Chris Varney

Make each day your masterpiece. Sport and animal lover.

[Chris Varney @ChrisVarney1985]

Found an old Crucible ticket from 2004... @WeAreWST

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@horsevault Golden footage. It was brilliant when run under the Grandstand banner on the BBC, too.

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@DizzyJB @youngy84 Grand National deaths (TV era) 2/2

2013 - 2026 (core of fences plastic)
13 runnings (no race 2020 : Covid)
495 runners
6 deaths - 1.21%
Fell/BD (3) - 0.61%
Other - PU, etc (3) - 0.61%

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@DizzyJB @youngy84 Grand National deaths (TV era) 1/2

1960 - 2012 (core of fences wooden)
52 runnings (no race 1993 : void race)
1,979 runners
38 deaths - 1.92%
Fell/BD/UR (29) - 1.47%
Other - PU, etc (9) - 0.45%

[Chris Varney @ChrisVarney1985]

@UncleErniesTips Durham Edition, what a gallant servant he was to Arthur Stephenson.

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@itvracing Red Rum's era was a jumping test, and there weren't many in contention at the finish. It's a 5f sprint now from the last, and I Am Maximus could find a faster finishing horse this time next year when he'll be 11. The plastic core has helped IAM as he isn't the best of jumpers.

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@DizzyJB There's a case for renaming the race. We can't compare past winners to the likes of today's. Shorter distance, drops don't exist, and the core has been plastic since 2013.

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@maxcouch So true. There's a case for saying the race wasn't the same after the Becher's Brook modifications (GN from 1990). But there's certainly been a case for renaming it once it became plastic in 2013. Red Rum, L'Escargot, and Golden Miller are turning in their graves.

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Superb coverage as always and a final for the ages. Well done to all the team 👏 @RishiPersad1. A real highlight on the sporting calendar.

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@90sfootball Baresi and Boban

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@90sfootball Gullit
Ronaldo
Batistuta
Henry
Figo
Raúl

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@JBondPersuader Thunderball. It wouldn't be in the top 3 from Connery's era.

I might be in the minority but I've always thought A View to a Kill isn't as bad as what the general consensus would have you believe.

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@90sfootball 1992 - 94

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@GoingBehind @AintreeRaces Cheers. It's pretty poor from Aintree that their own Roll of Honours board isn't factual. Of all places, you'd expect it to be right at the actual racecourse. For some strange reason, they also omitted Mr in front of the amateur Patrick Mullins' name. The tour was very enjoyable.

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Hi @GoingBehind, I went on an @AintreeRaces tour over the weekend, and I'm pretty sure I spotted an error on their Roll of Honours board. Am in right in thinking there were 26 runners in the 1960 running mate, not 25?

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@90sfootball Sammer was pure quality whose career was cruelly cut short.

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@90sfootball Baresi, Zidane, Gullit

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@Richard44158292 That head-on shot at Becher's Brook was breathtaking.

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@90sfootball @classicshirts Croatia