Black Kirrama 1,486 Report post Posted June 20, 2018 What a huge result today for The Dell family Counties R 7 .Mr Big . Mr Big. (Ego - Daad's Girl ) Trained by Kevin Dell. Bred by him and his wonderful wife Birdie and ridden by their son Chris Dell. Kevin Dell has won / trained and raced three generations from this family. Kevin trained Daad's Girl, I think and maybe he also bred her mother Trisierir( siC) too. By Saliieri Congrats Mr Dell !! You won a race on the same day as a future Derby Winner. flockofewes2, THE TORCH and scooby3051 3 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
scooby3051 10,695 Report post Posted June 20, 2018 Great to see well done to them all. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,335 Report post Posted June 20, 2018 12 hours ago, Black Kirrama said: What a huge result today for The Dell family Counties R 7 .Mr Big . Mr Big. (Ego - Daad's Girl ) Trained by Kevin Dell. Bred by him and his wonderful wife Birdie and ridden by their son Chris Dell. Kevin Dell has won / trained and raced three generations from this family. Kevin trained Daad's Girl, I think and maybe he also bred her mother Trisierir( siC) too. By Saliieri Congrats Mr Dell !! You won a race on the same day as a future Derby Winner. Indeed Rev. Good ride by Chris and great money for Mr Big following his very good run for fifth at Avondale. Botti was the first winner for Jakkalberry and a threequarter brother to Lion Tamer who incidentally won his first start as a 2yo at Counties also and went on to win the VRC Derby. He is also a half sister to the very good mare Let Me Roar who won her first six starts and then ran a very close third in the Easter Stakes at her seventh and last start. Botti I believe is heading towards the Wanganui Guineas before probably heading to OZ and trying to emulate Lion Tamer's VRC Derby victory. Look forward to following his progress. Boys Got paid on both yesterday. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,683 Report post Posted June 20, 2018 Are the owner/trainer and jockey any relation to the owner of the former good galloper Fair Filou,Laurie Dell.Pretty sure he was from Te Aroha,could be wrong. Trained by L Ford. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Kirrama 1,486 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/21/2018 at 10:49 AM, crustyngrizzly said: Are the owner/trainer and jockey any relation to the owner of the former good galloper Fair Filou,Laurie Dell.Pretty sure he was from Te Aroha,could be wrong. Trained by L Ford. Fair Filou was a very near Champion. Trained at Matamata by Bill Ford. I think he was from the first crop of Le Filou our champion sire. Others on here will have kept their turf registers from that era. My dad hand picked grass for Fair Filou when Bill trained next to the Matamata race course on the property probably owned now by Mike Moroney. . Great memories of a fantastic horse....... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,683 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 Have a framed photo showing Fair Filou either doing a prelim or winning a race.Number 23a ridden by L.J.Coles. Photo given to a relative signed by Laurie Dell dated 14 August 1959. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Zip 468 Report post Posted June 29, 2018 Les Coles was a great friend to my other half and myself, he was Caulfield trackman for many years after returning from NZ. Les would be shocked by the condition of NZ Racing. Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...