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nikki
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 Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 11:02:16 AM
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Years, and years ago, i remember being amazed when a programme came on tv about twin brothers who saved up their paper round money and bought an arab horse called Irus, and they then raced him and enjoyed many succesess with him. I think i was about 10 or 11 years old at the time, full of wild idea's, i then went on to write to Halsdon Arabians asking if they could loan me an arab so i could race ( i cringe in embarrassment now), and would pay with my paper round money, they very kindly sent me a video, which i still have, that video helped me through many dark hours of my life. It also kept me determined and focused, that one day, i will own an arabian of my own. Went a bit off track there!
But what happened to the Cheatle Brothers??
Cheers Nikki
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razgold
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avanti
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England
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Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 3:33:15 PM
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| Hi, it was turned into a film, they went on to buy a full/part brother to Irus, I think, called Alrus, not sure what happened after that, Mandy. |
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Kash
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Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 3:37:52 PM
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| Found a link to Rob Sedgeley's website who helped train Irus to become an endurance horse following his racing career. Although no more info than that. |
      
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nikki
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Wales
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Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 4:19:12 PM
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Yes i can remember they bought his brother too, as they wanted to use him at stud.
It was a great programme and really inspired me.
I wonder whether the sale of arab horses went up, or an intrest in arab racing? |
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Roseanne
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Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 4:56:49 PM
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Thast was a super programme. It was done by the BBC so they might still be able to supply it. I had it on a home-videoed tape and kept it until it was borrowed by one of the grooms and I never got it back...
They bought Irus from Joan Ratcliff I seem to remember. It was part drama, part documentary because they interviewed the real people in between the re-enactments of the boys trying to break the horse in without any experience and falling off time and time again. It was very funny but reallly impressive. Great to watch Arab racing on TV! |
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kathleen
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England
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Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 6:40:21 PM
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Scarry i went to school with them same year as well, me and my mate can still remember them telling us how they had bought this gelding i went to there yard a few years later at the time in Bishops Waltham they had Irus and a related horse i don't know if they are still there or not but i have not heared any thing for years  susan |
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Arabmare
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United Kingdom
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Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 9:11:21 PM
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Oh I had almost forgotten about that! Loved it! They were featured in horse and pony mag too! I loved it when they went to the stud and brought out that gorgeous chestnut and told the boy to describe an Arab! And the song Dizzy when they were trying to break him in!
ahhh can't remember the name of the film, its on the tip of my tongue! So annoying when that happens!!
IVE GOT IT!
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Roseanne
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Posted - 28 Apr 2006 : 11:55:27 PM
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| The Horse and His Boys... was either its name or its subtitle. Remember the boy falling off his bike - flat out sideways onto the lawn - after an afternoon trying to stay on the bucking horse? |
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max
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England
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Posted - 29 Apr 2006 : 1:32:51 PM
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Hi
The boys have left home now but thier perants still live ther,last time i saw Irus steve was ridding him up the lane,that was about 5 years ago now but Irus was still having fun!!!! since then ive seen steve out drinking a few times and hes still having fun too!!!!!!!!!!!!! |
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white bryony
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Posted - 29 Apr 2006 : 5:46:19 PM
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I work in bishops walthem, so they are close by. I know on the programme they were riding on the same gallops as I do!! I still have it on tape |
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