2007-01-18 09:36:23 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Sports ➔ Horse Racing
Dessie indeed.
Strange but true, a few days before the race a mate of mine told me and a few others of a dream he had a couple of times. In the dream, a motorbike was on a racecourse but that was all he remembered. Checking the odds for the Gold Cup a few days before the race, he noticed a horse called Norton's Coin and proceeded to tell all and sundry about his dream and how this complete outsider was going to win. We all laughed, then thought why not, it could be a muddy course, other horses might tire etc. A couple of my mates managed to get odds of 200-1 on the morning of the race but I had to "make do"(!) with 100-1, as I couldn't get to the bookies until just before the start of the race.
Fifteen minutes later, champagne all round!
Footnote: My mate who had the dream didn't back it, but to this day he can't remember why not!
2007-01-18 10:13:33 · answer #1 · answered by half asleep 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Norton's Coin won at 100-1
he was the longest odds favourite
whether he started out, as favourite
is anybodies guess
>^,,^<
Cheltenham Gold Cup -
The Cheltenham Gold Cup is a Grade 1 National Hunt horse race in the United ... 1990 Norton's Coin, the only Welsh-trained winner, is also the longest-priced ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cheltenham_Gold_Cup -
BBC SPORT | WALES | Shock Gold Cup-winner dies
..Norton's. Coin, who famously won the Cheltenham Gold Cup at odds of 100-1, has .died
.. Shock Gold Cup-winner dies. Norton's Coin after he won the Cheltenham Gold Cup in 1990 ...news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/wales/1119880.stm
2007-01-18 10:03:34 · answer #2 · answered by sweet-cookie 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Desert Orchid started as 'odds on' favourite at 10/11 and finished 3rd. Norton's Coin won at 100/1.
2007-01-18 09:45:02 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
I got Norton's coin in the office sweep that year.....never put a penny on it and it came in 100 / 1 ......I didn't know it was the thing to do apparently !.....but I still got the pot of cash in the Office...Desert Orchid that lovely Grey Champion was the favourite that day...but surprisingly didn't win.
2007-01-18 10:01:04 · answer #4 · answered by John M 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yeah i backed the second that day a horse called toby tobias nevermind
2007-01-18 09:55:21 · answer #5 · answered by Andrew1968 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋