Watch back Dancing Brave's 'shattering' 1986 Arc victory with Guy Harwood
Racing Post readers voted Dancing Brave's 1986 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe to be the greatest ever horse race.
Lee Mottershead headed down to Coldwaltham to visit Guy Harwood, who trained Dancing Brave to Arc success.
Guy watches the race back and tells us why he thinks the Racing Post readers were right in choosing this as the greatest ever race.
The Greatest Ever Race
Dancing Brave's iconic Arc success is voted your greatest ever horserace
We believed Dancing Brave could fly - and then he took off to prove it
Guy Harwood: 'I was shaking. I wouldn't have liked it to go wrong a second time' (£)
Readers' views: 'It was the race that cemented my lifelong love of racing' (£)
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- 'Don't wind up bookmakers - you might feel clever but your accounts won't last'
- 'There wouldn't be a day I don't think about those boys and their families'
- 'You want a bit of noise, a bit of life - and you have to be fair to punters'
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