I love watching this race! Not only because the brilliant Lester won the race, but if you go to 8-15 you will see a guy darting into shot and he sneaks quickly up to Lester and Alleged and walks quickly besides them as if he was part of the winning connections. This fella makes a little contact with Alleged and it gives a little jinks and Lester looks around and notices this total stranger right next to him and his horse and gives the intruder a beauty of a backhander which so completely stunned and shook the man that he quickly disappeared from view! THIS MUST BE THE ONLY TIME IN RACING HISTORY WHEN YOU WILL SEE A JOCKEY HIT ONE OF THE PUNTERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE JOCKEY IS THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD AND IS CALLED LESTER PIGGOTT. Lester didn't stand for any shit from any gatecrashers. THEY never paid his wages
@David Robinson Very welcome Dave! It's a bit of racing history that everyone seems to have missed, probably because this video is in French and hardly anyone can be bothered to watch it all from start to finish. I'm so much of a Lester fan that I was glued to it all from start to finish, though I understood only a few horses names and some jockeys names!
@David Robinson Very strange, but our father's may well have been brother's because my father was the same as yours. He was a real heavy gambler and drinker and if it wasn't for my Mum's Mum (who lived 50 yards away) we would have all starved to death because we stayed at her house when we were younger and she fed us all and looked after us. And I was the same as you. Horse racing lost it's appeal after Lester retired. Even when he took up training I never had the obsession with the game as I did when he was riding. But when my dream came true and Lester made a comeback.....I was looking forward to seeing him back on the TV (where we could all see Lester from the rest of the jocks) and hoping he would manage to win a handful of lesser races until he retired again. But as you well know he was offered the ride on Royal Academy by the best trainer in the world and all I could do was hope he managed to ride a race that didn't embarrass him. It was the finest race I have ever seen in my life and the fact he won was straight out of a Dick Francis book. I remember saying ''WOW'' out loud when he won and I still say it today. And it was made better by the fact that the people that owned the horse needed Lester to win otherwise they would be totally skint and on their haunches. Imagine the shouts and screams of delight that must have been going on back at their homes when Lester proved to the racing world that he would always be the best jock the planet has ever sen or will ever see. Then the guineas. I kept my eyes on him every second of the race. The commentator spotted Lester make his run five seconds after I did! He rode like he rode at the top of his game. He knew every trick in the book, after all....he invented half of them. I am so pleased I was around to see Lester when he ruled the world on the likes of Sir Ivor, Nijinsky, The Minstrel, Alleged, etc. The jocks of today are pale imitations of the great man and anyone who loves racing knows it. I'm 71 and just like you I'm happy to have been alive when Lester ruled the world of horse racing and shone like a new gold ingot.
@David Robinson Remarkable how similar our lives have been. My old man once came home so drunk that he smashed up all the furniture in the living room with an axe. I wa only about 14 s0 couldn't do much but a few years later I made sure those antics of his were over, at least in the house where my mum lived. I was the oldest of 7 kids and a couple of them were either too young or not even born to remember these things. He changed many years later and my mother divorced him long before that. You Dad and mine are so alike it's spooky. You had a tin of corned beef for Xmas? YOU WERE LUCKY. WE WOULD HAVE GAVE ANYTHING FOR A TIN OF CORNED BEEF FOR XMAS. WE OFTEN HAD NO COAL AND MY POOR MUM HAD TO SUCK AN EXTRA STRONG MINT AND US KIDS WOULD ALL STICK OUR HANDS OUT TO WARM OURSELVES AS SHE STUCK HER TONGUE OUT. Seriously though, you know as well as myself how tough it was for us when we had a totally irresponsible father that put himself first and last and never gave a thought for his wife and kids. My old man was no better than yours and yours no better than mine. I did forgive him later in life and I'm glad I did so. I too got my love of racing from him but became reckless with my cash for years afterwards, but I wasn't married at the time and when I did get married I changed my ways. Today I have one £5 or £10 bet on a Saturday and that is it. I have an account with Hills and haven't been in a bookies for three years.
A wonderful horse and after being off since the spring with a virus and sore shins turned up two weeks before the Arc to break the course record over 10 furlongs in the Prix Prince d’Orange - Lester apparently suggested to Sangster that he should try for a third Arc having had such a light season but Sangster refused
Lester Piggott 1st, Willie Shoemaker 2nd. Arguably the World's two greatest jockey's. Shame The Shoe never landed a race like the Arc or an English Classic.
if ITV covered the Arc in this era it would have been as part of a 1 hour/90 min World of Sport special after highlights of the previous day's football have been shown
Much the same race as a year earlier. Alleged was a brilliant horse and better than The Minstel who took the Derby and King George in 1977 and was the same age as Alleged, he took a long time to come to himself said trainer Vincent O Brien who was very patient with him, and the reward was two Arc wins for him. I was expecting a flying dismount from Piggott haha the miserable bastard didn't even smile
I remember 1979 Three Troikas it was on BBC1 as part of a Grandstand special with Motor Racing from Silverstone the Arc was on BBC1 until 1985 both the 1984 Arc Sagace and 1985 Rainbow Quest were on the same day as F1 GPs the GP of Europe most of the year Sunday Grandstand was on BBC2 but on the first Sunday in October it was on BBC1and on the day Rainbow Quest won the Arc Nigel Mansell won his first F1 World Championship GP race at Brands Hatch
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What an outstanding thoroughbred Alleged was.Very game,no nonsense of stopping in front,waiting for a challenge -he just went!
Superb piece of riding by the best
I love watching this race!
Not only because the brilliant Lester won the race, but if you go to 8-15 you will see a guy darting into shot and he sneaks quickly up to Lester and Alleged and walks quickly besides them as if he was part of the winning connections.
This fella makes a little contact with Alleged and it gives a little jinks and Lester looks around and notices this total stranger right next to him and his horse and gives the intruder a beauty of a backhander which so completely stunned and shook the man that he quickly disappeared from view!
THIS MUST BE THE ONLY TIME IN RACING HISTORY WHEN YOU WILL SEE A JOCKEY HIT ONE OF THE PUNTERS, ESPECIALLY WHEN THE JOCKEY IS THE GREATEST IN THE WORLD AND IS CALLED LESTER PIGGOTT.
Lester didn't stand for any shit from any gatecrashers. THEY never paid his wages
@David Robinson Very welcome Dave! It's a bit of racing history that everyone seems to have missed, probably because this video is in French and hardly anyone can be bothered to watch it all from start to finish. I'm so much of a Lester fan that I was glued to it all from start to finish, though I understood only a few horses names and some jockeys names!
@David Robinson Very strange, but our father's may well have been brother's because my father was the same as yours. He was a real heavy gambler and drinker and if it wasn't for my Mum's Mum (who lived 50 yards away) we would have all starved to death because we stayed at her house when we were younger and she fed us all and looked after us. And I was the same as you. Horse racing lost it's appeal after Lester retired. Even when he took up training I never had the obsession with the game as I did when he was riding. But when my dream came true and Lester made a comeback.....I was looking forward to seeing him back on the TV (where we could all see Lester from the rest of the jocks) and hoping he would manage to win a handful of lesser races until he retired again. But as you well know he was offered the ride on Royal Academy by the best trainer in the world and all I could do was hope he managed to ride a race that didn't embarrass him. It was the finest race I have ever seen in my life and the fact he won was straight out of a Dick Francis book. I remember saying ''WOW'' out loud when he won and I still say it today. And it was made better by the fact that the people that owned the horse needed Lester to win otherwise they would be totally skint and on their haunches. Imagine the shouts and screams of delight that must have been going on back at their homes when Lester proved to the racing world that he would always be the best jock the planet has ever sen or will ever see. Then the guineas. I kept my eyes on him every second of the race. The commentator spotted Lester make his run five seconds after I did! He rode like he rode at the top of his game. He knew every trick in the book, after all....he invented half of them. I am so pleased I was around to see Lester when he ruled the world on the likes of Sir Ivor, Nijinsky, The Minstrel, Alleged, etc. The jocks of today are pale imitations of the great man and anyone who loves racing knows it. I'm 71 and just like you I'm happy to have been alive when Lester ruled the world of horse racing and shone like a new gold ingot.
@David Robinson Remarkable how similar our lives have been. My old man once came home so drunk that he smashed up all the furniture in the living room with an axe. I wa only about 14 s0 couldn't do much but a few years later I made sure those antics of his were over, at least in the house where my mum lived. I was the oldest of 7 kids and a couple of them were either too young or not even born to remember these things. He changed many years later and my mother divorced him long before that. You Dad and mine are so alike it's spooky. You had a tin of corned beef for Xmas? YOU WERE LUCKY. WE WOULD HAVE GAVE ANYTHING FOR A TIN OF CORNED BEEF FOR XMAS. WE OFTEN HAD NO COAL AND MY POOR MUM HAD TO SUCK AN EXTRA STRONG MINT AND US KIDS WOULD ALL STICK OUR HANDS OUT TO WARM OURSELVES AS SHE STUCK HER TONGUE OUT. Seriously though, you know as well as myself how tough it was for us when we had a totally irresponsible father that put himself first and last and never gave a thought for his wife and kids. My old man was no better than yours and yours no better than mine. I did forgive him later in life and I'm glad I did so. I too got my love of racing from him but became reckless with my cash for years afterwards, but I wasn't married at the time and when I did get married I changed my ways. Today I have one £5 or £10 bet on a Saturday and that is it. I have an account with Hills and haven't been in a bookies for three years.
Lester wasn't always great at Longchamp but he was spot on for Alleged's 2 triumphs...
A wonderful horse and after being off since the spring with a virus and sore shins turned up two weeks before the Arc to break the course record over 10 furlongs in the Prix Prince d’Orange - Lester apparently suggested to Sangster that he should try for a third Arc having had such a light season but Sangster refused
Irish trainer wins the Arc twice in a row . Just Outrageous 😃😃😃 . Talk about a trailblazer for Irish racing . Vincent O' Brien R.I.P .
LA PREUVE
FÛT
DEFINITIVEMENT FAITE
QU' AVEC
LA CORDE NUMÉRO 18,
IL ÉTAIT IMPOSSIBLE
DE VAINCRE.
RENDRE 40 METRES.
NOUS Y ÉTIONS.
RESPECT TOTAL
Les meilleures cordes
Aux premières places.
Avec le numéro 18.
ACAMAS.
VAINQUEUR MORAL.
J'Y ÉTAIS
Sad to see the greatest jockey ever has passed away.
Great horse winning two arc,s on a bounce and brilliant jockey lester piggott top draw
Lester Piggott 1st, Willie Shoemaker 2nd. Arguably the World's two greatest jockey's. Shame The Shoe never landed a race like the Arc or an English Classic.
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does anyone have a copy of the 78 arc with an English commentary. If so would love to see it.
or just listen if audio only.
Learn french and irish
The greatest horse.
if ITV covered the Arc in this era it would have been as part of a 1 hour/90 min World of Sport special after highlights of the previous day's football have been shown
The horse, trainer and jockey best of the best
Great memories
Much the same race as a year earlier. Alleged was a brilliant horse and better than The Minstel who took the Derby and King George in 1977 and was the same age as Alleged, he took a long time to come to himself said trainer Vincent O Brien who was very patient with him, and the reward was two Arc wins for him. I was expecting a flying dismount from Piggott haha the miserable bastard didn't even smile
Lester the King.
Shoemaker the King 👑
Shoemaker 2nd
I remember 1979 Three Troikas it was on BBC1 as part of a Grandstand special with Motor Racing from Silverstone the Arc was on BBC1 until 1985 both the 1984 Arc Sagace and 1985 Rainbow Quest were on the same day as F1 GPs the GP of Europe most of the year Sunday Grandstand was on BBC2 but on the first Sunday in October it was on BBC1and on the day Rainbow Quest won the Arc Nigel Mansell won his first F1 World Championship GP race at Brands Hatch