crustyngrizzly 1,681 Report post Posted August 5, 2020 I see a death notice for a Ron Ladd in the Waikato Times aged 93. Not sure but i think he may have trained and owned Silver Lad a very good 3 year old and various other good horses Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Memphis2 1,078 Report post Posted August 5, 2020 Saw it win the AJC Derby way back when. It was Sir Silver Lad then I think. Pretty good horse. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pilli 81 Report post Posted August 5, 2020 Crusty..your memory playing some tricks on you me thinks.I travelled to Sydney Easter 1977 to cheer Sir Silver Lad/Des Wyatt home at Randwick in a high class field Australasian Championship Stakes.He was trained by Barry Petley (brother of scribe Jack)at Takanini,and owned by Robin Peel-Walker,Glynis McNicholl (20 years later a role in Shorty St) and another partner. crustyngrizzly 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,681 Report post Posted August 5, 2020 45 minutes ago, pilli said: Crusty..your memory playing some tricks on you me thinks.I travelled to Sydney Easter 1977 to cheer Sir Silver Lad/Des Wyatt home at Randwick in a high class field Australasian Championship Stakes.He was trained by Barry Petley (brother of scribe Jack)at Takanini,and owned by Robin Peel-Walker,Glynis McNicholl (20 years later a role in Shorty St) and another partner. No problem with getting corrected.Never fear the truth. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
crustyngrizzly 1,681 Report post Posted August 5, 2020 was a life member of the NZTBA as well as the Te Aroha Racing Club. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
gubellini 3,923 Report post Posted August 5, 2020 Ron Ladd bred and raced Irish Flirt who raced 51 times for 7 wins including the 1991 Star Way Stakes at Te Aroha. Mike Moroney trained her. Her first foal McFlirt won 7 races in Australia including the VRC Sires’ Produce Stakes G1. He later became a successful sire in West Australia. crustyngrizzly 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Clydesdale 229 Report post Posted August 5, 2020 Gubes is correct. I had the pleasure of knowing and working with Ron on the National body of the Thoroughbred Breeders Association. He was the instigator of the FAMIS (Fillies and Mares Incentive Scheme) incentive scheme which was the first of it’s kind in the Southern Hemisphere. It has now matured into the Pearl Series and equally positive scheme for breeders of fillies. Ron was a great asset to breeders advancements in a number of areas and maintained a fair and balanced approach to improving the opportunities for breeders to invest in the industry. A good man. May he Rest In Peace (and yelling at his next winner up stairs) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...