Triple

[We're Doomed 1,970]

I don't think anyone has mentioned the triple dead-heat at Otaki yesterday. A rather unusual occurrence in this day and age. Talk about squeeze the ultimate value out of a stakes race, lots of black type. Just think, back in the bad old days the 1st and 2nd place prices would have been hammered. 

[gubellini 2,741]

At Riccarton on the 10/8/39 Tidewater, Settlement and Lowenberg triple dead heated in the Islington Handicap. At Wanganui on the 4/2/67 Alcharinga, Ellinis and Pearly Shells triple dead heated for third.

[rdytdy 4,560]

There was a triple dead heat for first at Waverley in the Brewer Memorial Handicap on 9 October 1968.

Monastic, Unsurpassable and Grey Knight. 

[Shad 895]

I think the Westport trotting club have the record for the first ever triple winning dead heat in the world, long before my time, but two of the horses were whimpy and knight owl.may have been 1957, but was a world first and the club were rewarded with one thousand pounds,so the story goes.

[gubellini 2,741]

Ted that triple dead heat at Waverley was for third. Result was

1. Rikki Tikki Brian Andrews

2. Just Wishing Bill Skelton

3= Monastic Bill Holmes

3= Unsurpassable Keith Aitken

3= Gray Knight Rodney Heaslip

[gubellini 2,741]

Shad correct. At the Westport Trots on the 27/12/57 in the last race there was a triple dead heat for first:

1= Wimpy JH Butterick

1= Night Owl G Cameron

1= Keff MC Flaws

[poundforpound 2,661]

Anything prior to digital photo finishes is meaningless IMO

I distinctly remember getting beat a neck on a thing of Winsloe’s, partly owned by Davy Robertson, at dirty old Tapanui one day

The thing that beat me was ridden by Moocher Wright ( he looked like he was having sex with a pit bull in a finish, without lube, and the pit bull wasn’t cooperating ) anyway when we trotted back I said to Ted Winsloe “bad luck”.. he said “don’t worry, it’s sorted”.... and incredibly the judge called a dead heat ... only in Southland when the racing mafia ran the show !!!

I think the horse I rode was named Blend if there are any amateur historians out there 

[flockofewes2 216]

dear me a dead heat with a bulldog and a...poodle.

 

The Hotham hdcp is the famous one.

[MS26 49]

Triple dead heat @ Taupo for 3rd about 5 years back..

[gubellini 2,741]

poundforpound that race you dead heated for first was the 1975 Tapanui Cup. Moocher Wright was on Willie Knows. Third was Orette ridden by Ellis Winsloe. Both the dead heaters were chestnut stallions. Blend by Pakistan 2 out of Belinda’s Flight and Willie Knows by Whistling Willie out of Hot Dog.

[poundforpound 2,661]

21 minutes ago, gubellini said:

poundforpound that race you dead heated for first was the 1975 Tapanui Cup. Moocher Wright was on Willie Knows. Third was Orette ridden by Ellis Winsloe. Both the dead heaters were chestnut stallions. Blend by Pakistan 2 out of Belinda’s Flight and Willie Knows by Whistling Willie out of Hot Dog.

Thank you....I knew someone would know 

I seem to remember David Ernest Reed used to ride Blend and flog him senseless.....the horse wouldn’t have believed his luck when I got on him and gave him the feather duster treatment 

[TurnyTom 156]

DE Reid top rider

[Trump 1,959]

On 11/30/2019 at 1:04 PM, rdytdy said:

There was a triple dead heat for first at Waverley in the Brewer Memorial Handicap on 9 October 1968.

Monastic, Unsurpassable and Grey Knight. 

Monastic - trained by Don Grubb at Feilding and was in work for “two years” at one time! Unheard of these days.