Farewell to an icon ~ Desert Orchid

[Hwjb]

This race was voted the greatest of all time last year.

Dessie's Gold Cup in 1989. Legendary.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_4mObGZmptA


Cheltenham wasn;t the ideal track for him, and the conditions were hock-deep, the racing on the verge of being abandoned. The mud-loving Yahoo revelled in them, but Dessie's never-say-die attitude is something which, combined with Peter O'Sullevan's commentary ("He's beginning to get up...there's a tremendous cheer from the crowd") makes the hair on the back of my neck stand up and, today, brings a tear to the eye.