I remember that race well. Known Fact was going at 16/1, and being ridden by Willie Carson, I thought I'd invest a Fiver e/w. It was indeed a clever investment !!
this was before international/global racing took over, so the QE2 was a massively important race. The season all but ended with it (and the Arc). At the time it was as close to a Grundy-Bustino duel as we'd had for a while: young pretender against older streetfighter. I was hugely disappointed that Kris lost but when you see how far they're ahead from the others, nothing is lost in defeat. Only a pity there wasn't a rematch.
macvatu Says:
16/10/2011 5:49:06 AM
I remember that race well. Known Fact was going at 16/1, and being ridden by Willie Carson, I thought I'd invest a Fiver e/w. It was indeed a clever investment !!
ComteLafon Says:
3/03/2011 9:14:11 AM
this was before international/global racing took over, so the QE2 was a massively important race. The season all but ended with it (and the Arc). At the time it was as close to a Grundy-Bustino duel as we'd had for a while: young pretender against older streetfighter. I was hugely disappointed that Kris lost but when you see how far they're ahead from the others, nothing is lost in defeat. Only a pity there wasn't a rematch.
folkiekev Says:
20/06/2010 9:36:52 PM
I was there on this glorious day - one of the greatest 2 horse wars I've ever seen.
tigerboy1966 Says:
15/03/2010 8:42:16 AM
Thanks for posting- I remember this like yesterday. Two GREAT horse.