WOULD YOU SAY I'M SLIPPY
IN THE FINAL OF YOURS TRULY DERBY TOP FIVE DERBY WINNING PROFILES I'VE TAKEN YOU BACK DOWN MEMORY LANE TO WHAT I PERSONALLY CONSIDER THE BEST EVER ENGLISH DERBY. THIS EVENT WAS ABSOLUTELY FULL OF HOUSEHOLD NAMES!
TRAINED BY THE COVENTRY BASED BARBARA TOMPKINS THE WINNER OF THE 1983 DERBY WAS I'M SLIPPY. KNOWN MORE AS A SPRINTER PRIOR TO THE EVENT THE WHITE AND BLUE BRINDLED SON OF LAURDELLA FUN AND GLENROE BESS WAS BRED IN NORHETRN IRELAND BY JACK MULLEN BUT BOUGHT AT 12 WEEKS AND REARED ON AND SCHOOLED BY NONE OTHER THAN MODERN DAY LEGEND DESSIE (FARLOE) LOUGHREY OF LIMAVADY CO. DERRY. HE ENTERED THE DERBY AS A BIG PRICED CHALLENGER, NOT SURPRISING WITH THE GLITTERING ARRAY OF TALENT INVOLVED. THE LIKES OF GAME BALL, HAYMAKER MAC, AMAZING MAN, THE STRANGER, PATRICIAS HOPE AND DEBBYCOTT LAD WERE JUST A HANDFUL THAT I CAN REMEMBER IN WHAT WAS A BRILLIANT YEAR FOR THE COMPETITION.
WEARING TRAP 4 IN THE FINAL I'M SLIPPY BROKE FAST AND JUST EDGED THE SEAN BOURKE TRAINED GAME BALL (2) AROUND THE OPENING TURNS, HE REPELLED THAT RIVAL TILL THE LAST BEND WHEN HARRY CRAPPERS ON SPEC (3 LOOMED LARGE AND LOOKED THE LIKELY WINNER. SLIPPY DUG DEEP AND HELD SPEC WITH DEBBYCOT LAD (5) FLYING HOME FOR THIRD. IF YOU HAVE THE TIME TO WATCH THE VIDEO ABOVE (IT IS 8 MINUTES LONG) YOU WILL BE TREATED TO THE FULL PARADE, SOME JAW DROPPING FASHIONS, A WONDERFUL GRASS TRACK AND COMMENTARY FROM THE LEGENDARY HARRY CARPENTER .... IT WAS A GREAT DERBY, A GREAT FINAL, WON BY A GREAT DOG WHO WENT ON TO DO GREAT THINGS AT STUD AND IT'S WELL WORTH A LOOK!!
