final luca 189 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 watching you tube videos and posting in memories post this last week, I was wondering who could remember the great jumpers of the 60;s and 70;s and 80;s that really stood out.. and as jumping season is upon us.. had a lot of time for kumai, Robert earl, and of course koral and I think in those days it was common for flat horses taking to the jumps.. and oldest horse over the jumps? I always thought TEAK, but niggle tells me i'm wrong.. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
chevy86 2,681 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 Falada winning the McGregor Grant etched in my memory. Just a pony as well. Sayer 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double R 260 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 (edited) Crown Star, Loch Linnie,Lord Venture, Eiffel Tower, Hunterville. Edited April 24, 2017 by Double R Double up of Koral and Kumai, as in another post. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelda kratchanova 2 501 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 And for idoits on this side of the tamsan diuwali elanora girl robert sharp as fast food vinchiamo crisp Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patiti 274 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 best jumps jockey "King" Walters elbow 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
We're Doomed 4,824 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 I tend to remember hurdlers as some of the more exciting jumpers. We did have several at one stage there who won numerous races in a row, the likes of Mr Hickey and some others around that period. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
final luca 189 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 I can remember Frederick, ran okay on flat and went really good over jumps, as did van der hum... real good in the mud. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
globederby12 1,495 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 12 minutes ago, final luca said: as did van der hum... Yeah, he wasn't bad on the flat, as long as it was covered in water. He won a big race somewhere, cant quite recall.? elbow and Belinda 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,923 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 final luca Teak was retired after winning his last start as a 15 year old in the Hawkes Bay Steeplechase at Hastings on 22/6/74. He was ridden by Paul Whiteman. He was only a baby compared to a horse called Banjo who ran fourth in the 1880 Grand National Steeplechase at Riccarton. Banjo was 26 years of age! fermoy and Black Kirrama 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
PPP 36 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 2 hours ago, globederby12 said: Yeah, he wasn't bad on the flat, as long as it was covered in water. He won a big race somewhere, cant quite recall.? 2 hours ago, globederby12 said: Yeah, he wasn't bad on the flat, as long as it was covered in water. He won a big race somewhere, cant quite recall.? Waikato hurdles t r gillies Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
weasel57 429 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 Brockton, Smoke Ring, Loch Linnhe, Teak, Arctic Heights, Frederick, Chumson, Ballycastle, Kazan (Blue Kazan in Oz), Execute, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,923 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 bryce waters yes Van Der Hum won the 1982 Waikato Hurdles ridden by Tony Gillies. Tony completed a notable double when a week later he won the Waikato Steeplechase on Chief Ore. Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tauhei Notts 1,403 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 Foxonewa never got a mention. final luca 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkerbelle 79 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 Crown Star Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,082 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 14 hours ago, chevy86 said: Falada winning the McGregor Grant etched in my memory. Just a pony as well. Was small-ish alright Chevy but not quite a pony as was dashing jumping mare Prettypeen (Gordon Campbell, Tirau I think.) She WAS a pony and in the off-season competed in the pony ring in a number of shows. Falada was born on a rough, rank run-off next to our farm at Kopuku and a more under-nourished poor little bastard would be hard to find. Certainly grew up tough. She was by Golovine who stood at Kinross in the shadow of great stallion Summertime but shone as a sire of jumpers. Another from that same upbringing was Lombard who raced in point-to-points and amateur races without making an impression until he want to the stable of John Carter. He won the Hawkes Bay and Waikato Steeples among others and was by the obscure stallion Mahia Park. Incidentally I still remember the ;Hoof Beats' magazine of the day with a pic of him coming back to scale at Hawkes Bay with the caption "Handsome is as handsome does." That was a laugh as he was a big, coarse roman-nosed, lop-eared bugger. Not top horses but another I recall was ANZAC Day '70 or 71. The first race at Avondale was called the "Over The Top Hurdles" and was won by Great Summit owned by Harley Bowler of Cambridge. Belinda and elbow 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,082 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 6 hours ago, Tauhei Notts said: Foxonewa never got a mention. Sure was some horse. Open class galloper then top jumper from Bob Autridge. Was around 17 hands too I I remember rightly and colonially bred by Fox Myth. I seem to recal his part owner lived in Onewa Rd on the north shore, Auckland and that's how he got his name. Spring Fair of the '60s was similar ilk. Top handicapper and went on to win a National. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
final luca 189 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 aircon was a good jumper that won a few in arrow.. chumson won them in a row as well, family had a betting syn each week,you had to double your money to have another go the following week, so I took chumson with the field in doubles, (think it was Diamond Pal at something like $90+ and the double about the same) ececute wasn't that trained by bill sanders? that stable had a few good jumpers back then.. use to visit a young lass in te awamutu, who was looking after/riding a ex jumper call High Lark, Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnipOrange 147 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 Brockton was my first trial ride at the age of 13 Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Midget 4,489 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 29 minutes ago, TurnipOrange said: Brockton was my first trial ride at the age of 13 Spectacular jumper, but his most spectacular moment was at the second of the stand double at Riccarton when he put his front legs through the fence just above the sighter board and sent Baggy into orbit. final luca 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,082 Report post Posted April 24, 2017 Someone mentioned Ballycastle earlier. Won the Northern in around '78 but the interesting thing here was he was ridden by one Grant Cooksley, still good enough to kick home a major winner last weekend. final luca 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kotare_Hunter 748 Report post Posted April 25, 2017 Charlie Boy Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,082 Report post Posted April 25, 2017 2 hours ago, Midget said: Spectacular jumper, but his most spectacular moment was at the second of the stand double at Riccarton when he put his front legs through the fence just above the sighter board and sent Baggy into orbit. Not dissimilar to Hit Parade (Trevor Reynolds) in the Great Northern in the 50s. Twenty lengths in front at the last and simply didn't see the fence. Race won by Every Time. Hit Parade returned to win it the next year though. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
kdt 291 Report post Posted April 25, 2017 The spectacular but ill-fated Bell Flight. Lord Venture and Rock Crystal. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,682 Report post Posted April 25, 2017 5 jumpers from the Sanders team....... BOMBAY IRONBARK SPRAY DOONE EXCECUTE LOT.(I THINK). Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
DC9 203 Report post Posted April 25, 2017 Black Gum was a fantastic jumper. Can't remember if he won anything major, but he was a machine. Couldn't raise a gallop in his flat career. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...