Wednesday 16 November 2011

Rewind to 1966



Dites (Brian Taylor) trained by Harvey Leader wins at Chester from Firefly (Russ Maddock) and Kentra (Kipper Lynch).



A tenacious final furlong battle in the Ebor Handicap with Lomond (Eric Eldin) on the right just edging out Valoroso (Lester Piggott) by a wafer thin short head.



 John Winter's Double-U-Jay seen here ridden by Lester Piggott. 



The 20/1 shot Audrey Joan (Sandy Barclay) trained by Eric Cousins pulls clear of the chasing pack in the Portland Handicap at Doncaster to win by one and half lengths. It was a blanket finish for the minor placings with just a head, neck, and another neck separating the next four horses in a line… from left to right Forlorn River (Denis Letherby) third, Go Shell (Doug Smith) fifth, Close Call (Bill Williamson) second, and the blinkered Eze (Lester Piggott) finishing fourth.



The 2000 Guineas and the French trained Kashmir 11 ridden by Jimmy Lindley just holds off the very strong challenge of 66/1 shot Great Nephew (Bill Rickaby) by a short head.



Paddy Prendergast's Bold Lad with Des Lake in the saddle.



Bill O'Gorman's Tudor Melody colt Golden Horus ridden by Joe Mercer returns to the winner's enclosure after winning the Gimcrack Stakes.



Vincent O’Brien’s Valoris ridden by Lester Piggott winner of the Epsom Oaks returns to the winners enclosure.



An interesting meeting at Warwick - A good day at the office for Lester Piggott, no less than five of the six winners on the card were ridden by him. When you look down the runners and riders it's apparent that this must have been a golden era for Apprentice Jockey's… riding at this meeting were Cadwaladr and Letherby claiming 3lbs allowance. Johnson, Williams, and McKeown claiming 5lbs… and last but certainly not least Dicey, Eccleston, and Murray who were all claiming the full 7lbs allowance!


Patient Constable (Ray Reader) on the right winning the Stewards Cup at Goodwood by half a length from French Parade (Fred Messer) left, with third and fourth placed Top of the Pops (Russ Maddock) and Dunme (Scobie Breasley) close behind.


York Aug 16th 1966 - Another 5 timer for Lester Piggott


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5 comments:

  1. felix26 November 2011 at 06:12

    Lester's 5 reminds me of an afternoon watching the TV c 1966 or 1967 from York races (I think) - I was picking a selection along with my younger sister. She just chose Lester Piggott, apart from the race I chose him. And she "won" the Jackpot - the only Piggott horse not to win was the one I chose and she picked the winner there! Not bad for someone under 10. Now, on what date would that have been?

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  2. The Apprentice Jockey26 November 2011 at 11:47

    Hi Felix,
    Awwwwwwwe that was so easy, I had a hit straight away! Mind you the leads you gave were spot on as it was York and it was 1966! Lester won the first two races on Royal Palace (7/2) for Noel Murless and Parthian Glance (3/1) for George Todd. Then Ron Hutchinson took the third race on Tesco Boy (11/4) for Staff Ingham. Lester then went on to win the final three races on Caterina (13/2) for his father-in-law Sam Armstrong, Mintmaster (2/1) for Albert Cooper, and Florescence (4/6) for Sam Armstrong again. I’ve added the day’s results to the “1966 rewind” post for you to see.

    Best Wishes
    Burnsy

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  3. felix2 December 2011 at 06:01

    Thanks so much, Burnsy..one of those schoolboy days one remembers, the cantilever table in front of the TV with the Sun (Daily Herald) spread open at the racing page. how did I miss Royal Palace?
    Tesco Boy, which my sister must also have backed, went to stud in Japan I notice with some success, having won the Queen Anne Stakes (web) that year - see Mr C.B. Not surprisingly owned by Jack Cohen...

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  4. felix2 December 2011 at 06:10

    Check out Royal Palace winning the 67 Derby in fine style

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  5. The Apprentice Jockey3 December 2011 at 10:02

    That's a good video of Royal Palace, remarkably good quality considering it's 45 years old now and that usually the colour film doesn't seem to preserve so well as the black and white does.

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