http://www.runnersandriders.co.uk/2010/01/arkle-and-flyingbolt-still-the-greatest British National Hunt and Flat Racing Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:03:26 +0000 hourly 1 http://www.runnersandriders.co.uk/2010/01/arkle-and-flyingbolt-still-the-greatest/comment-page-1#comment-545 Auto Sat, 06 Aug 2011 21:03:26 +0000 http://jonbeytest.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/arkle-and-flyingbolt-still-the-greatest#comment-545 Timeform agrees. Necessarily subjective, but considered as good as - or better than - any other way of comparing horses. It rates Arkle as stone and a half better than Mill House - which is tied with Kauto Star in third best 'chaser of all time. Second - two pounds only below Arkle - is Flyingbolt. For myself, Himself will always be the Greatest. Timeform agrees.
Necessarily subjective, but considered as good as – or better than – any other way of comparing horses.
It rates Arkle as stone and a half better than Mill House – which is tied with Kauto Star in third best ‘chaser of all time. Second – two pounds only below Arkle – is Flyingbolt.
For myself, Himself will always be the Greatest.

]]> http://www.runnersandriders.co.uk/2010/01/arkle-and-flyingbolt-still-the-greatest/comment-page-1#comment-6 E Richards Fri, 07 May 2010 17:03:51 +0000 http://jonbeytest.wordpress.com/2010/01/04/arkle-and-flyingbolt-still-the-greatest#comment-6 My interest in horse racing began with the 1961 Grand National winner Nicolaus Silver. I have absolutely no doubt whasoever that Arkle and Flyingbolt have been the pre-eminent steeplechasers of the past 64 years. My interest in horse racing began with the 1961 Grand National winner Nicolaus Silver. I have absolutely no doubt whasoever that Arkle and Flyingbolt have been the pre-eminent steeplechasers of the past 64 years.

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