von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 with nothing better to do on a wet and windy day here thinking of days gone by - who were the apprentices at Matamata around 1970 Keith Opie and Howie were with DJ Johny Molloy - J Gibbs Pat H & Gary Bell - Norm Crawford Crash Cross - Fred B was Trevor Harris there then? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoopa 281 Report post Posted January 7, 2016 "Crash Cross", haven't heard that name for a long time.What's he up to now? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
biff 2,158 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Ian Rowe!....legend. Owes me a drink! Got me into trouble........bastard. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Von S here are some of the others Dean Simonsen/ Max Hinton/Ken Mathews with Jim Gibbs. Ian Burrow and Grant Cunard with Norm Crawford. Chris Freakley with Clarry Robinson. Peter Johnson/Don Graham/ Kevin Scott/Gary Barlow with DJ. Roger Elliott with Fred B. Bob Vance with Bill Ford. Choc and Kiwi Hounsell with Rory McGovern. John Molloy also with Jim Gibbs. I played with most of these guys in the Matamata Jockeys and Stablehands Rugby Teams. Ken Hounsell organised our games. von Smallhaussen 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,341 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Roger Lang would have been with DJ around then also wouldn't he Gubes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Mid 60's. Was in Cambridge by the 70's. Nigel Landers was still in Matamata in the early 70's having completed his apprenticeship with Clarry Robinson. He guided me around on the first horse I worked on the Matamata track! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Sorry Roger Elliott was with Terry Alcock. He has worked for Gai Waterhouse for many years. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 10 minutes ago, gubellini said: Sorry Roger Elliott was with Terry Alcock. He has worked for Gai Waterhouse for many years. yeah - I think Freds appr after crash was Ian? Peters maybe. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 53 minutes ago, biff said: Ian Rowe!....legend. Owes me a drink! Got me into trouble........bastard. sorry I drank it for you in 73 biff 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,341 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Nigel Landers must have returned to Matamata then Gubes. He did his apprenticeship with Clarrie in the mid 60s but when he won the 1968 Auckland Cup on the Clarrie Robinson trained Bright Chief, Nigel was out of his time and living at Takanini. Bright Chief beat home Il Tempo and Noel Riordan by half a length but Riordan fired in a protest. The protest took and hour and ten minutes and whilst it was ongoing Nigel went out and won the next race on Honey Belle beating Elabama by a nose. The protest in the Cup was dismissed just prior to him going out to ride Wavering in the Railway. Bright Chief had run fourth in Queen Elizabeth Handicap on the first day and had earlier won the Mitchelson Cup. He was sixth favourite with the favourite for the race being the Eric Rophia trained Janeville. Hard case is our Nigel gubellini 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Later Fred B had an apprentice called Terry Mc Gregor. Terry still rides work at Mornington mainly for Ray Coombes. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 v S I think that other apprentice with Fred was Alan Peters. Later rode trackwork in Wanganui. von Smallhaussen 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trident 179 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 1 hour ago, gubellini said: v S I think that other apprentice with Fred was Alan Peters. Later rode trackwork in Wanganui. I met Alan Peters when I stayed with Kevin Thompson in Wanganui about a million years ago. I think around 1977. Paul Belsham was Kevin's main stable hand at the time. Alan Peters proudly showed me photo's of himself winning a race further North on a rank outsider. von Smallhaussen and gubellini 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
blue waters 22 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Simon Royal, Peter Rowlands, Paul Asher, Damon Anaki, Wayne Smith, Kim Burke, John Moody, Stephan Stacey, Roger ELliott, Date Donaldson, Kevin Scott, Trevor Harrison. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 John Fallon works for Pat Carey the Victorian trainer. Tom rode from Te Awamutu for a number of years. von Smallhaussen 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 blue waters Damon Anaki was with Kevin Old. Keith Hawtin was stable foreman at that time. blue waters 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Kevin Mahoney. I think he was with DJ. Now breeding a few Horses in Wanganui. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redrew2000 134 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 toby and steve autridge. ray johnson, graham forbes, merv green, gary mulcahy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoopa 281 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 2 hours ago, blue waters said: Simon Royal, Peter Rowlands, Paul Asher, Damon Anaki, Wayne Smith, Kim Burke, John Moody, Stephan Stacey, Roger ELliott, Date Donaldson, Kevin Scott, Trevor Harrison. That's a dangerous looking crew blue water von Smallhaussen and blue waters 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 1 hour ago, Swoopa said: That's a dangerous looking crew blue water not as dangerous as Rowe, Haitana and vS Swoopa 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 3 hours ago, gubellini said: John Fallon works for Pat Carey the Victorian trainer. Tom rode from Te Awamutu for a number of years. Have not seen Johny for about 40 years must go and catch up for a beer Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
von Smallhaussen 3,226 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 1 hour ago, redrew2000 said: toby and steve autridge. ray johnson, graham forbes, merv green, gary mulcahy as everyone in Matamata knows Ray and G Richardson rode 100 winners - Ray rode 99 and Richie 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 Yes vs but Graham's winning ride was a beauty!. Waipa 20/12/86. He threw Yenda over the line to win by a nose from Chi Soong ridden by Trudy Thornton. Even today not many jocks can beat Trudy by a nose in a tight finish! von Smallhaussen 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swoopa 281 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 17 hours ago, blue waters said: Simon Royal, Peter Rowlands, Paul Asher, Damon Anaki, Wayne Smith, Kim Burke, John Moody, Stephan Stacey, Roger ELliott, Date Donaldson, Kevin Scott, Trevor Harrison. Out of blue waters list and Rowe,Haitana and vS on a night out,who would be last man standing? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,995 Report post Posted January 8, 2016 blue waters Date Donaldson was with Russell Campbell. You will remember the marble racing track they built there. Epic Sunday morning races! Sadly Date died in a car accident near Te Teko in the late 70's or early 80's. Colin Campbell sadly died of cancer last year at the age of 61. His dad Russell is in his 90's and living in Cambridge. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
