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How about The User Formally known as Faugheen_Machine ?
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Who would win peak: Altior, Sprinter Sacre or Moscow Flyer?Comment
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I agree with you there. All 3 horses are legends but Sprinter in full cry was a beautiful sight.Originally posted by Lobos View PostComment
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Sprinter stood around doing nothing was a beautiful sight. Possibly the best looking horse I have ever seen.Originally posted by Hardy Eustace View PostComment
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Sprinter by 7 lengths, Altior a distant 3rd."Journeys to Glory, breathing in his head".Comment
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I made a point of going to the Cheltenham pre parade ring one year, if you can sneak to the front you are within touching distance of the horses and watching Sprinter going round was a unique experience as his muscle mass/make up was so different to anything I'd ever seen before.Originally posted by Kotkijet View Post
His colour also gave him a fantastic shine so he was always a beautiful horse to view...Comment
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The best chaser I've ever seen.Originally posted by Istabraq View Post
"Journeys to Glory, breathing in his head".Comment
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It's not an argument/discussion I like get into to be honest SW, so many will make a judgement that includes financial benefit which can skewer judgement.Originally posted by Saxon Warrior View PostThe best chaser I've ever seen.
Personally Remittance Man was about as good a horse as I've every seen, certainly the best jumper of a fence I've ever seen, career cut short by injury twice.
Sprinter, without doubt, will go down as one of the best chasers of all time, but so will Altior......Comment
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Its the way Sprinter took his fences, and coasted, at speed, through races, not based on financial benefit (but I have plenty of favourites that areOriginally posted by Istabraq View Post).
Both Denman and Sprinter were the best 2M and 3M chaser I've seen, and health stopped them going on from their initial Champion Chase/Gold Cup onto the possibility of new heights - but performed heroically afterwards, despite those health issues.
Its all personal choice, and I certainly wouldn't seek to change anyones personal opinions, nor change my own.
"Journeys to Glory, breathing in his head".Comment
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Yep, I did the same at Sandown before he won his Tingle Creek. I was also at Doncaster when he made his chasing debut. I remember when they were unsaddling, Michael Easterby said to Lightning Rod "That's what a proper racehorse looks like". Felt a little sorry for Lightning Rod but sometimes it is better to hear the truth.Originally posted by Istabraq View PostComment
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Timeforms Greatest Chasers
Highest Timeform Annual Ratings (Jumps - Chasers)
212 Arkle
210 Flyingbolt
192p Sprinter Sacre
191 Kauto Star, Mill House
187 Desert Orchid
186 Dunkirk
184 Burrough Hill Lad, Moscow Flyer, Long Run
183 Don Cossack, Master Oats
182 Azertyuiop, Best Mate, Captain Christy, Douvan, Carvill's Hill, Kicking King, See More Business, Well Chief"Journeys to Glory, breathing in his head".Comment
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Didn’t Timeform come out and say some years ago that the Arkle and Flying Bolt ratings given were too high ?
It does seem crazy that it doesn’t look like any horse can ever get within 20lb of Arkle...Comment
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