Blue 1,099 Report post Posted June 27, 2018 Going wide here Gubes, Laurie Laxon or one of the Timms boys? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 4,004 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 Blue no. The successful rider is a current trainer. I have shares in a couple with him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,343 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 13 hours ago, gubellini said: Trivia Question Lady Leonora trained by Trevor McKee won the Hunt Cup Steeplechase for Amateur Riders at Ellerslie on the 12/6/71. Who was the rider? Jim Pender. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 Dummy Myers Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 4,004 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 Ted you are correct. Jim Pender was the correct answer! rdytdy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Kirrama 1,513 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 On 6/27/2018 at 7:18 PM, Chris Wood said: Johnny Cash was Ian Signal from Matamata. and Chris I keep reminding people I rode and cantered Johnny Cash for 7 days at Ian' Signal's Walton farm while his magic daughter (Joy Robinson) watched. Ian was in hospital ( heart attack ) when I "trained " my first Waikato Times Gold Cup winner at age 18 !! Magic memories. Johnny Cash ( the Horse ) actually met the country and western star Johnny Cash in Auckland . Will find the pic later on ! Ian Signal also stood J C 's sire Lord Sasanof and milked about 112 cows. Joy Signal later on married a wonderful bloke, Mac Robinson, who I believe has that Waikato Cup. Joy was killed in a car crash while returning home from her amazing association with Roger's King's Clere Stables . I wrote a tribute to Joy's Life in Dennis Ryan's Informant. rdytdy and Baz (NZ) 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,702 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 Recently ran into one of the young English lasses that came out to work for Mr Signal.They both later worked for Bill Sanders.They may have been twins. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,343 Report post Posted June 28, 2018 1 hour ago, Black Kirrama said: and Chris I keep reminding people I rode and cantered Johnny Cash for 7 days at Ian' Signal's Walton farm while his magic daughter (Joy Robinson) watched. Ian was in hospital ( heart attack ) when I "trained " my first Waikato Times Gold Cup winner at age 18 !! Magic memories. Johnny Cash ( the Horse ) actually met the country and western star Johnny Cash in Auckland . Will find the pic later on ! Ian Signal also stood J C 's sire Lord Sasanof and milked about 112 cows. Joy Signal later on married a wonderful bloke, Mac Robinson, who I believe has that Waikato Cup. Joy was killed in a car crash while returning home from her amazing association with Roger's King's Clere Stables . I wrote a tribute to Joy's Life in Dennis Ryan's Informant. Ian Signal, who owned, trained and bred the top galloper of the 1960s and '70s Johnny Cash, was a visitor at the Otago Racing Club meeting on Saturday. Signal (85) spends his time touring New Zealand and living in a bus after retiring from farming pedigree Jersey cattle at Matamata. "I am lucky to be able to do it," Signal said. His visit to Wingatui has given him the chance to renew his acquaintance with trainer Brian Anderton, whom he has known for many years. Signal bred Johnny Cash in 1964 and named him after the country singer who had then made his name with songs such as I Walk The Line. "Johnny Cash saw the horse when he was in New Zealand and mention of that is made in his autobiography," Signal said. The horse was by Lord Sasanof, who won the Avondale, Great Northern and Wellington Guineas in 1959. The Fair's Fair entire won the Foxbridge Plate, Thames Valley Stakes, Queen Elizabeth Plate at Paeroa and the Clifford Plate at Ellerslie under weight-for-age conditions as a 5yr-old. Johnny Cash was out of Otahuhu, a non-Stud Book mare by Contact, winner of the 1936 Sydney Cup. Johnny Cash had his first win as a 2yr-old at Gisborne in May 1967 when trained at Matamata by Russell Campbell. The gelding won as a 3yr-old for Campbell from eight starts. "Russell had trouble keeping him sound so I decided to have a go at training by riding him on the farm," Signal said. Johnny Cash responded by winning at Te Rapa, Te Aroha and Ellerslie (an open 2000m) at 4. A horse named Tom Jones won the same day at Te Aroha. The pair clashed in the 1969 Waikato Gold Cup, with Johnny Cash the winner in the hands of David Peake. Johnny Cash won the Wellington Racing Club Handicap at Trentham two months later in 2.25 for the mile and a-half (2400m), slashing 2.25sec off the record for Australia and New Zealand set by Palfresco in the 1935 Caulfield Cup. Johnny Cash had his other win that season in the Even Stevens Challenge Cup at Te Rapa, a race named after the horse who won the Caulfield and Melbourne Cups in 1962. Even Stevens was trained at Te Rapa by Archie McGregor for Jim Wattie, who developed a major cannery at Hastings. Johnny Cash won the Allison Cup at Ellerslie in 1972 and '73 and raced until he was 9 when he ran Syndrome to a neck in the Carr Memorial at Rotorua. Syndrome was owned and trained by Ralph Manning, who has won the Greymouth, Gore and Taranaki and Cups this season with Bruce Almighty. "I had him [Johnny Cash] nominated for the Melbourne Cup twice but I never felt I was up to training in Australia. I did try my luck there later and won about five races in Queensland and Sydney with Johnny Paycheck and Jager," Signal said. Johnny Cash died at the age of 26. La Zip, Belinda, Blue and 1 other 4 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baz (NZ) 1,722 Report post Posted June 29, 2018 Great Piece Ted! rdytdy 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
