PWJ Posted March 16 Author Share Posted March 16 25 minutes ago, Maximus said: cheers pj in what year did he run in the Grand National? '75 ? 76? 1976 - did not complete the course Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 7 minutes ago, PWJ said: 1976 - did not complete the course led by a dozen lengths top of the straight, sailed over it then put his foot in a hole two strides after landing, lost the jock who went over the horse's head and bounced along the track like a basketball as the rest of the field thundered past ...never found his skull cap (lost in the mud) MM Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 25 minutes ago, PWJ said: 1976 - did not complete the course Now where did my horse go? who put that hedge there ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted March 16 Share Posted March 16 31 minutes ago, PWJ said: 1976 - did not complete the course A very youf-ful Max wuz there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 With ''Weight carrying'' in the News (Imperatriz beaten by a light weighted horse in the Newmarket Hcp) Famous Aussie/kiwi horse Phar Lap Carryed 65.5 kg to Victory in the 1930 Melbourne Cup . But do you remember what happened the year before? . What happened with Phar Lap? A bit of Trivia Not many know This horse in Photo did the damage . who is he? and what other connection to Phar Lap does he have ? Here's todays Trivia horse . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 2 hours ago, Lightning Blue said: in the 1930 Melbourne Cup . But do you remember what happened the year before? . What? 1929 if around then you would be 94+ and probably doolally now ! 😝 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 2 hours ago, Lightning Blue said: With ''Weight carrying'' in the News (Imperatriz beaten by a light weighted horse in the Newmarket Hcp) Famous Aussie/kiwi horse Phar Lap Carryed 65.5 kg to Victory in the 1930 Melbourne Cup . But do you remember what happened the year before? . What happened with Phar Lap? A bit of Trivia Not many know This horse in Photo did the damage . who is he? and what other connection to Phar Lap does he have ? Here's todays Trivia horse . NIGHTMARCH? phar lap 3rd wouldn't settle both sired by Night Raid 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 1 minute ago, ngakonui grass said: NIGHTMARCH? phar lap 3rd wouldn't settle both sired by Night Raid Yes , another NZ bred and owned classy horse NightMarch ... a Cox Plate winner too. and his stablename was "The Kiwi" 😁. excellent stuff. The bit of interesting Thursday Trivia is Phar Lap raced as a 3 year old in the Melbourne Cup carrying 47kg , just after winnning the AJC Derby and the Vic Derby. finishing 3rd to NightMarch. well done NG !! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 THursday Trivia 2 for the day . since we're talking about the great Phar Lap and lugging Weights . Phar Lap the most famous Melbourne Cup winner of All time carrying near record 65.5 kg to Victory in 1930. The VRC did stop him from winning the 1931 Melbourne Cup . Weight will stop the best of them . Have a crack at guessing the weight he actually carried ? (loomed up but the weight told and he battled into 8th place) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 10st 10 lb 68kg 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Show Posted March 21 Share Posted March 21 (edited) Amazing isn't it. Kumai carried over 11 stone (72kg) for the win. There have been some amazing horses over the years. Edited March 21 by Dancing Show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 Where is this race meeting ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted March 24 Share Posted March 24 Somewhere in Europe maybe Turkey Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted March 24 Author Share Posted March 24 47 minutes ago, ngakonui grass said: Somewhere in Europe maybe Turkey Nope. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 Clue for Today - the winner of the ^Cup^ that day at this location was a grandson of Precipitation and a half-brother to a Caulfield Cup winner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam dunk Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Waitoetoe beach? Near Urenui. Looks like Snapper Kamo the clerk. WAs the sire Summertime? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 was Sobar the Caufield cup winner? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted March 25 Share Posted March 25 Tokomaru Bay . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted March 25 Author Share Posted March 25 3 hours ago, slam dunk said: Waitoetoe beach? Near Urenui. Looks like Snapper Kamo the clerk. WAs the sire Summertime? Top work, SD. It is Waitoetoe Beach. Used to go surfcasting there with the old man as a kid. I think that is Mr Kamo ! Guessing the winner may be a tough ask. He was by Golovine..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam dunk Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 16 hours ago, PWJ said: Top work, SD. It is Waitoetoe Beach. Used to go surfcasting there with the old man as a kid. I think that is Mr Kamo ! Guessing the winner may be a tough ask. He was by Golovine..... Soon as I saw the photo something told me I was there that day. Can't remember the year and don't know what it was that told me I was here. The question I have where did you source the photo from? The Golovine horse is on the tip of my tongue. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 The only males by Golovine i can find are ah ha,aureo, by golly,isobar,persian stars,scolvin and vineal The must be more or is that it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slam dunk Posted March 26 Share Posted March 26 (edited) Going back to fifties Sir Blink (Blue Coral-Inky) won 1958 Caulfield Cup. Blue Coral seemed to have close connections to Taranaki and Inky was a Rangitikei Cup winner. And here is an interesting story for those with time avail. https://www.racing.com/news/2017-10-18/the-cup-the-plunge-the-galloping-godbys Edited March 26 by slam dunk Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 38 minutes ago, slam dunk said: Going back to fifties Sir Blink (Blue Coral-Inky) won 1958 Caulfield Cup. Blue Coral seemed to have close connections to Taranaki and Inky was a Rangitikei Cup winner. And here is an interesting story for those with time avail. https://www.racing.com/news/2017-10-18/the-cup-the-plunge-the-galloping-godbys Apologies to NG and everyone else. i led you astray on the sex of the winner. It was a mare named Inkling. Slam Dunk was on the right track. She was a half-sister to Sir Blink who also won the VRC Derby. The pic is from the archive of Taranaki Photo News 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 47 minutes ago, slam dunk said: Going back to fifties Sir Blink (Blue Coral-Inky) won 1958 Caulfield Cup. Blue Coral seemed to have close connections to Taranaki and Inky was a Rangitikei Cup winner. And here is an interesting story for those with time avail. https://www.racing.com/news/2017-10-18/the-cup-the-plunge-the-galloping-godbys Great story ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted March 26 Author Share Posted March 26 This one is tough... name the racecourse Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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