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  • Unknown
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    surrender by indian conquest...owned by sheila gwynne
    kilrickle...? Endless Honey ?

    remember that good filly millifleurs...trained by jock campbell owned by a lady who had a florist..hence the name.

    Moira Brookshaw, Rouge Homme was another she had, then Eric Wilson got it, also Red Cuff won a Easter Hcp when it was top race, use to have the Easter Hcp on the Sat and the Cup on the Monday
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  • rustyhrustyh    2,275 posts
    :D :D :D
    NORTHERLY
    Gunsynd
    ................some old Geraldton stars of my early years.....
    Racaralma
    Royal Hand
    Tribal Warrior
    Grocer Boy
    Loubanana
    Sun City Boy

    :D :D :D :D :D
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  • everreadyeverready    282 posts
    haulpaks image
    :wink:
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  • Unknown
    said:

    :D :D :D
    NORTHERLY
    Gunsynd
    ................some old Geraldton stars of my early years.....
    Racaralma
    Royal Hand
    Tribal Warrior
    Grocer Boy
    Loubanana
    Sun City Boy


    :D :D :D :D :D

    Rusty do you remember a Gero horse called Regal James

    thought New Tala might have got a berth :wink:
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  • legs_11legs_11    136 posts
    Silver Martian Paklani Ever Ready Higgensville Belle Mirage King Cotton
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  • rustyhrustyh    2,275 posts
    :D :D :D
    PB.
    New Tala for sure.
    Think im stretching the noggin to remember Regal James.
    Who trained it PB?

    Couple of others were...

    Little Lilac
    Astor Glory
    Karioi Rocket
    8) 8)
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  • ablesonableson    27 posts
    red storm the first race i saw, swanky yank, fimiston, ableson of course
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,415 posts
    Swanky Yank in the American colours.
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  • PrecisionPrecision    295 posts
    Not superstars by any means but always had to have a few each way when they ran.....

    Lakeside Rhythm
    Secret Remedy
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,415 posts
    said:

    :
    ................some old Geraldton stars of my early years.....
    Racaralma
    Royal Hand
    Tribal Warrior
    Grocer Boy
    Loubanana
    Sun City Boy

    The old Gero horse that raced like a hobby horse Seanachie with Ross Cherry aboard.
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  • ablesonableson    27 posts
    who trained ngawyni, remember webster snr rode him, agreat horse i think
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  • Unknown
    Secretariat, Cigar, Frankel, Sacred Kingdom, Silent Witness, Igugu

    are a few of my favs
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  • ablesonableson    27 posts
    ruffian,can watch the movie on you tube,may need a few tissues at the end ,a great filly
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,415 posts
    edited December 2011
    said:

    who trained ngawyni, remember webster snr rode him, agreat horse i think

    Was it Roy Edwards in WA...Ngawyni did go to Bart Cummings. Good tale from the book on Bart 'The Master' Quote: (Roy Higgins)

    "I'll never forget there was a horse came over from Western Australia called Ngawyni. He'd been out of form and they'd sent him over to Bart. Anyhow, he put me on him every morning. He said: 'Just take him out in the middle and trot him around a bit, get a feel for him, then go a leisurely five in evens - no pressure.'

    "And every morning I'd come back and say: 'Bart, this is a rotten sour bloody thing. It's got its ears back all the time and every time you give it a kick it grinds its teeth.'

    'This went on for two or three weeks. Eventually I said: 'Bart, it doesn't want to be a racehorse. That's why it's lost all form.' One morning the horse jacked up on me - wouldn't go on to the track, and I was out there for half an hour, trying to get him going. I've done my block.

    "I said: 'Bart, if you ever get this to win a race, I'll give you a diamond-studded gold bike.' The bastard still remembers that day. You know, all that guy wanted was a challenge. When he had a horse with problems he'd put me on and see if I could detect them. He used to say: 'Some of these guys today wouldn't know which end of a horse was sore.'

    "Do you know, within a week or 10 days I noticed a little ray of light with Ngawyni. He started to trot out a little freer and only laid his ears back half the time. I said to the foreman: 'This thing is starting to turn the corner a bit. What have you been doing?' The foreman said: 'Bart's spending more time with him in the stable. I think he reckons the trouble is coming from his feet.'

    "Bart had been going over his feet with a farrier, looking for sore spots. Bart kept saying: 'What's causing him to be sour and unhappy up here between the ears - there's got to be something causing it down there.' He kept working on his feet. They looked quite good to a layman, but Bart kept doing this and that with the farrier and the horse started to stretch out.

    "I won the Australian Cup on Ngawyni. I won the Prime Minister's Cup in Brisbane on him. I won the O'Shea Stakes up there. We ran second, beaten a half-head, by Reckless in the Brisbane Cup. He turned out to be the loveliest, kindest horse. It was just that his feet had been hurting and Bart - I don't know how - had detected that something was wrong down there."

    Higgins never bought Cummings the diamond-studded gold bike.
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  • DarkDark    909 posts
    said:

    Secretariat, Cigar, Frankel, Sacred Kingdom, Silent Witness, Igugu

    are a few of my favs

    Secretariat - bit before my time :lol:
    Silent Witness - unquestionably a superstar, remember being at the track when Cruz stepped him up to a mile and he went down a whisker :(
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  • NgawyniNgawyni    786 posts
    said:

    who trained ngawyni, remember webster snr rode him, agreat horse i think

    John Davison. Also trained Starglow.

    Other favourites of mine All Legal and Kabooki.
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  • RexRex    404 posts
    said:

    who trained ngawyni, remember webster snr rode him, agreat horse i think

    Ngawyni, was trained in W.A. by John Davison.
    He also trained Starglow who won a railway stakes.
    John also selected both of these horses at the yearling sales.
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  • whitewashwhitewash    81 posts
    For mine definately Finito. When he was on he was on. The amount of money I won on him in his first up races winning the bunbury stakes a couple of times was robbery. Bunbury cup, Stirckland stakes etc etc. If he didn't win he would more often than not run a place.

    My other very big wins was from a horse I got from the tapes was Hotel Casuarina. I had a very good 2 years with that horse.

    Finito and Hotel Casuarina
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,415 posts
    said:

    said:

    who trained ngawyni, remember webster snr rode him, agreat horse i think

    John Davison. Also trained Starglow.

    Other favourites of mine All Legal and Kabooki.
    Correct Davidson not Edwards. I knew it was one of the two.

    Kabooki.. wasn't that the horse that when starting in town had road trips so he was more settled for his races. (or I have mixed that up as well) :)
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  • NgawyniNgawyni    786 posts
    Not sure about that. Was trained by Vic Wilson. Kept running second to Allegation.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    kabooki...usually ridden by bluey lambie..carried the apricot and red of the wilson stable.
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  • GhurkaGhurka    254 posts
    said:

    kabooki...usually ridden by bluey lambie..carried the apricot and red of the wilson stable.

    thought it was Tommy Graham.

    Bullitt
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    sorry...a momentary wine induced slip...you are 100% correct.
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  • HitmanHitman    146 posts
    Island Gossip
    Century God
    Natasha :cry:
    Tsaritsyn
    Foreman
    Romario
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  • velcrocandyvelcrocandy    204 posts
    Ok here goes a trip down memory lane: tree top walk, cheap shot, shevman, dual cidium, marlinka, sari twig, spirited gem, strontium red, ever ready, haulpaks image, casshoney, dancing rainbow, bayamo.
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  • TiversTivers    7,720 posts
    Non Aqua
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  • Unknown
    some of my fav WA horses

    Campo Di Grano, Thermo King, Shotgun Willie, Chesta Piniton, The Blue Shark
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,471 posts
    was casshoney owned by our very own diva?? :wink:
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  • TheDivaTheDiva    13,248 posts
    It was a "Dash for Cassy" before it became "Casshoney".....I can tell you!
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  • ChrisChris    5,697 posts
    said:

    Not superstars by any means but always had to have a few each way when they ran.....

    Lakeside Rhythm
    Secret Remedy

    I was a Rhythm fan too, grand old horse
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