Goodbye Dessie

[BrumBilly]

Just heard that the great Desert Orchid has died. A wonderful horse in so many ways. Gave me some great memories back in the day when I used to do my b****cks on the gee gees as was the case in 88 when Dessie pipped the mudlark I'd backed (Yahoo) on the way to Gold Cup glory.

[iceman]

u and my bruv on at 33s-yahoo,evrything against dessie that day unbelievable performance!

[ThinkerJE]

What a fantastic racehorse.  Some of my best memories of jumps racing involve the maginificant grey.  The way he jumped the fences, his bold front running displays, his tremendous courage and fight & how the public loved him said it all.  4 King Georges, a Gold Cup, Whitbread & the Irish National - an outstanding record.  Thanks for the memories Dessie, a true great, rest in peace.

[tikay]

Agreed. Probably the best jumper since Dorothy "Betting Boots" Paget's Golden Miller.

[TightEnd]

the 1989 Gold cup, a classic

Boxing Day at Kempton watching him decimate the field

A true great, and a rare iconic horse.

[BrumBilly]

I stand corrected on the year. Remember the race vividly, took a pocket radio into work while on YTS so I could listen to the race while filing A1 drawings away. Couldn't wait to get home and watch the highlights on the telly despite having lost (should have been on each-way). Awesome race and a memorable comentary as Dessie dug deep to snatch victory.