Dark Beau

Jim Tomkinson was my hero from that era. He mixed every feed too, but there again he only ever had 8 or 10 in work. Bought them all [or most of them ] himself for his very select clientele. Jim wouldn't train a horse for me when I asked, but I loved going around on a Sunday morning and discussing what happened over in Sydney and Melbourne the previous day. He was the best.

Chief Mickey Mouse?

Strong possibility, but isn't hindsight a wonderful thing?

Why?

Did she. How is that any more relevant than I bet on her?

I am trying work out what they mean by COCK FIGHTING as I saw that two brothers were arrested the other day for such doing such a thing. It seems very strange to me and damned do I know how the brothers manage to do it.

Where?

Have you been on the receiving end?

Curious, where do find or more to point where can I find the figures? It will be interesting to compare Karaka Night with today's Wellington Cup Day.

Curious, Iv'e been "off air" for 22 hours. Thanks for responding to The Chief with the exact same answer that I would have given.

I disagree.

I didn't know that it did. I only pop over here now and again to see if anything is worth getting involved with. As you can see this thread has attracted plenty so Iv'e thrown my five pence worth in. But as always the Chief can't help himself such as his stupid comment/question asking me if I am running a raffle to fix the electronic timing at Trentham. I rest my case.

Thank you for your last comment. As an owner with a horse or two there nearly every time they run them, I certainly appreciate what they are doing and it certainly helps to offset all the other crap that we are currently having to put up with in the CD.

The cash is, was, has been there, except it was spent in every which way, except where some of it definitely should have been, and by that I mean the facilities and tracks. Now it's all come home to roost.

True, but things change and being fair to all, one site now stands head and shoulders above the others, at least based on traffic although I must say that this thread has excelled 😂