You forgot Johnny Brabston, who used to look after him and rode him at Home. Johnny and Vincent O‘Brien turned him from a Rogue into the Racehorse he was.

I was 13 years old and this horse kindled my love of horse racing. A brilliant horse and a brilliant jockey.

@@keithf_ Couldn't agree more Keith, i was only 10 and did it for me! Blew away the opposition with his acceleration!

Why was he run in france,in the Prix De L'arc De Triomphe,when he had just come out of a virus. What a shame to descry his record like that.Was it the owners decision?

I agree.

Absolutely agree Sir, well said👏🏼

Couldn’t have put it better, excellently put.

Well said Sir, he was simply magnificent.

@@shaunbeer4686 watching him in 2022 still gives me the same thrill

George, was only 8 years old at the time but I knew from the reaction of my Dad that we witnessing something utterly exceptional. He maintained throughout his life something mirroring your view that we’d never see another as good. The maestro combination of Piggott/O’Brien only made it more special.

@@shaunbeer4686 absolutely right. What a perfect combination . Lesters style bought the best from the horse

One reason is this is a PAL video of 625 lines versus the US NTSC system they often had picture issues and just 525 lines of definition

Difficult to criticize the greatest jockey of our time, maybe of all time, but no-one can get everything right every time

Lester was 2nd in the "Arc" three years on the bounce: in 1968 on Sir Ivor, 1969 on Park Top, and in 1970 on Nijinsky (with Park Top in 3rd).

Sherger was.never 1 of them mill reef

Gallieo

Sea bird, was wow.

Nijinsky was a beast of a horse...could sustain his top speed for 3-4 furlongs as could Dancing Brave.

fox Dancing brave was never as good as nijinsky. Nijinsky should have been unbeaten only for losing 3 lengths when he veered off line near finished he would have won the arc And would not have run in the champion stakes. He was past his best then . That was one big mistake the great Vincent o Brien made

@@jim2473 The Brave was given the highesj rating in history at the end of 86...he would of had too much finishing kick even for the great Nijinsky i fear.

@@jasonfox4857 no way would dancing brave have beaten nijinsky. Seen nijinsky was the fastest winner since Mahmoud 1936 .workforce holds the course record now .Dancing brave won only one classic nijinsky won four classics

Ben back in those days both BBC and ITV showed the Derby it was deemed that important

Yes as a class 1 listed event

@@1964karlos Quite agree with you sir, this particular year was Momentous but for me Sir Ivor was the Star and Roberto must be considered as he beat a high class field. I rate 1981 as a bad Derby because the opposition was sub standard. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands UK 🤝

@@glynnevans1851 It is an interesting debate and one that will never be resolved! What I would say, even disagreeing with the maestro himself, was that Sir Ivor had too many defeats on his record. What an era it was though and how privileged we were to see such magnificent thoroughbreds in action.

@@ianzanshin5044 Hi Ian, cheers for your reply. Lester himself said Sir Ivor was his best Derby ride but the win on Roberto was Remarkable n how he got Roberto up to pip Rheingold was Momentous. Also The Minsterel must be considered and a top 5 in any order would be appropriate too. Another great warrior that gets over looked is Brigadier Gerard and that defeat by Roberto in the Benson n Hedges was amazing. The late Joe Mercer was a very acumlished horse man and modest too said the Brigadier coughed up a whole bucket of mucus and was dehydrated when unsaddled.?The late 60s n 70s were Momentous years has you indicate. Kind regards Glynn n greetings from Stourbridge West Midlands 🤝

It's silly to compare horses

Surely thats what timeform does when they give horses a rating @@robertdelacy3434