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Article: No. 1 Dessie does it: Cheltenham Gold Cup, March 16, 1989 Who could have dug any deeper for Gold? From legendary Grand Nationals to Classic head-to-heads on the Flat, you've voted for them in your thousands. Today, we reveal the race that Post readers have nominated the greatest of all time.(Sports)
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- The Racing Post (London, England)
- Article date:
- February 18, 2005
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Byline: Steve Dennis
THErace very nearly failed to go ahead in the first place. Phenomenally bad weather overnight had left officials at Cheltenham pondering the very viability of running the 1989 Gold Cup, writes Steve Dennis. It was just as well they decided to put on the show, because today we can announce that the 1989 Cheltenham Gold Cup has been voted the greatest race of all time by Racing Post readers.
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