The BBC Grand National 1985 - Last Suspect

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  • Опубликовано: 21 сен 2024
  • ....despite misgivings about running him the temperamental Last Suspect ridden by Hywel Davies and owned by Anne Duchess of Westminster comes with a late surge to defeat Mr Snugfit... the '83 winner Corbiere finished third but the '84 victor Hallo Dandy was an early casualty......

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  • @johnwilks8545
    @johnwilks8545 Год назад +4

    The Pilgarlic and Greasepaint were two unlucky stayers, both horses were solid bets in the National. I think both were placed in four Nationals each in the late seventies and early eighties. Lovely memories of two great horses in their own right.

  • @PaulSmith-ui1ey
    @PaulSmith-ui1ey 6 лет назад +5

    I had backed Mr Snugfit at fancy odds weeks before and carried on backing him.Feel like crying watching this again.Still can't believe it he was such a great stayer.

    • @philrobinson981
      @philrobinson981 5 лет назад +3

      Hello...I had £2 win on Mr Snugfit, after the last he looked all over the winner until Last Suspect caught him on the run-in, was really downhearted the rest of the weekend

    • @leehope9411
      @leehope9411 2 года назад

      I backed Mr snugfit he got beat on the line very close nearly won it didn't he phil

  • @ftorres93
    @ftorres93 4 года назад +4

    West tip and Corbiere both proper national horses.

    • @SJHUE
      @SJHUE 4 года назад

      Yes indeed two great national horses! Shame West Tip fell he would have completed six national`s otherwise.

  • @alisonlee3314
    @alisonlee3314 5 месяцев назад

    Bloody fantastic finish!!!

  • @markbrown6375
    @markbrown6375 Год назад +2

    Last suspect never gave in! 3 fences out made a horrendous error and lost 10 lengths, even in the run in was 20 lengths down at one point and would not be denied!! What a win against the odds ❤

    • @davidmcmahon5234
      @davidmcmahon5234 4 месяца назад +1

      Hwell Davis on the winner top jockey that fella was very underrated 😊

    • @markbrown6375
      @markbrown6375 4 месяца назад +1

      @@davidmcmahon5234 his son James is a quality jockey now. Wins on horses at big odds. Just giving you the heads up there aswel ha 🤣👍

    • @davidmcmahon5234
      @davidmcmahon5234 4 месяца назад +1

      Thanks mark didn't know that if can be anything like his dad 😉 young man will go far will watch out for him does he ride point to point in Wales yeah 👍

    • @davidmcmahon5234
      @davidmcmahon5234 4 месяца назад +1

      Is that the James Davis that's rides in England mark around Ludlow and market Rasen and other meetings yeah if it's him he rides big price horses to win 🤣 didn't know that 😳😱 omg

    • @markbrown6375
      @markbrown6375 4 месяца назад

      @@davidmcmahon5234 yep that's the man. Keep a close eye on him. He's good like!! 💯👍

  • @olwenbennett4850
    @olwenbennett4850 4 года назад +2

    Still watching met my wife night before what a weekend what a race the grand national and just watched foinavon the commentators were brilliant and black and white pictures so atmospheric

  • @f.marshall8268
    @f.marshall8268 3 года назад +1

    What a ride !! The 50/1 rank outsider Last Suspect under strong handling pulled it off.

  • @shaunspadah5790
    @shaunspadah5790 3 года назад +2

    West tip and corbierre the 2 grand national greats of the 80s both deserved a 2nd national since all the modifications you cant judge horses today because there not being tested anymore

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 3 года назад +1

      Today is just as hard to win dual nationals but for very different reasons. Its more like winning two Cesarewitchs or Cambridgeshires. Totally agree on West Tip and Corbiere.

  • @stephenborgonon1559
    @stephenborgonon1559 2 года назад +1

    Will always remember the 1985 National . Was watching it with my brother , who stood to win about £300 pounds through multiple bets , he 'd backed Mr Snugfit , and I had put 50 pence on Last Suspect . I can see him standing up as Mr Snugfit jumped the last ; we were both shouting , " come on , come on ! " then my horse , which looked to be in a hopeless position , suddenly sprouted wings and won at 50-1
    I would have preferred my brother to have won . I felt guilty, when I went to pick up my £25 . C'est la vie .

    • @cahillgreg
      @cahillgreg Год назад

      I was watching in Dublin with £4 to win on Last Suspect & I too remember standing up in the living room and roaring the horse across the line. Great memories.

  • @patrickgreen9920
    @patrickgreen9920 5 лет назад +7

    I adored Last Suspect. A moody talented genius. Look how he swished his tail on the run in. Not the best horse in the race but by far the cleverest.

    • @chatham43
      @chatham43  5 лет назад +1

      ..often wonder what HD said to Last Suspect after passing the winning post......LS seemed to resent jumping any fence....a real equine character bless him....

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 3 года назад

      These quirky types seem to hail from Capt Forsters yard in 1985. Drumadowney was another and placed in March's Gold Cup

  • @immaculatetechnique7306
    @immaculatetechnique7306 2 года назад +1

    Has to go down as the greatest ride in a National that. Looked dead and buried 3 out!

  • @chrisnorbury1907
    @chrisnorbury1907 3 года назад +3

    David Pitcher in his dark blue light blue cross belt colors on Leney Dual near the back his riding is shocking

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 3 года назад

      Watch the 1985 Foxhunters the day before this. He fell before his horse (Martinstown)

    • @chrisnorbury1907
      @chrisnorbury1907 3 года назад

      @@teenoso4069 Yeah already seen that he fell at the first lol Malya Mal Perfect Approach Brown Trix were other horses he had ridden think he won once a 4 runner hunter chase on a horse called Sunlit River at Cheltenham god knows how it got round

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 3 года назад

      @@chrisnorbury1907 Correct 24th October 1984 by 2L

    • @chrisnorbury1907
      @chrisnorbury1907 3 года назад

      @@teenoso4069 Where did you see that some old newspaper or something???? Was he actually riding it????

    • @chrisnorbury1907
      @chrisnorbury1907 2 года назад

      @@teenoso4069 I ask because I've seen so many races with David Pitcher and he was such a bad rider find it hard to believe he won would love to see the race

  • @davidmcmahon5234
    @davidmcmahon5234 4 месяца назад +1

    I think 🤔 Dermot weld trained greasepaint if l am right was only young think my dad backed him each way for me long time ago now great days they were 😊

  • @barnabywild2215
    @barnabywild2215 4 года назад +1

    This was the last time I backed a winner in the National! Stupid horses! :)

  • @danieladdis6340
    @danieladdis6340 3 года назад

    My dad picked this horse what a good performance not to give in lovely price give my mother half legendd

  • @dakg8034
    @dakg8034 7 лет назад +1

    I remember this race like it was yesterday. Gambled on Jenny Pitman trained Corbier and lost a ton of money ....lol

  • @alfriendo2008
    @alfriendo2008 4 года назад +1

    I bet Terry quietly watches this on occasion.

  • @jtyt1123
    @jtyt1123 7 лет назад +8

    What a great race, great finish, shame aintree ruined it with the changes, it's now not even worth watching, yawn yawn yawn....

  • @shane-irish
    @shane-irish 2 года назад

    Came from a mile behind

  • @keithknight1686
    @keithknight1686 2 года назад

    'Just keep remounting', was the instructions to the jockey from the trainer.

    • @andycook7244
      @andycook7244 5 месяцев назад

      I think that was his instructions to Ben Nevis's rider when that horse won in 1980.

    • @keithknight1686
      @keithknight1686 5 месяцев назад

      You may be right, though as Tim Forster was a professional sceptic, I suspect he said something similar to Hywel Davies.@@andycook7244

  • @shaunspadah5790
    @shaunspadah5790 3 года назад

    Dudies running is exactly the same as fresh winds in the 61 race outsiders trailblazing the 1st circuit then get caught up by the better horses at f17 then f19

  • @michaeljohnson5365
    @michaeljohnson5365 5 лет назад

    Hallo Dandy was the last horse to win the GN and fall at the first fence at the following year

    • @johnjoyce341
      @johnjoyce341 4 года назад

      I think he fell at the second fence

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 3 года назад +1

      @@johnjoyce341 1st. Northern Bay fell at the second. Commentator delay and similar colours

  • @gazowen7310
    @gazowen7310 3 года назад +2

    West tip cantering

  • @bobmatthews151
    @bobmatthews151 7 месяцев назад

    I backed last suspect, only cause he'd beaten Corbiere at Chepstow....

  • @jontyarnold8522
    @jontyarnold8522 5 лет назад +1

    It’s funny but I still want Corbiere to win.....

  • @danielhughes2014
    @danielhughes2014 2 года назад

    4:36 'In the lead by 4 lengths, literally about 18 lenghts

  • @gazowenowen250
    @gazowenowen250 4 года назад +1

    Scott lane. I'm sure got placed in a gold cup

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 3 года назад +1

      1984 at a big price. Drumlargan too in the same 84 renewal. Scot Lane won 2 x Ritz Hunt Cups at the Festival previously.

  • @gazowenowen250
    @gazowenowen250 5 лет назад

    My dad had cataldi to win the Lincoln then doubled it on west tip

  • @shaunspadah5790
    @shaunspadah5790 5 лет назад +1

    cab please bechers brooke .... be there in 10 minutes

    • @levisjeans1901
      @levisjeans1901 5 лет назад +1

      ...and some vanish stain remover for the grass stains on my jockey pants!

    • @shaunspadah5790
      @shaunspadah5790 3 года назад +1

      John Francomes last ride his record round Aintree is pretty mixed a couple of places on rough and tumble his other rides arent worth mentioning

    • @gary1961
      @gary1961 3 года назад +1

      @@shaunspadah5790 I had £10 E/W on the well fancied Drumlargen. It didn't get a mention until Francome pulled him up before 2nd Becher's when he was virtually a fence behind.

  • @bronwenhabberley5985
    @bronwenhabberley5985 5 лет назад

    Greasepaint yet again a high finisher should have a been a winner !!

  • @mago23wright34
    @mago23wright34 4 года назад

    I HAD BACKED Mr Snugfit e/w at all price`s from 50/1 down stopped when it went below 16/1 yes I still won but what could have been

    • @TheJuzi
      @TheJuzi 4 года назад

      terry ramsden had 500k e/w on it, imagine how he felt?

  • @olwenbennett4850
    @olwenbennett4850 4 года назад

    Olwen is my daughter

  • @shaunspadah5790
    @shaunspadah5790 5 лет назад +1

    i think dudie was trained by ginger mccain

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 3 года назад

      In 1985, he was Irish trained, but the Irish sold many of their horses in those days. McCain purchased and trained him for 1986.

    • @shaunspadah5790
      @shaunspadah5790 2 года назад

      @@teenoso4069 after red rum dont think McCain even had a place in the race till amberleigh house

    • @nikthompson7472
      @nikthompson7472 2 года назад +1

      Trained by Ginger McCain, ridden by some prat who thought it was Charge of the Light Brigade.

  • @dwadlad
    @dwadlad 3 года назад

    I know we are supposed to remember these races with a wonderfull nostalgic feel, but I have to say the commentary is terrible compared to today's.

    • @teenoso4069
      @teenoso4069 3 года назад +1

      Yes but small monitor (screen size of a modern mobile), binoculars and an assistant if they are lucky. Now multi-screens plus more.

  • @seanmckeon4204
    @seanmckeon4204 6 лет назад

    1984