That's me by the national '3rd fence'. As I walked back to the finish I saw Burnt Oak's junior trainer dashing frantically, chasing after it riderless. He would have run around on his own all day!
.....wow...crashing fall by Burnt Oak.....a hair-raising ride for PS.....those fences were so beautiful to look at back in the day.....again some great old favourites here including of-course the ill-fated Smiths Man.....
I believe the fences were dressed with Norway Spruce rather than Sitka Spruce. There was one theoretical argument I heard recently of reducing the field to 30 and having the fences modified to those in the 1980s. It is unlikely to happen any time soon, but its an idea.
@@woodycook6687 That's so sad, he was a real favourite. But I'm glad I know what happened, as it played on my mind for years. Him and Dark Ivy . How sad.
He's still alive. The Racing Post was running a campaign to honour him at a time when commentators were under pressure to be fast and accurate with little more than a black and white monitor the size of a mobile
