My uncle, Jim Rowley, bred Mr Mulligan on his humble farm in the Curragh - such a shame he wasn't alive the day he won the Gold Cup - a terrific horse and man - RIP
Great gold cup, the way Mr Mulligan took the field apart was pretty spectacular, the drama of One Man hitting the wall, good race, probably an under appreciated winner
I don't think any serious Gold Cup challenger has ever failed to get up that hill quite as spectacularly as One Man. Almost identical efforts two years in a row, galloping all over his field and them emptying immediately.
A great ride by McCoy, Barton Bank was a roller coaster of a ride horse, sometimes he'd be brilliant and other times he would fall at the last. Too many mistakes cost him too many valuable races but a formidable horse nonetheless.
But I back one man in the Champion chase as it was obvious he had the speed for 2 miles and could see in the gold cups he was the best horse. Just didn't stay. I won a fortune he should have been favourite I think I got like 6 or 7/1. Shame he wasn't targeted at the shorter trip a bit earlier. At Cheltenham atleast
Diamiss..the race is not '3 and a bit' miles, it is 3 miles 2 and a half furlongs, and the those two and half furlongs are virtually up hill on the stiffest track in national hunt racing, you need a horse to stay on past the winning line and more, most good judges knew that one Man wouldn't stay, he didn't stay in the sun alliance so why would he stay in a far better race.
@@soothsayer9216 i stand corrected sir 3 miles2 and a half furlongs. the point i was trying to make was it was such a different ride from a year earlier but as you rightly say he the horse still didnt get the trip a year later i had a lovely double on unguided missile and one man, one of my few successes
