Bruce M 143 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 I've been telling the Hi Foyle story for years absolutely confident it had happened at Forbury.Tonight I finally looked it up and discovered it happened at Addington.Old age is a terrible thing It was the 1973 Cup Meeting.In those days it was a two day/two night meeting and on the first night (the Tuesday after Show Day) Hi Foyle started in consecutive races. Unusual enough but what makes it almost unbelievable is that he wasn't a maiden trotter but one of the best horses in the country.He finished fourth in Race 7...look at the field!!! Then thirty minutes later he started against c7 horses over 2 miles from a 40 metre handicap.He ran fifth!! Earlier that year he started in Race 5 and 9 and Race 5 and 7 in consecutive weeks at Alexandra Park against the best opposition available. He never won one of the big ones but Henry Skinner once told me he thought he was very unlucky in what turned out to be his final race....running second to Young Quinn in the 1975 InterDominion Final. I hope some of the names below (both equine and human) stir some memories. I remember all the drivers except J.Huyser and I'm not sure who M M Purdon was who drove the favourite in the 8th. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 246 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 Hi Lo Forbes / Golden Legacy. Was Curly Thomas a part owner? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce M 143 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 18 hours ago, Value Bell said: Hi Lo Forbes / Golden Legacy. Was Curly Thomas a part owner? I don't know...I assumed Paul Gallagher owned it himself. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
globederby12 1,495 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 Young Quinn was the barrier from stopping Hi Foyle becoming the best horse of his era. He was unlucky to race at the same time as the mighty Quinn, especially in 1975 where Quinny won 21 times. Hi Foyle chased him home on numerous occasions. A very good horse in his own right. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double R 260 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 I had a feeling he was originally trained by Lex Thomas around the Invercargill area, and had other suffix Foyle horses which he raced. Peter Gallagher trained him for 12 of his13 wins, with Roy Purdon training for his last win in January 1975. Cheers. Robert. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double R 260 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 Hi Bruce, Do you remember Might Gay racing in both legs of the at Waikouaiti. Now I come to think of it, Hi Foyle may have done the same at Waikouaiti at another time. Oh, the good old days. Robert. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 246 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 Mighty Gay, Gay Gordon / Rosa Dream. George Shand trained him. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 246 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 Daisy Charles, Young Charles / Gold seeker. Graham Hale trained. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands down 27 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 11 hours ago, Bruce M said: I've been telling the Hi Foyle story for years absolutely confident it had happened at Forbury.Tonight I finally looked it up and discovered it happened at Addington.Old age is a terrible thing It was the 1973 Cup Meeting.In those days it was a two day/two night meeting and on the first night (the Tuesday after Show Day) Hi Foyle started in consecutive races. Unusual enough but what makes it almost unbelievable is that he wasn't a maiden trotter but one of the best horses in the country.He finished fourth in Race 7...look at the field!!! Then thirty minutes later he started against c7 horses over 2 miles from a 40 metre handicap.He ran fifth!! Earlier that year he started in Race 5 and 9 and Race 5 and 7 in consecutive weeks at Alexandra Park against the best opposition available. He never won one of the big ones but Henry Skinner once told me he thought he was very unlucky in what turned out to be his final race....running second to Young Quinn in the 1975 InterDominion Final. I hope some of the names below (both equine and human) stir some memories. I remember all the drivers except J.Huyser and I'm not sure who M M Purdon was who drove the favourite in the 8th. thats amazing you brinning back this stuff , robalan was a free legged pacer owned by bluey hope , father of greg , it brings back some great days of pacing , i can still hear reg clap calling hi foyal into second in that race , thanks for the memories Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands down 27 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 3 minutes ago, hands down said: thats amazing you brinning back this stuff , robalan was a free legged pacer owned by bluey hope , father of greg , it brings back some great days of pacing , i can still hear reg clap calling hi foyal into second in that race , thanks for the memories further to that hi foyal stuff, i remember p c { paul gallagher } driving him at addington, paul was out of washdyke i think, trained a few around the road to the track , could go on and on on this stuff, the great days of broadcasters like marshall , matheson , murther, bill cherry was there. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands down 27 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 9 hours ago, Value Bell said: Mighty Gay, Gay Gordon / Rosa Dream. George Shand trained him. i remember george shand ripping mighty gay round the feild in the ashburton cup , { grass } and took off and won by panels, had some speed he did Value Bell 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 12 hours ago, Value Bell said: Hi Lo Forbes / Golden Legacy. Was Curly Thomas a part owner? Not sure VB, it was Lex Thomas who trained him out of his Makarewa base. Blue with Yellow rings around sleeve Value Bell 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 1 hour ago, hands down said: thats amazing you brinning back this stuff , robalan was a free legged pacer owned by bluey hope , father of greg , it brings back some great days of pacing , i can still hear reg clap calling hi foyal into second in that race , thanks for the memories I thought Allan Devery owned and trained Roballan in its early days, was it sold before it moved to Canterbury Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double R 260 Report post Posted January 22, 2018 Robalan won his first race at the Central Otago trotting Club meeting in January 1970, when trained and driven by Alex Townley. Allan Devery remained in the ownership throughout Robalan's racing career. Cheers. Robert. Fartoomuch 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed 245 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Remember being there that night next to the birdcage and the guy I was with yelled out to a startled Paul Gallagher, as he came back in after the 2 miler, if he was going to late enter him for the last race. Bruce M 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 246 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Hard case group, Shand, Gallagher and Sam Henderson. Double R 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hunterthenutter Report post Posted January 23, 2018 3 hours ago, Value Bell said: Hard case group, Shand, Gallagher and Sam Henderson. dick caskey was hard case too Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Dick Caskey! He trained the horses that all started with TOR, and they were probably the roughest gaited Horses I have ever witnessed. Just the breed I suppose, but Torle had An absolute shocking pacing gait, by half pie galloping all the time, and I think Dick also gave trotting a go with it at the end of its so-called pacing career. Another one was named Torpi if I remember correctly. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Eclipsed 245 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Brodie said: Dick Caskey! He trained the horses that all started with TOR, and they were probably the roughest gaited Horses I have ever witnessed. Just the breed I suppose, but Torle had An absolute shocking pacing gait, by half pie galloping all the time, and I think Dick also gave trotting a go with it at the end of its so-called pacing career. Another one was named Torpi if I remember correctly. hmmm - your memory is fading Mr Brodster. Bambi was a nimble trotter over sprints and won the Worthy Queen Trot on Cup Day in 1971. George Shand drove for Dick Caskey that day and paid $15's in beating Merrin, Tony Bear and Precocious. You'd have been all over it like a robber's dog at $4's the place. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Report post Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Eclipsed said: hmmm - your memory is fading Mr Brodster. Bambi was a nimble trotter over sprints and won the Worthy Queen Trot on Cup Day in 1971. George Shand drove for Dick Caskey that day and paid $15's in beating Merrin, Tony Bear and Precocious. You'd have been all over it like a robber's dog at $4's the place. Eclipsed, why do you say “The Brodster “ memory is fading????? I thought I still had most of my faculties! I do rember Bambi, but am I not right in regards to the TOR’s?????? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Portfolio 728 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 I remember having a good collect off Torpast one night at Forbury, think it was its maiden win. Flew home I think at double figures. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 246 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Throw in Stewy Sutherland to the hard cases. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruce M 143 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 Brodie is correct....the TOR horses were not always well gaited but I remember a couple of astonishing finishes from Torle who was the best of them.One night she came from a clear last into the straight to win easily. Was it Tortuff who won her maiden race at her 120 somethingth start? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hands down 27 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 13 minutes ago, Value Bell said: Throw in Stewy Sutherland to the hard cases. I think stewy had a string of very good trotters, remember one called waipouamu , not sure about fab, there were others,but i remembers those green colours , he was famous at that time, love those days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Hunterthenutter Report post Posted January 23, 2018 1 hour ago, Value Bell said: Throw in Stewy Sutherland to the hard cases. stewy had some nice trotters another hard case doug mccormick Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...