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  1. Hi, I have now managed to upload the Grey Way footage. Enjoy.

  2. For fans of 70s and 80s racing who loved Grey Way I have put up a new video of some of his races. Some races have not appeared anywhere else. Sorry but quality not great as it was a vhs to digital conversion. Enjoy.
  3. Oops, yes it was Phillip. And sorry can’t see edit function to correct true (not trude) in original post.
  4. Hi again, yeah the wet tracks were his kryptonite. Lol. I just loved the way he could change gears … he had that ability to go to another level when his jockey asked him to unleash … that set him apart. Unfortunately I can’t find the DVD of the reel which included the stewards … awful feeling I may have accidentally put it with some stuff for the sallies. I do still have the vhs version but no vhs player. Hopefully there may be someone out there with the Turf Talk clips complete with Glyn Tucker and Mark Leishman. Would be great to have them online. I think it’s either the Topsy Stakes or Pakistan II stakes in which he blasts away halfway down the home straight … making some very good sprinters look ordinary. There would be few horses who could handle the race and travel schedule that was asked of him. A very different era.
  5. Hi, I have the recording on a DVD … I will have to ask a techie minded person if they can load it on the site. There are other races on there from Turf Talk … one collection when he was retired. Pat Corboy’s wife kindly sent me a video which I got converted to a DVD. There may be someone out there who has the same collection … one of the races … which unfortunately is not very clear … shows his incredible acceleration. I realise it wasn’t a stewards view … but the horses were in the middle of the track down the straight and the great mare does not look inconvenienced in any way. No argument that she was amazing … tragedy she didn’t win the Wellington Cup.
  6. Hi, just to set the record straight. Lol. There is a post which suggests Grey Way should have been relegated in his win over Show Gate in the Stewards at Riccarton in the 70s. I have watched the replay of that race many times and still have a recording of it. They were in the middle of the track and there was no interference. Show Gate carried three kgs more so it was a huge effort but Grey Way was a fair winner. He was an amazing horse. From memory, 15 track records and at one stage held the Australasian record for 1400m - which very much proves how good he was. Grey Way was such a professional racehorse … he would jump, settle and then change gears when asked. It always bugged me that the connections put Maurice Campbell on him for some races, he didn’t need such an aggressive rider. There will never be another horse in NZ that wins 51 races and only an elite few achieve a 30 per cent plus win rate. He was a trude champion.
  7. Hi, I have watched the replay of that race many times and still have a recording of it. They were in the middle of the track and there was no interference. Show Gate carried three kgs more so it was a huge effort but Grey Way was a fair winner. He was an amazing horse. From memory, 15 track records and at one stage held the Australasian record for 1400m - which very much proves how good he was. Grey Way was such a professional racehorse … he would jump, settle and then change gears when asked. It always bugged me that the connections put Maurice Campbell on him for some races, he didn’t need such an aggressive rider. There will never be another horse in NZ that wins 51 races and only an elite few achieve a 30 per cent plus win rate. He was a trude champion.