tasman man 11 979 Report post Posted June 13, 2018 Young Arthur or Mickey Didham passed away yesterday ! Son of old Arthur [AE] ,brother of Jim , Lesley[Jumbo] and Ernie [EJ] , Mickey was a top Otago trainer for many years. One of his best horses was Golden Sam ,and I also remember Royal Estate and Shewetta as good performers. As a young chap I sometimes led his horses into the birdcage and remember Underwood Lass winning a couple of times for me ! He was 86.....RIP Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ragamuffin 122 Report post Posted June 13, 2018 Condolences to Courtney, Jumbo & family, Another good old trainer passed, gone whitebaiting elsewhere Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Sugrue 190 Report post Posted June 13, 2018 I loved Golden Sam He was my first equine hero, in my early High School days A magnificent chestnut with a white blaze who competed against the best both here and in Australia Had photos of him in my room - surely would have been a Hoof Beats colour centrespread and after a race I'll tell you about I went to the ODT/ Evening Star shop down Stewart St and bought his photo I'll never forget his resuming run in the Open Sprint at Wingatui, 6 furlongs, topweight probably 9 stone 4 lb Last in the running, 3 lengths last on turn, flies home and wins by 3, paid about 6's as I recall A few weeks earlier my Mum, bless her, made a momentous decision to give me direct the weekly child allowance the government paid for all children under 18. I had saved a few weeks worth and was noticing Golden Sam was up to galloping in the Trackwork pages. Long story short, on his resumption, I headed over the hill to Wingatui and plonked the lot on Sam - whew talk about exhilirating An amazing era of equine champions At Forbury we had Stella Frost, Robalan, Arapaho,Speedy Guest, Young Quinn At Wingatui Show Gate, Grey Way , Igloo, Lynda Mary, The Twinkle, The Dimple, Bell Flight, Dandyman, Candyboy How could you not love horses after seeing those champions La Zip, pogo(aus) and THE TORCH 2 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fartoomuch 1,376 Report post Posted June 13, 2018 2 hours ago, Roger Sugrue said: I loved Golden Sam He was my first equine hero, in my early High School days A magnificent chestnut with a white blaze who competed against the best both here and in Australia Had photos of him in my room - surely would have been a Hoof Beats colour centrespread and after a race I'll tell you about I went to the ODT/ Evening Star shop down Stewart St and bought his photo I'll never forget his resuming run in the Open Sprint at Wingatui, 6 furlongs, topweight probably 9 stone 4 lb Last in the running, 3 lengths last on turn, flies home and wins by 3, paid about 6's as I recall A few weeks earlier my Mum, bless her, made a momentous decision to give me direct the weekly child allowance the government paid for all children under 18. I had saved a few weeks worth and was noticing Golden Sam was up to galloping in the Trackwork pages. Long story short, on his resumption, I headed over the hill to Wingatui and plonked the lot on Sam - whew talk about exhilirating An amazing era of equine champions At Forbury we had Stella Frost, Robalan, Arapaho,Speedy Guest, Young Quinn At Wingatui Show Gate, Grey Way , Igloo, Lynda Mary, The Twinkle, The Dimple, Bell Flight, Dandyman, Candyboy How could you not love horses after seeing those champions He trained a few for our family, quietly spoken bloke who did a good job with apprentices with Megan Brick coming to mind. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
lindsay carston 81 Report post Posted June 16, 2018 Knew a girl named Melanie Taylor who worked for Mick Didham in the 70s.Often wondered where she ended up.Anyone know? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...