tasman man 11 979 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 .....fell on Easter Monday ? Anyone know , for sure ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Aaron Bidlake 760 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 I can only see him have had 3 trials, no race starts... tasman man 11 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,341 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 Yes in 1946 Black Kirrama and tasman man 11 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tasman man 11 979 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 Thanks Ted , I good bit of trivia that ! No racing in NZ today....doesn't bother Western Australia tho......and the police aware here as my friend was stopped out on Motorway for speeding. Cop....."Why are you towing that Horse float ,and why you speeding ? " Friend.....My horse is in the first race and I am late. Cop.......Ah ha , you can't fool me , NZ doesn't allow Horse racing on Good Friday , plus we in lockdown ! The cop checks rego ,tyres and walks around back of float. Cop.....but there's no horse in here , its empty !! Friend........Oh dear , they must have given me the scratchings ! An oldie but a goodie ! Focus up Ted and get those BGP selections sorted ! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Black Kirrama 1,513 Report post Posted April 10, 2020 5 hours ago, rdytdy said: Yes in 1946 Good on you Sir Ted. Hope you and Linda and your family are bonding frequently. The Good Friday question is yet another Trivia question without proof ! Huge McCarvil who bred and raced champions Bridie and Mannix used to recount many stories from his Tower Road property in Matamata. One of his favourites was about a Neddy called Good Friday who fell in a race on Boxing Day. Quote: And, of course, you would be absolutely correct if the question was purely about chronology, but it’s not; it is, in fact, something of an ‘old chestnut’ in horse racing circles, but that hasn’t stopped it becoming a favourite of quiz masters over the years. For the record, the horse Good Friday ran, and fell, in the Thorneycroft Chase at Wolverhampton – Dunstall Park staged National Hunt racing until 2002, believe it or not – on December 26, 1899; Good Friday did, literally, fall on Boxing Day that year. Click through for more fun and factual horse racing answers. Ted, Moifa was mistaken for Kiora (1904) Maybe it was 1945 ish at Wolverhampton on BoxIng Day Look forward to your RandwIck picks in Ponderosa's Generous Competition. rdytdy and tasman man 11 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Bukowski 411 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 Wow , Mannix , what a machine he was , grew up in awe of him , one of my 1st Heros. There was a Photo of him in full stretch in the Te Awamutu Club back in the day. Do you recall what happened to Mannix , Black Kirrama (Kirrama and Bardall another 2 of my faves too) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 Ended up at stud in Japan. Left a winner in NZ called Count Mannix from memory trained in Matamata. Hurt a sesamoind bone while winning the Wellington Guineas on 3 legs. Came back after recovering but never the same although he did win the Kings Plate .Retired after hurting himself again. Never beaten over a mile. Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Bukowski 411 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 Thanks Crusty, he was a beauty wasn't he Black Kirrama 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 He was .Just got off the phone to his trainer who used to freequent the Te Awamutu Club. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Bukowski 411 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 The one and only D J Riordan ?? He had a feast of good horses back then , Heflu another who went out fave in an Auckland Cup,a young B S Compton aboard ? crustyngrizzly 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 22 minutes ago, Charlie Bukowski said: Wow , Mannix , what a machine he was , grew up in awe of him , one of my 1st Heros. There was a Photo of him in full stretch in the Te Awamutu Club back in the day. Do you recall what happened to Mannix , Black Kirrama (Kirrama and Bardall another 2 of my faves too) Stood at Balclarres Stud in Matamata. Field he beat in the Kings Plate included Unpainted Tatua,Lord Cheval,Super Count,Bardall and,Mayo Gold. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charlie Bukowski 411 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 Tatua - Buster Tims Bardall - Robinsons Maayo Gold - Frank Conway / Ray Wallace ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,341 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 14 minutes ago, Charlie Bukowski said: Tatua - Buster Tims Bardall - Robinsons Maayo Gold - Frank Conway / Ray Wallace ? Mayo Gold - Ray Wallace Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 Lord Cheval.....at a guess B Meyer but could real wrong. Unpainted .......don't know the trainer but pretty sure she was owned by Laurie Davis and won the 1968 Doncaster ridden by G Spinks. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted April 11, 2020 10 minutes ago, crustyngrizzly said: Lord Cheval.....at a guess B Meyer but could real wrong. Unpainted .......don't know the trainer but pretty sure she was owned by Laurie Davis and won the 1968 Doncaster ridden by G Spinks. Tommy Smith won the Doncaster with her. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,700 Report post Posted April 12, 2020 On 4/11/2020 at 12:48 PM, Charlie Bukowski said: The one and only D J Riordan ?? He had a feast of good horses back then , Heflu another who went out fave in an Auckland Cup,a young B S Compton aboard ? Heflu got badly galloped on in the Cup and finished well back.Never recaptured his old form after that and i think he went to Eric Tempertons stable and tried as a jumper . Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
