Although this race wasn't one of his better days, Castle Warden was a good handicapper trained by John Edwards. Won a few times at Kempton and used to like Perth as well.
I used to look forward to the Charisma Gold Cup - along with Chepstow's first meeting, they used to be the signs that the jumps season was getting in full swing.
The erstwhile Charisma Gold Cup has been reduced to a comparatively pathetic 0-115 handicap chase these last two seasons. That first Kempton jumps meeting in October moved to a Sunday several years ago, and that seems to have heralded an overall downturn in its fortunes. The 2m conditions hurdle is still a fair contest, but as well as the Charisma, the Ferry Boat Chase (2m handicap) has also been denigrated to the sort of race you'd expect to see at a midweek meeting at the gaffs. Sad.
No the Racing Post Chase is a different race run much later in the season. The Charisma Gold Cup has slipped in status over the years and more recently gone under several new names including the Vegas Chase when run at Kempton 2 weeks ago.
A great shame what happened to Floyd - earlier that year he'd won the Imperial Cup and County Hurdle in the same week, he later won the Fighting Fifth twice, and was excellent at 3m later in his career winning the Long Walk Hurdle at rising 11. Much to David Elsworth's chagrin his owner made the stupid decision to put him back into training with Reg Akehurst when he was rising 13 and had achieved all he could, and he died on the gallops. Another example of "just one more season" proving fatal.
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fedlad Says:
11/12/2011 2:56:53 AM
Although this race wasn't one of his better days, Castle Warden was a good handicapper trained by John Edwards. Won a few times at Kempton and used to like Perth as well.
cjn880lcfc Says:
26/12/2010 9:32:31 AM
I used to look forward to the Charisma Gold Cup - along with Chepstow's first meeting, they used to be the signs that the jumps season was getting in full swing.
graysonscolumn Says:
1/11/2010 9:22:49 AM
The erstwhile Charisma Gold Cup has been reduced to a comparatively pathetic 0-115 handicap chase these last two seasons. That first Kempton jumps meeting in October moved to a Sunday several years ago, and that seems to have heralded an overall downturn in its fortunes. The 2m conditions hurdle is still a fair contest, but as well as the Charisma, the Ferry Boat Chase (2m handicap) has also been denigrated to the sort of race you'd expect to see at a midweek meeting at the gaffs. Sad.
bluemanc43 Says:
30/10/2010 7:04:28 AM
No the Racing Post Chase is a different race run much later in the season. The Charisma Gold Cup has slipped in status over the years and more recently gone under several new names including the Vegas Chase when run at Kempton 2 weeks ago.
uhegbu Says:
30/10/2010 5:25:24 AM
Is the Charisma Records Gold Cup now known as the Racing Post Chase or am I wrong?
BritishRaceCaller Says:
28/10/2010 3:11:55 AM
Great to hear the great John Penney commentating at Kempton.
RobinCarmody Says:
24/10/2010 10:48:58 AM
A great shame what happened to Floyd - earlier that year he'd won the Imperial Cup and County Hurdle in the same week, he later won the Fighting Fifth twice, and was excellent at 3m later in his career winning the Long Walk Hurdle at rising 11. Much to David Elsworth's chagrin his owner made the stupid decision to put him back into training with Reg Akehurst when he was rising 13 and had achieved all he could, and he died on the gallops. Another example of "just one more season" proving fatal.