Coneygree won the Newbury race in which Saphir Du Rheu unseated Sam Twiston-Davies, and trainer Mark Bradstock's wife and assistant Sara commented: "Let's hope we can
outjump him again!"
Too often he finds himself in the middle of the penalty area trying to
outjump defenders, rather than coming at crosses from beyond the far post, attacking those deliveries.
HIGH FLIER: Mohawks star Acho Anyigbo attacking the basket, showing the style which let him
outjump taller rivals
If, say, a boy is fast, strong, and agile, he may do quite a few things wrong and still
outjump the athlete who has perfect technique, but is slower and weaker.
He was not the tallest of centre forwards, but he could
outjump bigger defenders with an incredible spring-heeled leap and they never knew which way he was going to turn.
The first goal was also a wonder goal - you wonder how Peter Shilton couldn't
outjump an Argentine midget.
Not to be denied Quinn looked to have scored the vital goal after 67 minutes when he rose at the far post to
outjump Bedington and had Jake Sedgemore's deep cen-tre past Duke to give Vics the lead.
As the race itself became serious, the pattern became the same; Arkle would
outjump Mill House at every fence, gaining two lengths in the process.
I managed to
outjump Kenny Deuchar who is about a foot taller than me.
Peter Murphy drilled in the free kick, and Foran was there to
outjump Barry McConnell.