Thanks mate, i will order that film.
In a strange way the comm of the actual race makes the hair on my neck stand on end, most people know the Bob Champion story,but the 2nd horse, Spartan missile was ridden by a 54 year old amateur called John Thorne, who I had backed at about 20/1. On the run in the comm goes something like ' John Thorne, 54 year old John Thorne on is coming with a run' and from being 11 years old to this day it is the only time I have wanted a 20/1 shot I had backed to get beaten.
For me its one of the most bitter sweet events in sport as 1 year b4 the race Champion was seriously ill with Cancer and the horse was being retired due to injury and the owners only kept it in training just to give Champion something to aim at in his cancer recovery.
Yet one year after the race John Thorne had some serious illness/injury that he never really recovered from and Spartan Missile was hit by a car when out hunting.
It just encapsulates life's ups and downs in one moment.
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