john legend 735 Report post Posted August 23, 2018 wSorry to see passing of Monty Baker. A real good guy of harness racing.. been a family friend since roskill south days. He did tell my Dad when I got a share in my first horse in 1968 that it was a bad move as I will be broke owning trotters. Well 50 years later he had some real good ones and I have not yet raced a champion and not quite broke but with memories of absolute solid gold... Fartoomuch 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,084 Report post Posted August 24, 2018 Was he not the husband of Pearl? Great supporters of harness racing and pearl carried a number of accolades like parks and street names in Otara and Mangere. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,539 Report post Posted August 24, 2018 11 hours ago, john legend said: wSorry to see passing of Monty Baker. A real good guy of harness racing.. been a family friend since roskill south days. He did tell my Dad when I got a share in my first horse in 1968 that it was a bad move as I will be broke owning trotters. Well 50 years later he had some real good ones and I have not yet raced a champion and not quite broke but with memories of absolute solid gold... Those memories, are gold, no one can take them away, and you will take them to the grave, memories and moments that money can't buy. scooby3051 and Fartoomuch 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lee270744 682 Report post Posted August 24, 2018 Pearl Baker was his mother. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
john legend 735 Report post Posted August 24, 2018 thanks Shad for kind words. Not just the races run and won and nearly won lol. but certainly the characters met along the way. Shad 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Value Bell 246 Report post Posted August 25, 2018 A lot of Monty's horses had Maheer in their name? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,762 Report post Posted September 2, 2018 Sad news to hear of Monty's passing. A real gentleman. Met him at many of the ATC and Caduceus Club functions. Monty started the Manukau Trotting Club way back and was a Life Member at Auckland. He did indeed have some very good horses including Directorship, Jacks Legend, Sogo, Insucha, Kliklite and Maheer Lord. RIP Monty. john legend and Belinda 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...