormston1687
@maureenormston1687 4 жыл бұрын
jongleur apparently I was “race riding” my Nana’s sofa from the age of four but this is the first race that I can truly remember. I won all the big races on that sofa, the National, Derby, Arc de Triomphe, Gold Cup, you name it, that sofa and I won them all ( dual purpose sofa naturally 😂). Thankfully I finally got my own horse at 33, so I’ve stopped riding sofa’s now 😬.
@chatham43
@chatham43 4 жыл бұрын
....I was similar...except I got my Mum to record the racing onto an old reel-to-reel tape whilst I was at school so I could listen to it when I got home...no VCR's in those days...!
@gazowenowen250
@gazowenowen250 5 жыл бұрын
My granddad backed Nicholas silver as he did every rimell national win
@myfrobert
@myfrobert 4 жыл бұрын
Another thing notable was there were also two Soviet Russian horses taking part: Reljef & Grifel, both of which were 100-1 outsiders ridden by jockeys from their own nation instead of British locals. Of course, none of them managed to finish and, I'm afraid, have now already been forgotten even by their own people.
@kurman4749
@kurman4749 3 ай бұрын
Grifel fell at Bechers on the first circuit was remounted and refused at the 19th fence, and Reljef unseated his rider at Valentine's Brook on the first circuit, Only 14 of the 35 horses who ran in this race actually completed the course.
@JimShadyUK
@JimShadyUK Ай бұрын
The Russian officials insisted that they use their own saddles and bridles, despite being offered brand new equipment that their own jockeys wanted to use. The reins were far too short and the jockeys were pulled out of their saddles when their mounts pecked on landing.
@54Howie
@54Howie 23 күн бұрын
first horse I ever bet on - had a sixpence to win on it that my dad out on for me - I was 7 years old
@Isleofskye
@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын
The fences were much tougher pre-Health and Safety. I assume they examined the casualty rate. That was my second tv Grand National aged 7 after the second horse=Merryman The Second won the previous year. There were 6 Winners in that field: Oxo/Mr.What/Kilmore/Team Spirit/Merryman and Nicklaus Silver :)
@greentombdive
@greentombdive 5 жыл бұрын
Thanks. Subbed.
@strosiemead4242
@strosiemead4242 4 жыл бұрын
Love the cameraman on top of the car
@michaeligoe3935
@michaeligoe3935 4 жыл бұрын
Probably Pathe ?
@glynnevans1851
@glynnevans1851 3 жыл бұрын
@@michaeligoe3935 Hello Michael, Think you are right sir but mid 60s ? The BBC copied this idea and took it a stage further. Momentous Grand Nationals then but sadly the race as been diluted down to O and is now a long distance N.H race. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
@clivedunn
@clivedunn 2 ай бұрын
Health and safety!
@gazowen7310
@gazowen7310 Жыл бұрын
The masters of there craft
@rorym1967
@rorym1967 6 ай бұрын
Back when it was a jumping test
@markcoops1624
@markcoops1624 5 ай бұрын
There were 6 past and future Grand National winners in that field including Nicholas Silver. I wonder if that I'd s record
@TheGiantKillers
@TheGiantKillers 6 жыл бұрын
Possibly the only time 3 Grand National winners led the field in a National
@davidkent8606
@davidkent8606 5 жыл бұрын
Actually, i don't know about led the race, but weren't there 5 winners in the race: Merryman, Nicholas Silver, Kilmore, Team Spirit and Mr What.
@stevejones4235
@stevejones4235 5 жыл бұрын
1972 saw a 123 of winners including the '72 winner of course! Merriman was giving so much weight.
@davidkent8606
@davidkent8606 5 жыл бұрын
@Richard -Who was the sixth one?
@davidkent8606
@davidkent8606 5 жыл бұрын
@Richard - Ah Oxo, that's the one I missed is it?
@glynnevans1851
@glynnevans1851 5 жыл бұрын
@@davidkent8606 hello David this was some performance by master of his craft Bobby Beasley and how he made it to the top twice n to get Captain Christy over the line with all his antics is just pure Class.. Glynn n Greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands
@paulallen6976
@paulallen6976 4 жыл бұрын
Taxidermist won the Hennessy in 1958 when run at Cheltenham ridden by John Lawrence later Lord Oaksey. I think Jonjo was ridden by the Duke of Albuquerque in this National.
@chatham43
@chatham43 4 жыл бұрын
...think it was Pat Taafe ...he rode Jonjo in '63 I think...his first National ride was in 1952....
@paulallen6976
@paulallen6976 4 жыл бұрын
@@chatham43 as I mentioned Lord Oaksey as well he was so narrowly denied National glory on Carrickbeg when behind the Keith Piggott trained, Pat Buckley ridden Ayala in '63. I've seen all the televised Nationals and Saturday is going to be strange, knowing it would've taken place at 5.15 but its not going to happen. So all week I'll try to watch all of the Nationals & maybe the odd Topham as well. Love the videos as well btw. Keep them coming
@kurman4749
@kurman4749 3 ай бұрын
@@chatham43 Yes, Pat Taaffe rode Jonjo in 1961.
@alastairjinks6966
@alastairjinks6966 3 жыл бұрын
Wow 60 years ago bigger fences and fields then
@Isleofskye
@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын
The fences were much tougher pre-Health and Safety. I assume they examined the casualty rate. That was my second tv Grand National aged 7 after the second horse=Merryman The Second won the previous year. There were 6 Winners in that field: Oxo/Mr.What/Kilmore/Team Spirit/Merryman and Nicklaus Silver :)
@Kevin-rz1jd
@Kevin-rz1jd 12 күн бұрын
A great national hero i believe sadly Nicholas silver lost his life breaking his leg walking over a cattle grid in is later life
@lycangypsypriest3190
@lycangypsypriest3190 5 жыл бұрын
Great blk and white national!!before i was born!!
@eugenekeher978
@eugenekeher978 Жыл бұрын
Lovely to see a grey Nicolaus Silver win he stayed so well the second of Fred Rimell s four Grand National winners the others were E S B x Gay Trip x Rag Trade x I loved Bobby Beasley looking round for dangers two out x a long wait before the next grey winner Neptune Collinges. x.
@eugenekeher978
@eugenekeher978 Жыл бұрын
Delete
@eugenekeher978
@eugenekeher978 Жыл бұрын
Neptune Collonges. x.
@eugenekeher978
@eugenekeher978 Жыл бұрын
Was the next grey. x.
@lorenadelmarino4815
@lorenadelmarino4815 5 жыл бұрын
Apparently 15 of the runners were doped... the good old days [..not]...
@Isleofskye
@Isleofskye 3 жыл бұрын
Source Lorena?
@kurman4749
@kurman4749 3 ай бұрын
Don't know where you got that absolutely false information from. It's absolute rubbish.
@eugenekeher978
@eugenekeher978 Жыл бұрын
Neptune Collonges. x.
@eugenekeher978
@eugenekeher978 Жыл бұрын
Was the next grey. x.
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