The Dikler, my hero of the 70's! His jumping was second to none & had so many high placings in Gold Cup & Grand National having to lug around huge weights bless him! Happy memories! Xx
@@charliebear1436 Quite agree with you sir, I followed Wayward Lad a lot but looking back he did not come up the Cheltenham hill to well and probably did not get the trip and was ok over 3 miles. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
@@glynnevans1851 Wayward Lad broke the track record when he was beaten by Dawn Run in the Gold Cup and finished ahead of the previous years winner. He stayed and got up the hill but he just kept bumping into horses that stayed a tad better on the day.
@@johnlivesey7892 Surely was John and a Fab N.Hunt racing era then .Think Pitman misjudged the final stage of the race and same the 73 National but we can debate this for the next 50 years and as the Queen Mother said that's racing. I always admired Fred Winter and his attention to detail and John Francome was Momentous for him. Also liked Fred Rimell another past Master the list could be endless.Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊🕊
@@glynnevans1851 Yes great time to be involved in racing. Worked for some great trainers, Derek Ancil, Nevell Crump, Jack Berry,and James Eustace. Been living I in American for the last 23 years, don't keep up with the racing in England to much. But I miss the good old days, lots of memories.
@@johnlivesey7892 Cheers for your reply John , I have heard of Derek Ancil and Nevel Crump ' was Derek second in the 1961 National. Nerves of steel in those days sir.May I ask which part of the state's you are living now. Kind regards Glynn 🤝
@paulrichards6894 Yes the better jockey won it on the better horse. Ron Barry rode a great race he'd only been on the Dikler once. He jumped 3 fences at Saxon house thats all. Im sorry Richard Pitman couldn't ride a finish and the better jockey Ron Barry proved it.
Bobby Beasley, riding Captain Christy, deliberately rode upsides Pendil coming down to that fence. It was a legitimate racing tactic, and a gamble. Had High Ken stood up, I'm unsure whether Pendil would have still won, but you never know...
Pendil was hailed as the "new Arkle" by some at the time. A very good horse but comparisons with Arkle were ill advised. Pendil was a brilliant 3 miler but the Gold Cup distance tested his stamina, although he fell during one renewal. The Cheltenham hill has been the bane of many a good horse.
The Dikler, my hero of the 70's! His jumping was second to none & had so many high placings in Gold Cup & Grand National having to lug around huge weights bless him! Happy memories! Xx
Pendil,one of the best chasers not to win a gold cup
Wayward Lad
@@charliebear1436 Quite agree with you sir, I followed Wayward Lad a lot but looking back he did not come up the Cheltenham hill to well and probably did not get the trip and was ok over 3 miles. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝
@@glynnevans1851 Wayward Lad broke the track record when he was beaten by Dawn Run in the Gold Cup and finished ahead of the previous years winner. He stayed and got up the hill but he just kept bumping into horses that stayed a tad better on the day.
Ron Barry won that race a far better horseman
What a fantastic field, The Dickler Pendle, Spanish Steps and Lescargot. I must say, The Dickler was one heck of a battler.
Yes some great horses,
@@johnlivesey7892 Surely was John and a Fab N.Hunt racing era then .Think Pitman misjudged the final stage of the race and same the 73 National but we can debate this for the next 50 years and as the Queen Mother said that's racing. I always admired Fred Winter and his attention to detail and John Francome was Momentous for him. Also liked Fred Rimell another past Master the list could be endless.Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🕊🕊🕊
@@glynnevans1851 Yes great time to be involved in racing.
Worked for some great trainers, Derek Ancil, Nevell Crump, Jack Berry,and James Eustace.
Been living I in American for the last 23 years, don't keep up with the racing in England to much.
But I miss the good old days, lots of memories.
@@johnlivesey7892 Cheers for your reply John , I have heard of Derek Ancil and Nevel Crump ' was Derek second in the 1961 National. Nerves of steel in those days sir.May I ask which part of the state's you are living now. Kind regards Glynn 🤝
@@glynnevans1851 Derek Ancil, was a absolute gentleman, Crumps was a good job to.
We live in Marion County Florida just south of Ocala...
The rider of the Dikler is my grandad guys
The great Ron Barry.marvelous horseman.
How unlucky was Richard Pitman. A few weeks later the same thing happened in the Grand National on Crisp
Ron Barry a great jockey , never talked about, never spoken too , forgotten? Why?
that was a long 150 yards
@paulrichards6894 Yes the better jockey won it on the better horse.
Ron Barry rode a great race he'd only been on the Dikler once.
He jumped 3 fences at Saxon house thats all. Im sorry Richard Pitman couldn't ride a finish and the better jockey Ron Barry proved it.
Lovely to see Charlie Potheen again, also all the other big household names there.
Dick Pitman 2nd in the gold cup and grand national in ‘73
Long time no seen.
to be pipped on the line twice in the same season in the biggest two races. Dick Pitman at fault?
In my opinion, yes. I think had Fred Winter let Francome take over as his top Jockey sooner, Pendil would have won in '73 &' 74.
@@malcs0 in '74 Pitman had Pendil in behind a notorious bad jumper. Would he have beaten Capt Christy?
Bobby Beasley, riding Captain Christy, deliberately rode upsides Pendil coming down to that fence. It was a legitimate racing tactic, and a gamble. Had High Ken stood up, I'm unsure whether Pendil would have still won, but you never know...
@@malcs0 had the same debate a few years ago about Cue Card and Don Cossack. We'll never know. Tied Cottage and Alverton is another one.
Pendil was hailed as the "new Arkle" by some at the time. A very good horse but comparisons with Arkle were ill advised. Pendil was a brilliant 3 miler but the Gold Cup distance tested his stamina, although he fell during one renewal. The Cheltenham hill has been the bane of many a good horse.
better one man
Any chance you have the 1990 mildmay fleet challenge Cheltenham festival. New Halen won 66/1
No, not televised by the BBC.
Pitman hit the front far too early on a horse that just about got three miles.
Pendil would have stayed forever .just froze for a hundred yards
for some reason. Would have beat the dikler 9 times out of 10. Great days.
The same fate happen to Richard Pitman at Aintree in the same year