What a ride

that was pretty epic! im glad he won, i hate all the hype about denman and kauto star, last year i backed imperial commander.
there is no doubt they are all fab horses but well, long run did great.
 
What a tremendous race!
Well deserved win, to SWC, and what a great horse Long Run is, a definite star for the future!
I was a bit worried they'd go too fast on the quickening ground, but not too many scary moments thankfully.
What lovely scenes when Kauto and Denman come back into the winners enclosure too. :)
 
Was a super race...I was very sorry to see Imperial Commander fade so fast. He seemed to blow up!
 
That was an amazing ride but it was so nice to see the two old boys neck and neck it says something they can be so consistant year after year, its not easy to do as shown by last years winner.

It was also good that it wasnt one of those races where horses are racing on past thier best Denman and Kauto still got it, i tell you when they turned for home it was so exciting my heart was nearly busting out my chest.

And lovely for the family and trainer of the winner.
 
Great race - congratulations to Sam Waley-Cohen, Nicky Henderson and all the connections of Long Run.

Performance of the race for me, however, was Denman. He looked fabulous. What a star.
 
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They've just said Imperial Commander pulled up sore. There is a sting in the ground I'd say....fingers crossed he is just a bit jarred up!
 
Performance of the race for me, however, was Denman. He looked fabulous. What a star.[/QUOTE]


I agree - taking nothing away from the winner, but, I just love Denman....... I did watch through my fingers though.......!!
 
Amazing race! Great win for Long Run and Denman and Kauto put up a great fight.

What a fantastic trainer Paul Nicholls is 2nd, 3rd and 4th in the Gold Cup!!
 
Smitty said:
Just listening to R4 (my age:o) and the news reporter has informed me that Long Run is the first 6 YO to win since Mill Reef :D:D.
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I think you mean Millhouse :o Mill Reef ran on the flat.

Denman just doesn't know when he's beat :) But sadly I think age is finally catching up with both him and Kauto in particular. Big respect to Paul Nicholls for getting them back year after year, it will be interesting to see if they train on next season.

On different note I see nothing on the immediate horizon to challenge Long Run, horses like Kauto are only meant to come along once in a lifetime, it's a huge ask but it is just possible that Long Run could achieve as much :)
 
TelH said:
I think you mean Millhouse :o Mill Reef ran on the flat.

Denman just doesn't know when he's beat :) But sadly I think age is finally catching up with both him and Kauto in particular. Big respect to Paul Nicholls for getting them back year after year, it will be interesting to see if they train on next season.

On different note I see nothing on the immediate horizon to challenge Long Run, horses like Kauto are only meant to come along once in a lifetime, it's a huge ask but it is just possible that Long Run could achieve as much :)
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History has been made today. A six year old winner, with an amateur jockey on board, has won the Gold Cup. And he broke the course record. :D

Denman was just fabulous, and has shut the knockers/doubters up yet again.

He can retire to my house now. :D
 
Am I a bad Mummy?
I had to take my son to the hospital this afternoon for a check up on his broken leg.
At 3pm we were still waiting so I left him in the waiting room to go back out to the car so I could at least listen to the race on 5 live.
And boy I am glad I did. What a race and what super horses. Win or lose they ran their hearts out.

(and yes, son was Ok)
 
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Dubs, I'll fight you for him!

Brilliant race - when D & KS rounded the final bend together I thought they had it between them, but take nothing away from Long Run who outgunned them & was superbly ridden by Sam W-C.

Also to all those so called 'experts' who reckoned Sam Thomas couldn't ride one side of a beach donkey - I REST MY CASE!!
 
I am a bad Mum too, daughter not feeling too well when I picked her up from school but had to go to bank, should have got her home, but we sat outside bank in car and listened to the race on radio 5, it was very exciting, my daughter then insisted on taking her sick bowl that she had been given at school into the bank, they didnt seem too impressed !
 
MICHAELA8228 said:
Performance of the race for me, however, was Denman. He looked fabulous. What a star.
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I agree - taking nothing away from the winner, but, I just love Denman....... I did watch through my fingers though.......!![/QUOTE]I do that when i sort of watch the Grand National ! Although its quite difficult when it is a five fag race !!
 
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Dubs, I'll fight you for him!

Brilliant race - when D & KS rounded the final bend together I thought they had it between them, but take nothing away from Long Run who outgunned them & was superbly ridden by Sam W-C.

Also to all those so called 'experts' who reckoned Sam Thomas couldn't ride one side of a beach donkey - I REST MY CASE!!
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Good post. (Apart from offering me a fight...:eek: :D)

And a big ':p' to all those who rubbish Denman as being somehow inferior.
He has proved without doubt, that he is up there with the best of them - deservedly so. :) :) :)
 
Oh I sooo wish I'd seen it. Just saw the finish replay on the new tonight. Great win but i STILL think Denman is a fab horse, to come 2nd - AMAZING! I don't know what it is about him. i would never dare jump a NH fence but god if i had to choose a horse to sit on to jump one it'd be him. Plus I have always thought him and Sam Thomas make a fantastic team - when they won that year it just seemed to me that Sam sat so quietly and Denman just went up a gear and was relentless. I love him!! heard this morning that they thought maybe the ground wasn't quite soft enough for Denman. With a bit more rain who knows.....!

Still fanatastic win for Long Run!
 
Dubs and everyone else, Denman is mine....................mine...................mine..........I will fight everyone else and I am well over pension age. Hands off.....................
 
Sam Waley-Cohen rode a fabulous race. The other think I like was the amount of training that has also been done with him showjumping, to improve his jumps when he is racing. There'll be a few people wanting to snap him up when his racing days are finished - hopefully in several more years!!
 
In my opinion one of the most exciting Gold Cups. Long Run was brilliant but my heart was with Kauto & Denman. Yes its Kauto I want one of my all time favourites its just such a shame age catches up with them. Fantastic training by Paul Nicholls who is my favourite trainer.
So glad that Sam Thomas had the ride on Denman and he rode him superbly.

Next year the dangers could be Time for Rupert who ran no sort of race this week and Weapons Amnesty.
 
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