I think Arkle was the first real super star race horse - I mean it's 2022 and 57 years later and we're still talking about him.

Susan Maher, you are ABSOLUTELY spot on, I have been in racing all my working life. While I have so much respect for all the wonderful great NHR recent champions. The true great was ABSOLUTELY ARKLE, I was privileged to witness many of his wins m, it was ABSOLUTELY ASTONISHING, that in many of the big handicaps, he was asked to carry between 12 and 13 stone, and OBLITERATED the opposition, the the 4 times he thrashed the great MILL HOUSE was ASTONISHING, I have never ever witnessed any horse sprinting up the Cheltenham and Sandown hills With the speed of a sprinter

ARKLE is the stuff of legend. His name and the feats he achieved will never be repeated. sure we had KAUTO STAR Dessie and Red Rum all champions but ARKLE was in a different league. He made my sport of NATIONAL HUNT Special. How lucky we all are to have had him. Susan Maher

Oaksey wrote a wonderful piece on one of Arkle's rare defeats when he was carrying huge weight. ""Head low, dog-tired, giving 32lb to one rival and 26lb to the other, Arkle gained ground up the Cheltenham hill. With everything against him, he never for one moment thought of giving up and even now, shutting my eyes, I can see the angle of his out-thrust neck with every nerve and sinew strained to the limit and beyond."

I was lucky enough to see Flyingbolt run at Haydock after he had been sick and was then trained by Ken Oliver and ridden by Barry Brogan. I have never seen the likes of it anywhere. What a magnificent horse he was.

It's amazing. Arkle was the greatest .. and the second best was in the box beside him.

My father went to cheltenham for 30 years , they saved all year to go over to England, he still tells me arkle arkle arkle he's now 82 and I have started going to cheltenham

Some have greatness thrust upon them, and some are born with greatness.

The greatest... All others might have thought they were the best... And then Arkle came along.

Arkle was the best ever they changed the handicap system trying to stop him his legend will live forever hail the king

I was serving my apprenticeship and in ,64 and all through the week all the talk amongst the tradesmen was get on Arkle, I think they all got their drink money that day,

i have been a fan of horse racing since nicholas silver won grand national til this day 2024 there will never be another arkle 💔🙏

Arkle was the greatest steeplechaser, end of story and anybody who thinks otherwise knows absolutly nothing about National Hunt horseracing.

Makes you humble to be human as this animal was so loved and revered which he reveled in it ..

Duchess of Westminster loved Arkle so much she would never commit him to run in the Grand National which he would have won by a mile .....

Great show thanks.

Ankle the best race horse ever RIP 🙏 beautiful boy we will never forget you ❤🎉😢

The gold cup is run at level weights arkle is the greatest by what he done in handicaps giving up to 35 lbs

I wonder if John Shirreffs, Zenyatta's trainer, knew about Arkle's fondness for stout? On days Zenyatta trained particularly well, he would give her a Guinness. She loves it. :)

Phil Smith" we could handicap all the great horses but not Arkle".That tells everything you want to know of his outstanding ability.

Give.credit.when.its.due.no.he.never.won.agrandnational.but.he.was.atrue.legend.for.the.weigts.he.carried.an.over.jumps.❤😮😊

I was fortunate to see him in the flesh - the greatest ever. No doubt about it.

My surname is Arkle and I love watching the history of the horse Arkle

Tom Dreaper trained some top- class chasers including Prince Regent, Fortria, Flyingbolt and of course, the incomparable Arkle.

Aintree is Red Rum's Domain...👍👍👍

I know everyone is entitled to their opinion but some of these comments are beyond stupid!. Red rum ? Really? Get a grip on reality, arkle would have given crummy two stone and beaten him by a distance, same with desert orchid . Make no mistake, Arkle is the greatest chaser anyone will ever see.

What a race it would have been..... Arkle v Flyingbolt. I don't think that there was much between them really. Tom Dreaper had some fantastic horses in those days.

Excellent. Thanks. Subbed.

RIP Willie Robinson

RIP the people's horse

I wish I'd been around to see Arkle.

He is the best!!!!!

He still is

Great video!

Arkle at level weights would beat any steeplechaser who ever lived because he always pulled out more

My 3thd favourite racehorse

Brough Scott is one of the finest analysts of historical or modern horse racing around. Could listen to his opinions all day. I particularly like his likeness to the 1964 Gold Cup race to a masterpiece.

Well he is actually my 1st favourite racehorse

35 runs 27 wins rest placed never fell rated 212 by Timeform. Saw him win his first gold cup in 1964. The greatest!

I think every race fan, especially the young, and those familiar with racing this Century, should respect the greatness of Arkle and Flyingbolt and not even compare anything we've seen so far with those two GIFTS of The Almighty! They should be known and hailed in the same way Frankel is today. One things for sure, 1965 was the most special year in racing history. It was the year of the greatest Chaser of the 20th Century (Arkle) and the greatest flat horse (Seabird). What a privilege and honour it must have been to be a race fan in those years! :)

After all these year,s just realised what made arkle so great Guinness !!!

fabulous horse handicappers nightmare gooooooood for arkle xx

Himself!

Arkle Thee Best

"Nothing on Mill House or Red Rum??"

Each in their own era, I never saw arkle live but I watched BESTMATE win his three gold cups so for me the best is BESTMATE, FANTASTIC, ,, NATIONAL HUNT IS SIMPLY THE BEST

Could not be beaten

Rip

Where is the rest? How disappointed!!!

Did kerfro(maybe it's not pronounced properly)run in the National in the 60s??

anyone know what 1150 guineas was in U.S.dollars back then

That woman has a VERY deep (manly) voice :O

There's an Irish handicapper here with a strong opinion who doesn't know Arkle v Mill House was not a "clash of generations." They were the same age.

Mill house was born in Ireland not far from where Arkle was born . Also the great Red Rum winning 3 grand nationals was also born in Ireland . 🇮🇪 Check out Frankels pedigree?

what is novice chase and hurdles? how does it differ from say, Arkle's type of steeplechasing? anybody

Wish I could remember his name but in our move our courier lost 9 of our boxes. Including most of my horse literature so unable to help but my old blacksmith who has been in racing all his life might be able to help. Will try.

My name is Jordan Arkle

Great horse usually odds on favourite at unappealing odds, the only time I put money on him he lost

yes his rating of 212 is wrong should be 220

anybody know about the horse that swam to get to the grand national

Will Al boum photo equal his record?

Some people at Jim Dreaper's yard including Pat Taafe regarded Flyingbolt as even better than Arkle Red Rum wasn't a top class champion chaser he was a handicapper he would never have won a King George or a Cheltenham Gold Cup. When Golden Miller won his Gold Cups it was regarded as a trial for the Grand National his superiority over his contemporaries was too small for him to be the greatest chaser ever.

Somebody tell Ted that Ali was beaten 5 times.

Lidia olejnik Think you dont know what you're talking about. The horses do not carry the same weight. Mares are always given a weight advantage.

Lidia olejink For got to say I was talking about golden miller who carried top weight 5 times to win cheltenham gold cup plus in between the grand national. Think You need to read up on horses

Golden Miller 5 gold cups and a national same year now thats a legend

Arkle the best by a mile, has anybody tried to carry two ten kg bags in each hand and run 50 yards which is just over 44 pounds ,that let's you no about carring weight its a killer

Just imagine if he was allowed to race with Flyingbolt. It would've then been the horse race to end all horse races.

Dawn run should be also mentioned .🇮🇪

ireland produced some great horses like arkle and great women

Yes he was a good horse. But as all of us were not around at that time how can a comparison be made between golden miller and arkle. golden miller won the Cheltenham gold cup 5 times carrying top weight and in between he won the grand national. What else has to be taken into consideration is the style of fences I believe up until the 50.s the fences were straight upright as was the grand national and the distances were further. For a horse to jump an upright fence takes a lot of courage because the horse will take off at the distance that the fence stands at. e.g. 4ft fence horse takes off 4ft from the fence and lands 4ft on the other side, if however you have a sloping fence the horse can get to the bottom of the fence because the slope makes it more comfortable for the horse to jump. So do give golden miller his proper title which should be one of the greatest steeple chasers along with arkle.

Why does there have to be so much "pseudo" intellectual talk about this?. He was a bloody great racehorse! FULL STOP. Keep any discussion on the RACING aspect and not try to bring in politics and every other damned thing that has no bearing on a great racehorse.

Pity about awful background noise ruins the video please remove drivel accompaniment when you speak.

Arkle. Enough said 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

I can see the orcas in my way p

I know it's nice to be romantic about these old horses. If they were ln your own era it's difficult to ever concede they weren't the best ever. But let's face it Timeform made a massive mistake rating Arke and the horses from his era. He looks as slow as an old boat on the videos I've watched. Timeform need to man up and rate him accordingly. I think a 30-40lb drop should be sufficient.

To think name was kennedy or something like that arkle NEVER gave away 40lbs in a race. As for the irish national just an extend steeplechase nothing more. Obviously you do not STUDY various horses. Did u know there was a horse that had to swim to get to the national and then went on to win it. So do lecture me.

Murderers; Criminals. You should be locked up. So to never abuse a horse again. Just evil.

He never won the Grand national

Not bad but he wouldnt deal with a peak Elegant Escape off levels

Red Rum was the best

Crisp was the best

Come on look how many fences he hit and how small fields were best mate would of cleaned them up its just not as clear as it seemed really

Arkle? really? not 3 time Grand National winner Red Rum? 5 time King George V and 2 time Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Kauto Star? or hat-trick Cheltenham Gold Cup winner Best Mate?