Peter Young

[Charlie E]

Is that the same Peter Young of old driving in the Amateur Race at Cambridge on Wednesday ? He must be at least late 70's 

[Lamour.2]

1 hour ago, Charlie E said:

Is that the same Peter Young of old driving in the Amateur Race at Cambridge on Wednesday ? He must be at least late 70's 

I would say so Charlie.  The Peter Young driving at Cambridge was a junior driver back in 1967.  He was an open driver until 2016 and let his license go until recently so would surely be him. 

[Alf Riston]

I remember him driving a few for Irvin Berhns back in the day - big amount of hair out the back of the helmet 

[Charlie E]

10 minutes ago, Alf Riston said:

I remember him driving a few for Irvin Berhns back in the day - big amount of hair out the back of the helmet 

That might be the only hair left lol

[Blue]

I think he trained a few at Thames maybe twenty years ago????

[Alf Riston]

59 minutes ago, Blue said:

I think he trained a few at Thames maybe twenty years ago????

I think so Blue (maybe Brown silks with a green sash for memory) 

[Charlie E]

1 hour ago, Alf Riston said:

I think so Blue (maybe Brown silks with a green sash for memory) 

Dead right

[Value Bell]

Did Peter drive Rondel?

[Charlie E]

1 hour ago, Value Bell said:

Did Peter drive Rondel?

Pretty sure he trained Rondel . I will never forget , I backed him a big race at Addington Wolfie drove him . Won and paid $30

[Bruce M]

9 minutes ago, Charlie E said:

Pretty sure he trained Rondel . I will never forget , I backed him a big race at Addington Wolfie drove him . Won and paid $30

A really big race....the 1979 Interdominion Final!!!!

 

https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news/young-turns-back-the-clock-at-cambridge/

[We're Doomed]

35 minutes ago, Bruce M said:

A really big race....the 1979 Interdominion Final!!!!

 

https://www.hrnz.co.nz/news/young-turns-back-the-clock-at-cambridge/

I was there. I'm pretty sure Sapling led and Rondel slipped through on the inside to grab him on the line.

[Charlie E]

Here you go 

 

[We're Doomed]

When you watch that you realise what an accurate caller Reon was. Hardly any unnecessary words or descriptions throughout the whole race. Just told you exactly where each horse was. Quite similar to Matt Hill's style.

[Bruce M]

I was there that day as well. From a personal perspective I was very unhappy that my bet on fellow Southlander just missed and also that Henry Skinner just failed to win what we now call a Group 1...he was also driving Hi Foyle when he was an unlucky second to Young Quinn in the Auckland Cup.

My three main takeaways from the video are:

1) Look at the crowd...normal then but unbelievable today.

2) Look at the whip action.... ditto

3) Look at the lack of action during the race. No wonder the times were so much slower then. Today's much faster times are partly due to the evolution of the standardbred, partly to the changes in sulkies and tracks but I think mostly due to the lack of aggression shown by drivers then. Most races never changed the running order much until closing on the home straight.

Nostalgia eh!!!   How can that be 47 years ago??

[Charlie E]

1 hour ago, Bruce M said:

I was there that day as well. From a personal perspective I was very unhappy that my bet on fellow Southlander just missed and also that Henry Skinner just failed to win what we now call a Group 1...he was also driving Hi Foyle when he was an unlucky second to Young Quinn in the Auckland Cup.

My three main takeaways from the video are:

1) Look at the crowd...normal then but unbelievable today.

2) Look at the whip action.... ditto

3) Look at the lack of action during the race. No wonder the times were so much slower then. Today's much faster times are partly due to the evolution of the standardbred, partly to the changes in sulkies and tracks but I think mostly due to the lack of aggression shown by drivers then. Most races never changed the running order much until closing on the home straight.

Nostalgia eh!!!   How can that be 47 years ago??

Time flies alright . I remember Roy Purdon saying if Hi Foyle wasn't so unsound he would have been the best horse he has trained .  If you look back at the interdom final Young Quinn won , Hi Foyle was very unlucky