Harveys V-Sign Derby

[joy]

Just found film of Harvey Smiths' V-Sign Derby from 1971 (I remember it well).
It shows the end of the round and he is riding a blinder. The saddle is as flat as a pancake and was probably the one nearest that door that morning and the bridle is a simple snaffle with a drop noseband not even a martingale.
Furthermore Harvey is wearing a red coat and not some blue thing designed to make us look like cheese eating surrender monkeys so as not to upset the anti-hunting brigade.

 

[Nosey]

Sounds good! Agree with the dress code comments - still can't work out who decided that male SJers now wear blue and the women red?!

 

[StaceyTanglewood]

Where did you find it ?? can you post the link ? x

 

[kerilli]

haha brilliant.
those really were the days. i remember watching David Broome near the end of his competing days on t.v. in a speed class indoors, HOYS or something. he was last to go, all the quick ones had cut inside a fence. he went round it in a beautiful rhythm, commentator said "that's his chances gone", and he still won by about a second! amazing jockey.

 

[SSM]

Ryan's Son bucking at the end of each round and John wearing the most old and battered beagler in the world!

And they actually showed HOYS and Olympia on telly every night - bliss!!!

 

[cobwithattitude]

Peter Robeson's fabuloous battered old hat matched that one! And no chin straps either. As for Harvey - remember he had some great rides on some awkward horses.....

 

[joy]

I found it in the BBC archive and unfortunately I am too incompetent to link it in but if someone can it is worth it.

 

[Saf]

Oh god now I feel old, remember it well

thanks for making me feel old and over the hill

 

[JM07]

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Where did you find it ?? can you post the link ? x

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TRY THIS................



http://news.bbc.co.uk/player/nol/newsid_...s=1&bbcws=1