TOP 10 ICONIC HORSE RACING COMMENTARIES INCLUDING AT THE CHELTENHAM FESTIVAL

[@martinhill9261]

The Dessie Gold Cup takes a bit of beating.Great commentary and an unbelievable horse.I still can't work out how Dessie got back up and won.

[@PAP-o7l]

Great compilation. Peter O'Sullivan will never be surpassed. We were near the winning post for the 1977 Red Rum, having watched Liverpool/Everton earlier that day. Wonderful memories....👍

[@barty2381]

What a horse Desert Orchid was ❤

[@grahamdown3133]

Just love Simon Holt commentary.

[@BURRRRPPPPPOOP]

The greatest of all is missing ; Sea the Stars in the Arc. “ he is a champion I reckon “ Goosebumps every time!

[@Shadai929]

Perfection in equine form , A horse of a lifetime!!

[@bobmatthews151]

I'm surprised that Frankel's 2000 guineas wasn't here... "He's 15 lengths clear!! !"... Always tickles the hairs on the back of my neck...

[@andycarmichael3012]

Hard to narrow it down to 10,just glad to see Dessie in there, an absolute legend and the biggest crowd pleaser since Red Rum, gives me goosebumps watching him.

[@timcomley5948]

And me

[@murdoch691]

He's coming home to a tremendous reception you've never heard the likes of it at Liverpool red rum wins the national still gives me shivers

[@SuperHans64]

Race 10 (the first one) was the best. You need Crisp v Red Rum though … greatest horse race ever.

[@michaeljohnson5365]

Did you know that Sebastion v and Andy Pandy where the loose horses that where in fron of Red Rum in the 1977 Grand National

[@moime213]

Simon Holt's King George (Enable v Crystal Ocean) is a cracking commentary but one everyone should try and listen to is John Hunt's commentary for 5live of Sprinter Sacre's second QMCC victory. A truly iconic piece of radio👌.

[@electriclightlynnetrex6346]

Agree ..john hunt is a very underrated commentator

[@stephenholohan1844]

Simon Holt Edredon Bleu vs Direct Route "Edredon Bleu will not surrender the lead lightly. Here coming at him are Direct Route and Flagship Uberalles... The final fence. Three in a line" Chills.

[@johnjoyce341]

Red Rum winning his third National tops them all for me.A historic piece of racing history perfectly described by Sir Peter O Sullevan.

[@stevelee4952]

Denman is one of my fav horses and I won a few quid, for a change , on the race. But I saw the way Neptune stayed on and backed him from 80/1 downwards for his National. I no doubt lost to the layers over the years but these two days gave me great joy.

[@willywilson-nb6yx]

My favourite of all time as well denman landed me a massive bet back in 08 Hennessy and gold cup double 400 quid 5/1 5)2 double

[@traceyb9443]

The commentaries for Erhaab's Derby and One Man's Queen Mother Champion Chase deserve to be up there too.

[@esmi9696]

Thank God I didn’t have to go through Crisp v Red Rum again. Wonderful collection.

[@johnwilliams575]

Agreed! Thank goodness that didn't make the Top 10! Agonising to watch, weight difference was 23lb I believe?

[@ColinHarris-p6r]

Denman the greatest bravest chaser ever winning the Newbury gold cup carrying 12 stone , unbelievable, amazing ❤

[@heron9524]

Yes he was most certainly one of the best.

[@babaza1972]

Good choices…..but where was Simon Holt 2004 Cheltenham Gold Cup….Best Mate, 3 Good cups!

[@TCDL11]

Duncan Jackson :- click on the link here re. Best Mate kzbin.info/www/bejne/Z2PWc52QesZ7etU

[@majjik3948]

@Damien Montero its commentary not who the best horse is dont recall best mate having many great commentaries tbh still one of the best horses to grace the game undoubtedly

[@jacob4690]

That might have been commentary for main tv though and not the jockey club? Not sure just my best guess

[@markluxon5044]

Best commentary ever

[@davidrhodes5245]

As good as they were, i can’t accept that Sprinter Sacre regaining his Champion Chase title is not on this list.

[@silversurfertraveller]

Even before he said it, I remembered "Desert Orchid is beginning to get up" Legend of a horse.

[@iphonemodDOTcom]

What a game horse was churchdown boy, Run in and won the topham chase the day before his effort against the mighty red rum in the national.

[@pauldrohan8749]

Wow I didn’t know that! Not sure would be allowed today.

[@TheGiantKillers]

Naturally tough to narrow down to 10 but I'd have Rummy in 1977 at top and would've squeezed 1973's win in there somewhere too. No Arkle vs Mill House or Night Nurse vs Sea Pigeon?

[@alansharp9172]

Best of all. Peter O'Sullevan calling home his own horse, Be Friendly.

[@alanmcdonald4423]

@Alan Sharp. Most folks watching will not know about that - too young, and I agree with you, the best commentary ever. Many of the comments on here are about a horse winning a race. The subject of the video is the commentary not the way in which a horse won a race.

[@scottlee2832]

All excellent, but I’ll never forget Zafonic winning the Dewhurst at Newmarket & Graham Good’s immortal line “ It’s the lord of the manor Zafonic”..👍

[@andyd2528]

Missing Sharastani in the Derby. I still think Dancing Brave is going to win every time I watch it.

[@tonysinnott2785]

No contest ,sir peter o Sullevan ,the mare is beginning to get up , always will be .

[@shane-irish]

Dawn run

[@cookofdenton4190]

Nothing will ever beat dancing braves finish in the arc.

[@jamesgavin9760]

Kauto star made me fall in love with racing

[@conormoran4621]

Roaring bull at leopardstown has to be featured!

[@mallafets]

Peter Bromley comms on Dessie GC win is superb too.

[@pauldrohan8749]

Would love to hear Peter Bromley commentaries, but where are they?

[@mallafets]

@@pauldrohan8749 youtube

[@electriclightlynnetrex6346]

Edrodon bleu, 2000 champion chase, Simon holt commentator.

[@mcvicarross7]

I was amazed this wasn't nmbr 1 never mind not featured at all!!

[@connorfrench2322]

Roaring Bull beating Fitzhenry in the Paddy Power by Jerry Hannon obliterates all of these!

[@BrianBoru5523]

Just watched it! Class. Here it is for anyone interested...kzbin.info/www/bejne/gKDPgmxthNqtqbM

[@MattHolmes-m1p]

“Denmans got him at it” and “the answer is denman. Denman won the gold cup” my personal favourite

[@richardspandley6387]

“Oh so much to do” would be my number 1.

[@barbaradyson6951]

It's such a shame we can't see the likes of golden Miller winning his 5 gold cups.

[@diabeticfridge2930]

Great horses can win on any going

[@06kiely]

Tidal Bay winning Lexus should be here

[@jamie-ol8dm]

Nice choices. I’d include Graham Goode - Royal Academy at the breeders cup.

[@iansmith4698]

Peter O’Sullivan will always be the king of commentary.

[@alanmcdonald7496]

@Ian Smith I agree. His commentaries on his own Be Friendly and Attivo are worth listening to again if you can find them, although my favourite was his commentary (go to 5mins into the race for the best of it) on Arkle's fantastic performance in the 1965 Gallagher. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpLQnKWneKaYndU

[@feltar1296]

Dawn run gold cup greatest finish of all time

[@Croydondms]

Before this began, I just knew Denman would be Number 1. Hoiles is imperious here and at the top of his game in the ultimate feelgood race.

[@thejockeyclub1750]

There could be no other decision really...

[@shane-irish]

Dawn run is the best the mare is beginning to get up number 5

[@Suzie-n7e]

The greatest off them all.........

[@PuffaThePostie]

Also great to here Simon Holt , in a different class from Hoilles

[@James-b7p2k]

Was sick when magic of light made that blunder at last

[@paulsweeney8533]

Surely frankels 2011 guineas should be in there? “At the bushes he’s 15 lengths clear”.

[@majjik3948]

And celebrates as if hes won the Derby Mikael Barzalona is a sentence that will forever be etched in my mind

[@rohansrider]

Where was Harbinger's record breaking victory in 2010 at Ascot in the King George? Never seen a horse gallop on the flat as brilliantly, if he had stayed sound and run I think he would have won the Arc .The BBC commentator was Australian and he was clearly amazed at the sheer speed of the fellow.

[@Deweycheatumnhowe]

Shame there's always BBC/C4 commentaries in the footage from the 80's and 90's. Would love to hear some racecourse commentaries on these big races. Especially the Cheltenham Festivals, with the superb commentaries by Raleigh Gilbert.

[@tangofoxtrot4603]

The old commeantors spoke quickly and clearly and add to the race, the present crew get flustered forget to breathe and it becomes a muddle, if there are more than 2 fighting it out just forget about it.

[@asburystan]

...And Moscow Flyer is magnificent... the best ever!

[@jamesmcstein6758]

2015 King George Chase Cue Card v Vautour Mark Johnson 🙌👍👌

[@Paul-tj2ii]

Kauto star....superstar what a horse❤❤

[@gravyboat2370]

No frankel 2000 guineas??

[@eddiejackson4470]

No mention of sprinter sacre's second Queen mother champion chase

[@Coldnewton]

If anyone hasn't heard it, Peter Bromley's commentary on Desert Orchid's Gold Cup win is better than Peter O'Sullivan's.

[@TomLeach-dd8cl]

The answer is denman!! ❤

[@rodneymckee8431]

Sea the stars win in the Irish champion stakes. we come to see a star Sea the stars

[@adzbostone1711]

'He's still the King'

[@alanthomas6947]

Rummy,kauto star,tiger roll,amberleigh House not mentioned

[@willywilson-nb6yx]

Denman broke is own heart to win his gold cup denman had heart problems after that and never the same

[@richardcoombe1594]

What about the Red Rum V Crisp Finish 1973?

[@johnwilliams575]

No, please. Really don't want to watch that lightweight scooting past brave Crisp.

[@Darraghcollins]

Would it be that hard to give the date of the win with the name of the horse?

[@theodorerook]

Appreciate its hard to choose ten, however how is Red Rum v Crisp, or Sea Pigeon's first champion, or Sprinter Sacre's second Queen Mother, or Frankel's Guineas win not included?!..

[@johnwilliams575]

Agree with all of those choices other than the first one.

[@29summers]

Richard hoiles the best 👏

[@AlpexistakenWTF]

And at the bushes, Frankel is 15 lengths clear

[@paulkelly5788]

Kauto star was a real champion 🏆

[@WA.angler]

Always kauto number one

[@Elliot-T]

Frankel in the 2000 Guineas is missing from this list

[@majjik3948]

Ian Bartlett couldn't believe how quick hed gone off over the first half of the race, phenomenal performance also

[@johnclark448]

He's 20 lengths clear....

[@Elliot-T]

"A horse who is pure class has destroyed them from half way"

[@shaun432]

Frankel 2000 Guineas win.

[@silversurfertraveller]

That race finished the Tank.

[@petergeraghty5131]

That race finished Denman are you sure? He won a second Hennessy and finished 2nd in 3 more Gold Cups finishing in front of Kauto Star on 2 of those occasions

[@silversurfertraveller]

@@petergeraghty5131 He won 1 race out of his next 10 races. The horse was never the same again.

[@mcvicarross7]

@@silversurfertraveller like the man said he won a 2nd Hennessey with 11.12 on his bk & ;finished runner up in 3 Gold Cups (all that after the problem with his heart) so don't talk shite m8!

[@shaun432]

Dancing Brave arc win.

[@waqarkhan25]

where is Jim Mcgrath Commentating on See the stars when See The Stars won The Arc de Triomphe Jim McGrath announced a horse of the lifetime a superb in Equine this should have been on the list too

[@stevenorourke6509]

Missed edredon bleu. Champions chase against direct route

[@glossalth]

I wonder why they took Brian Fletcher off Red Rum for the 3rd grand national I mean he won on it twice ?

[@tonysinnott2785]

Drinking

[@scotthands4396]

Big orange beating order St George, radio commentary Rupert Bell

[@chrisredman7043]

The answer is not 42. "The answer is Denman" "Denman won the Gold Cup"

[@iSh0tzv2]

No roaring bull?

[@freedomforpeopletruelies6]

Conygree ran them ragged

[@PuffaThePostie]

Peter O’sullevan the legend some of his classics but Richard Hoilles ?? Really

[@pauldonohoe3646]

Dancing Brave's Epsom Derby loss

[@beverleymorris167]

Arkles Gallagher gold cup.....the greatest national hunt performance of all time, giving all that weight, and breaking track record by 17 seconds?.....not on the list? And the vastly inferior kauto star, on twice.......tut-tut😮

[@alanthomas6947]

As if dessie was tiring in the mud

[@FIRSTWORLDSTATUSBY]

How come Jim McGrath didn't make this list ???

[@tullymurrytoff1497]

He wasnt "Howm for all money"

[@invisiblemaninvisibleman2097]

Dessie was battler

[@RoyChadwick51]

Richard Hoiles calm down ffs

[@cremlin6655]

Where’s rooooring bull

[@colinryan315]

Pebbles breeders cup England's wonder filly .

[@bregawn]

Dawn Run was seriously overrated over fences. Her 1986 Gold Cup win wasn't even the second highest rated performance in that race

[@arkle1964]

I've switched my like on this video to be the first dislike on it. That's because the title is a farce. This is only horse racing commentaries at Jockey Club owned racecourses. This means that races such as Desert Orchid winning the Victor Chandler at Ascot, Dancing Brave or Sea The Stars winning the Arc, Arazi winning the Breeders Cup Juvenile, Secretariat winning the Belmont, Denman's second Hennessy, Tidal Bay winning the Irish Hennessy and many others by definition cannot even be included in the misleading and embarrassing list. Title the video as the top 10 commentaries at your courses (and even then it's debatable).

[@MsVanorak]

oh - well noticed.

[@bullo247]

No Roaring Bull? Absolute tosh.

[@johnsonkevin1]

Just shows how commentary has improved over the years. The "voice of racing" was truly awful. Dessie on the near side, Yahoo on the far side. Yahoo on the far side, Dessie on the near side. Dessie on the near side, Yahoo on the far side 😴😴😴