This is Brilliant.When The BBC and ITN Showed the Finish of The Day on the Evening’s News.HRL.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Best vid you’ve done yet imho .. lovely ending hearing that marvellous WOS theme tune too .. takes me right back to. You’re a true legend sir and I tip my 🎩to you 👏.. genuinely loved every minute of it 👌 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Thanks Jay glad you enjoyed it.

[@rajnirvan3336]

Wow World of Sport. Memories of Saturday afternoon especially hearing the theme.

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Great days indeed,

[@rajnirvan3336]

@@HorseRacingLegends Definitely happy times. Had 3 tv channels back then too.

[@markgidley7089]

I can remember people gathered around the TV waiting patiently for the racing results to get around to the race you had a bet on !

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Yes great days.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Jeez Ardross wasn’t slow was he ! Bloody awesome horse 👏 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Unbelievable.Toyed with Cut Above who won the Leger a few weeks later.

[@oslinthompson8182]

His runs in the Prix de L'arc de Triomphe were good; especially, his second attempt.

[@HorseRacingLegends]

@oslinthompson8182 Yes he just got beat close home.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@oslinthompson8182 absolutely so 👌 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@terrytibbs50]

Brilliant, thanks for putting this up ❤

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Thank you so much.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Fook me gently , I’ve seen it before and I backed Wayward lad in the race itself .. but even though I know what happens there’s still no way Artifice can get caught .. wtf ? 😬 🤣 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Just shows how steep that finish really is Jay.He jumped the last and landed running as well.Bonkers

[@BarryWalker-r2b]

Some memorable races here. The BBC had the king of commentators in Peter o Sullivan .They ignore racing these days thankfully ITV do excellent coverage. I ve loved racing all my life but can't get to the races these days. Fifty Dollars More was a favourite of mine and I backed him each time he ran. That day when he trailed Artifice I'd given up I accepted he'd finish a gallant 2nd so to get up and win is just so thrilling. A wonderful horse.

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Glad you enjoyed it Barry.Plenty of Racing on this Channel and yes how he caught Artifice I will never know.

[@ecclesmanchester]

Excellent. Racing evil now on the news no doubt.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I had a proper tear in my eye watching Time Charter win the Oaks .. believe it or not I’ve never seen that race .. 🤯.. genuinely thank you for posting this vid .. lovin it 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Yes took a bit of digging to get it done but was worth it.Some picture quality not great.

[@davidmcmahon5234]

Billy newnes for Henry candy super horse 🐴 best Henry candy ever trained Billy used to ride a horse 🐴 called double dutch backed him loads always nearly won

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@davidmcmahon5234 yup 👍 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

@davidmcmahon5234 I’m sure I remember him David.

[@davidmcmahon5234]

@@HorseRacingLegends absolutely you do best horse 🐴 Brooke sandhaders

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Great memories - I backed Star of a gunner that day AND Geos .. Star of a Gunner ran well in that race again after that I recall 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Yes he was a good old handicapper

[@oldskertonion]

Good stuff

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Thank you so much.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I have the infamous distinction to be the only punter on that day in 1981 who thought Shergar was overrated 🤦‍♂️.. and backed my judgement by putting my last £5 e/w on Chris Thorntons Shotgun ridden by The Long Fellow … which proceeded to goad me even worse by finishing 4th…. Sigh .. 🤦‍♂️ 🤣 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davidmcmahon5234]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Jesus nothing worse loved a horse 🐴 he used to own called Apache pat eddery rode it if l have the right owner many a time l backed him

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@davidmcmahon5234 yeah I remember him , plus I think he trained one if my old favs called Path of Peace who won a November handicap AND a Cheltenham festival race if memory serves , maybe The County hurdle ? 🤔 Good trainer if he had the good horse to train 👌 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davidmcmahon5234]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering yeah he was good the guy in england backed Tommy carmody for a while Eddie stobart then johhy murtagh then pulled the plug don't know what happened there you might know murtagh won an Irish leger for him l think nial mc cullagh rode it

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@davidmcmahon5234 Guy Reed ? Had checked colours ! 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davidmcmahon5234]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering hundred percent couldn't not know the colors well done 👍

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Damn that Birds nest 🤬 That 1979 1000 guineas is a fav for me , I backed the unbeaten at the point Cecil fav , One in a million but it also contained a fav of mines called Topsy bit more importantly it also contained Devon Ditty who was the 1st horse I ever put money on when it won the Cheveley Park among others as a 2yo , it had no chance at a Mile , it was a 6f sprinter through n through , still wonderful to see it though 👌 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Yes that was a great field that Jay.Picture quality not great but at least the footage exists.Yes Topsy in same style as owners Amaranda who barely stayed 5 Furlongs.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@HorseRacingLegends if I can see it .. then the picture is great 😃 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

The Secret Ballot race , all of them I was familiar with , great memories , was that The Swinton hurdle , in the spring ? 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Yes that’s the one The 1982 Royal Doulton.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@HorseRacingLegends I knew it had a different name but it just wouldn’t come to me 👏 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Great race back in the Day.Not as good now.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@HorseRacingLegends agreed , it’s like the Scottish champion hurdle nowadays , just a mid talent handicap where it used to be the haunt of Sea Pigeon et al 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering Agreed.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Backed Silver Buck in all his grade 1 wins inc this , he beat Jack of Trumps the year before , loved that old stalwart 💖 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Yes a Great Old Horse.Done nothing in front either.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@HorseRacingLegends yup ! I was an apprentice brickie working on a post office building somewhere in Glasgow at the time and listening to the 1982 Gold cup from the roof of the unfinished building 😀.. as SB had won 2 King George’s for me and being a tit when it came to comparing form etc I saw no reason why I shouldn’t follow it off a cliff like a right stupid punter 😳.. Foreman liked a punt too so he allowed me to get down the bookies near the bus station in Buchanan street as long as took his bet too and the brickies I was working for too 😆.. I was paid £23 a week as a wee slave to they F#%^*#s and had the bright idea to put £15 of that on Silver Buck at ( can’t remember if it was 8/1 or 10/1 - just remember thinking I was super clever to be stealing money cos it had won the King George twice 2 years previously 🤦‍♂️) … of course it won and I was the richest but luckiest and dumbest apprentice in Scotlands history 🤯… and a gambling problem began 😝 Long since stopped gambling but it took a toll for a long time .. and it was all down to a big Black splendid chaser and and a lucky hunch fae a right divot with a wee trowel and nae sense 🤣 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I thought Desert Orchids Gold cup win was magnificent .. but after id read the book on his life by his owner Richard Burroughs describing how Dessie Hated Cheltenham and running left handed pinched nerves in his back during the race AND he hated heavy ground made him winning it that day utterly joyous and incomparable 👏 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Yes he battled on amazing Jay.

[@davidmcmahon5234]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering think ten plus would have definitely put it up to desert orchid had him backed each way big time would definitely have been in the three loved Cheltenham ten plus did super horse 🐴 alas we will never know that's just my opinion 😉

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@davidmcmahon5234 aye Ten plus was a grand old chaser , can’t remember it he was at Walwyns or Capt Forsters , I didn’t get the impression he’d win that day , maybe placed as you say. Either way it was a tragedy to lose him ✊ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@davidmcmahon5234]

@@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering fluke walwyn trained him Kevin mooney rode him think he won the supreme novice hurdle by seventeen lengths ah know he definitely would have pushed to win it Kevin mooney said as much afterwards

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@davidmcmahon5234 Walwyn was my first choice there 😀, really good horse , no doubt 👌 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

Go on Diamond Edge ! Top weight in the Hennessy !! I know I backed Fulkes Horse .. 9/2 Fav sticks in my head somehow ! 🤷‍♂️ Did it win it twice ?.. 👀 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 ( I seen after I typed it that it was 9/2 Fav 🤦‍♂️.. weird the things you remember )

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Just the once I’m sure.

[@michaelknight7002]

Best days when racing was great

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Couldn't agree more

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

I was in stitches watching the finish where Earthstopper won , I would’ve no doubt backed the faller Approaching from Josh Gifford stable - the length of stirrup and patent lack of athleticism is startling ! I’m no jockey I should state .. but I’ve been spoiled by AP , Ruby , old Scudamore , Richards Johnson and Dunwoody since that time . If approaching was in the race it must be 79-83 ish . 😃 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

It’s 1983.The Year after Night Nurse Won it Jay.Yes Not the most stylish finish.lol.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@HorseRacingLegends 🤣 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@MickKedian]

Approaching won the Hennessy in ‘78 with Bob Champion doing his lightest weight…

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@MickKedian brilliant remember btw .. 👏 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@hughhull2646]

Earthstopper was J Gifford also. I used to ride him out ! Jockey was his owner , horse later sold and collapsed and died after finishing in the G National

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

No one will ever convince me that Aldaniti would still have won if Spartan Missile hadve had a professional jockey on board ! Controversial yes , but that’s my belief 🤷‍♂️ 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@HorseRacingLegends]

No it’s well possible.

[@davidmcmahon5234]

@@HorseRacingLegends film was brilliant absolutely hundred percent agree with you there it would be like backing David Maxwell in a finish with ap Mc would have no chance fair play the man is not short of money 🤑 l would never back him and never did horse 🐎 would have be tens on as and even at that he could balls it up that's a fact dreadful jockey no doubt about that

[@HorseRacingLegends]

He’s got the bottle to be fair.

[@ecclesmanchester]

That argument went on for weeks where I worked.

[@jaymacgee_A_Bawbag_Blethering]

@@ecclesmanchester aye .. 😀 Entrenched positions on both sides , but interesting nonetheless to test the waters near 45 years later though 🤔 👍🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿

[@darren2514fv]

Artifice is the same colours as Denman

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Yes Paul Barber.

[@darren2514fv]

Harry Gration doing the studio at the start

[@HorseRacingLegends]

Thanks for that much appreciated.

[@digeme69]

This was very well put together and must've taken a while to do so. 1 question of interest: Did you record full episodes of Grandstand back in the day when racing was on or just the racing part? If you did have full episodes of Grandstand, I'd be keen to know. Many thanks

[@HorseRacingLegends]

No it’s just The Racing I have.

[@digeme69]

@@HorseRacingLegends OK, thanks for replying

[@HorseRacingLegends]

@digeme69 Thank you so much.