This same year, Greville Starkey won the English and Irish Derbies and Oaks (Shirley Heights & Fair Salinia), Ascot Gold Cup (Shangamuzo) and Champion Stakes (Swiss Maid). Plus various other good races like the Mecca Dante (Shirley Heights) and Cheveley Park (Devon Ditty). Rode a career best of 107 winners and finished 4th in the jockeys table.
The saturated number of Group 1 races at 8 & 10 furlongs has a lot to do with the Derby's small fields. Had Nijinsky & Oh So Sharp had all these soft options available would they have completed their triple crowns? Will Camelot attempt it if he wins tomorrow? I don't think so. All these Mickey Mouse races have killed Flat racing's credibility as a competitive sport.
This should be the ride for which Greville is best remembered as Dancing Brave wasn't entirely his fault. DB never won on a left-handed track and lost the 1986 Derby because he became unbalanced round Tattenham Corner. Replacing Greville with Pat Eddery didn't prevent the same thing happening in the Breeders' Cup Turf.
How timely to upload this magnificent renewal - from the days of when the Derby was a true spectacle that stopped the nation - to show the contrast with this year's pathetic 9-runner affair.
Sadly neither of the two main protagonists, Starkey and Shoemaker, are with us. Great ride from Starkey in what was his annus mirabilis.
Have some vivid memories of this Derby day, aged 9. The World Cup had just started in Argentina; Kevin Keegan gave his tip as "Paul Mariner's Italian brother, Julio."
once again thank you for downloading this..i backed julio mariner and thought then he just didnt stay!! so when he won the st ledger at 28/1 i didnt have a farthing on him!!
great ride by greville starkey, if only he had done that on dancing brave!! i remember people critisised willie shoemaker for coming off the rail and allowing shirley heights to get up..but a tiring horse at epsom with its camber..too harsh..great race
fedlad Says:
16/07/2012 3:45:31 AM
This same year, Greville Starkey won the English and Irish Derbies and Oaks (Shirley Heights & Fair Salinia), Ascot Gold Cup (Shangamuzo) and Champion Stakes (Swiss Maid). Plus various other good races like the Mecca Dante (Shirley Heights) and Cheveley Park (Devon Ditty). Rode a career best of 107 winners and finished 4th in the jockeys table.
112sje Says:
2/06/2012 8:00:19 AM
The saturated number of Group 1 races at 8 & 10 furlongs has a lot to do with the Derby's small fields. Had Nijinsky & Oh So Sharp had all these soft options available would they have completed their triple crowns? Will Camelot attempt it if he wins tomorrow? I don't think so. All these Mickey Mouse races have killed Flat racing's credibility as a competitive sport.
112sje Says:
2/06/2012 7:44:11 AM
This should be the ride for which Greville is best remembered as Dancing Brave wasn't entirely his fault. DB never won on a left-handed track and lost the 1986 Derby because he became unbalanced round Tattenham Corner. Replacing Greville with Pat Eddery didn't prevent the same thing happening in the Breeders' Cup Turf.
ullapoolharbour Says:
1/06/2012 9:23:07 AM
How timely to upload this magnificent renewal - from the days of when the Derby was a true spectacle that stopped the nation - to show the contrast with this year's pathetic 9-runner affair. Sadly neither of the two main protagonists, Starkey and Shoemaker, are with us. Great ride from Starkey in what was his annus mirabilis. Have some vivid memories of this Derby day, aged 9. The World Cup had just started in Argentina; Kevin Keegan gave his tip as "Paul Mariner's Italian brother, Julio."
999LDS Says:
30/05/2012 10:37:08 PM
Starkey ( RIP ) great ride . Wish he'd done this on Dancing Brave in 1986 !
katchit01 Says:
27/05/2012 5:03:53 PM
once again thank you for downloading this..i backed julio mariner and thought then he just didnt stay!! so when he won the st ledger at 28/1 i didnt have a farthing on him!! great ride by greville starkey, if only he had done that on dancing brave!! i remember people critisised willie shoemaker for coming off the rail and allowing shirley heights to get up..but a tiring horse at epsom with its camber..too harsh..great race