Our Maizcay Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Kogarah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Kensington Racecourse. I think sydney Uni stands there now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 14 hours ago, Our Maizcay said: Kogarah OM, well done. How did you know ? Moorefield Racecourse in Kogarah, adjacent to the St. George Hospital and not far from the St. George NRL ground, was operated by the Sydney Turf Club but closed in 1951 after 63 years of operation. The site now is urban housing and James Cook High Scool. I lived nearby for 3 years and drove past the site every day without a clue that it used to be a racecourse. And yes, that was a golf course in the middle The photo below shows a view of the track in 1954. The other photo is a current google images view of the site. The faint outline of part of the track is still visible. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 Today's Trivia. Might be too easy for some. This little chap achieved greatness in two fields of endeavour - one of them racing, Who is he and what were his great achievements ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted November 14, 2022 Share Posted November 14, 2022 Johnny Day champion juvenile walker and also won a Melbourne Cup 1870 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 14, 2022 Author Share Posted November 14, 2022 13 minutes ago, ngakonui grass said: Johnny Day champion juvenile walker and also won a Melbourne Cup 1870 I knew it was too easy. Well done NG ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 Okay, something tougher.... As some of you know, the current H.H. Aga Khan is one of our business partners. In 1968 he sold one of his best bred mares at a sale in Newmarket, England. She topped the sale. Given her granddam was a full sister to one of his best racehorses and stallions it was a surprising move to let go of such a mare. Subsequently, she produced a Gr1 2yo winner who was a relative failure as a stallion at stud. The family descended from her was slowly withered away and only seems to be active now in Japan. She was Gr1 placed herself as a racehorse placing in the Irish 1000 Guineas. One of her grandsons ended up at a prominent NZ stud in the Waikato. He proved both unpopular and an abject failure as a stallion. His best performer won a Winter Oats at Trentham. Who is the mare in the photo and who was her grandson in NZ ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Complete guess LIEWELLYN the grandson he was certalnly an abject failure Edited November 15, 2022 by ngakonui grass Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Show Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 It looks like Petite Etoile but I think she won the 1,000 guineas. He did like his greys 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Show Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 (edited) Star of Iran also had the same look as the little star but surely not .. Edited November 15, 2022 by Dancing Show Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 15, 2022 Author Share Posted November 15, 2022 All good guesses but no Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Show Posted November 15, 2022 Share Posted November 15, 2022 Another I'll throw out there but not confident ... Jojo? Brigade of Guards was descended from her via Brigadier Gerard but I don't think the links are close enough. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 17 hours ago, Dancing Show said: Another I'll throw out there but not confident ... Jojo? Brigade of Guards was descended from her via Brigadier Gerard but I don't think the links are close enough. Good guess but no. Today's clue - the stallion who stood in NZ was by a sire who had a very good son stand there previously Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Show Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 I feel like I'm going around in circles, as some lead to Japan but just don't fit the other clues ... but is it Donna? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Looking back there were certainly some Rubbish Stallions. Man the Rail,Heave ho,Redolent,Donal Bain but they are in the wrong era. Would i be right in saying that the grandson came out here in the 70s/80s. Key to question is who was the filly who ran 3rd in the Guineas. but i'm lost. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Did the stallion stand at Grasslands? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 4 hours ago, ngakonui grass said: Looking back there were certainly some Rubbish Stallions. Man the Rail,Heave ho,Redolent,Donal Bain but they are in the wrong era. Would i be right in saying that the grandson came out here in the 70s/80s. Key to question is who was the filly who ran 3rd in the Guineas. but i'm lost. He came out in the mid 80s and didn't stand at Grasslands. A more prominent stud. No to Donna, Maria Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 16, 2022 Author Share Posted November 16, 2022 The stallion in NZ was NOT a grey ! -today's clue Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted November 16, 2022 Share Posted November 16, 2022 Did he stand at Ancroft Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Show Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 3 hours ago, PWJ said: The stallion in NZ was NOT a grey ! -today's clue Oh well that shoots down my Khairpour theory 🙂 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 2 hours ago, ngakonui grass said: Did he stand at Ancroft No, but not a million miles from there... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 Now for a photo clue. Here's the grandson who stood in NZ: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 Palace Music and grand dam come hither look ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Maximus Posted November 17, 2022 Share Posted November 17, 2022 13 minutes ago, PWJ said: Now for a photo clue. Here's the grandson who stood in NZ: Mister Ed? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PWJ Posted November 17, 2022 Author Share Posted November 17, 2022 20 minutes ago, von Smallhaussen said: Palace Music and grand dam come hither look ? No, but a good guess on image although PM did leave a World Champion. This guy's best performer won a Winter Oats and was placed in a Parliamentary Hdcp Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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