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Tactile , the great Derby performer (won nz, Great northern, Southoz, Vic and NSW derbies) makes it 3 Cup class horses found so far.

Noodlum, Tactile , and Stanley Rio all qualifying for Nz Cup class as three year olds.

Six more horses to find then. (prior to 1982 is the criteria)

next clue >>>>>>  Just like Tactile , 2 more of the six remaining horses were often driven by champion reinsman Robert Cameron. 

  

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2 hours ago, ngakonui grass said:

SAPLING?

Good try NG. But Sapling just missed out. 6 wins as a 3 year-old including the Great Northern Derby. He raced well at Auckland as well as the Deep South.

No for Robin Dundee as well.

clue 3  then >>> One of Sapling fierce 3 year old rivals hammered out 10 wins including a heat of the NSW derby to make Cup class ahead of him. He was also from the deep south and owned by Tactile's owner from Invercargill !! quite a co-incidence 😆 . and was often driven by Bob Cameron. very tricky as not well known this bloke. 

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Just now, Lightning Blue said:

clue 4 >>>> while in the South lol    😆    the other horse Bob Cameron drove was from Edendale in the deep South as well

 

2 minutes ago, ngakonui grass said:

matai DREAMER

There you go . you just got that one trained by the Milne's at Edendale. think Bob drove it to win a Great Northern Derby too . 

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still searching for 5 x Open class 3 year-olds we are looking for,  that made 'Cup class' at that tender age. (prior to Hilarious Guest 1982)

So far we have found Tactile, Noodlum, Stanley Rio, and Matai Dreamer .  so 5 to go. 

Clue for today 😊 >>>>>  2 of these 9 horses (as well as Stanley Rio) did in fact Win the Nz Cup afterwards (by wide margins)

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11 hours ago, Dancing Show said:

Armalight

Yes !! the brilliant Armalight is one thanks Maria !!  reon Murtha with his famous call of "Bob Negus first drive in the Cup , and he's won it by 8 or 9 lengths " 

What a terrific pacer she was!!. Bob was 50 years old. and trainer Brent Smith never had another good horse (that I know of)  

Armalight a fantastic 3 year old winning 12 of her 15 starts at that age to graduate to Cup class 

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4 minutes ago, ngakonui grass said:

GARCON ROUX ?

Yep . you have the George Noble flyer !  so 6 of the 9 horses have been found.

 

28 minutes ago, Double R said:

I will open the door, and say hello, and Happy New Year.

Chokin.

Christian Cullen.

Happy New year to you Believer Team-mate. You have come up with 2 likely horses that made Cup class as 3 year olds, but Not before Hilarious Guest in 1982 criteria for the question.  So that's a miss .

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20 hours ago, Globederby19 said:

The incomparable  YOUNG QUINN .Raced against open class as a 3yr old but didn't start in the Cup until 4.

Here's a clue for you Globe Rees. Young Quinn a late developer so didn't quite make Cup class as a 3 year old. same for Robalan . But check this photo and see what you come up with ?Robalan-in-action-NZ-Cup-blog-image__ResizedImageWzYwMCwzMjVd.jpg.9406c9dfdd7fc27b4e344096f9af59c0.jpg

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