Hi all. Would there be any chance of finding the 1989 running of this race and putting it up here to watch. Feroda won it as a novice i think for Arthur Moore. My uncle(rip)had a share in him and it would bring back some great memories if i could see it. Thank you.
my dad bought badsworth boy for 6,000 guineas he was naming him badsworth boy after the vllage in west yorkshire where we lived dad met 5 of his pals in the blue bell pub at wentbridge and they all bought an equal share little did we know how good he was to become initially tained by snowy wainright he was moved to the superb dickenson stable where michael was the frontman for the superb training skills of his mum Monica and dad tony at the third winning of the QM chase the QM got very angry!
Agree with you, foinavon67. This was a much more prestigious race back then and was regularly contested by horses who had run in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. The great Irish chaser Skymas won both races in 1977, while Little Bay had already won this twice (82 and 84). Badsworth Boy was never as effective on this track and had already run poorly in the race on two occasions. Now the race is run earlier in the meeting and is treated as a fairly ordinary handicap.
Thanks Bluemanc. Always preferred it when there were only two races before the National, and two good quality races as well. Eamonn Murphy did indeed have to sit out his National ride and I don't think he was the only one over the years to miss a National ride having been injured in this race. Graham Bradley was ok though. Also, I think that was Steve Smith-Ecc on Kathie's Lad and I think this was the day after the night his car was nicked - with him sleeping in the back of it!
joevalue147 Says:
9/08/2012 10:18:34 PM
Hi all. Would there be any chance of finding the 1989 running of this race and putting it up here to watch. Feroda won it as a novice i think for Arthur Moore. My uncle(rip)had a share in him and it would bring back some great memories if i could see it. Thank you.
gibsoniang Says:
8/06/2012 7:10:25 AM
my dad bought badsworth boy for 6,000 guineas he was naming him badsworth boy after the vllage in west yorkshire where we lived dad met 5 of his pals in the blue bell pub at wentbridge and they all bought an equal share little did we know how good he was to become initially tained by snowy wainright he was moved to the superb dickenson stable where michael was the frontman for the superb training skills of his mum Monica and dad tony at the third winning of the QM chase the QM got very angry!
fedlad Says:
19/02/2012 2:20:38 AM
Agree with you, foinavon67. This was a much more prestigious race back then and was regularly contested by horses who had run in the Queen Mother Champion Chase at the Cheltenham Festival. The great Irish chaser Skymas won both races in 1977, while Little Bay had already won this twice (82 and 84). Badsworth Boy was never as effective on this track and had already run poorly in the race on two occasions. Now the race is run earlier in the meeting and is treated as a fairly ordinary handicap.
Foinavon67 Says:
18/02/2012 9:32:50 PM
Thanks Bluemanc. Always preferred it when there were only two races before the National, and two good quality races as well. Eamonn Murphy did indeed have to sit out his National ride and I don't think he was the only one over the years to miss a National ride having been injured in this race. Graham Bradley was ok though. Also, I think that was Steve Smith-Ecc on Kathie's Lad and I think this was the day after the night his car was nicked - with him sleeping in the back of it!
john131349 Says:
12/02/2012 10:33:38 AM
Badsworth Boy, my all time favourite, is there any footage of his queen mother chase when he won by a distance?