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Off topic I know Gamma but can you believe that Jumbo Visma team? You hope that in ten years time that they find they weren’t turning those wheels with some go fast in their legs. All of them are incredible, especially to leave Pogacar in their wake. See they are sponsored by The Dutch lottery, guess you can do a lot with that sort of $

Love your work Gamma A+ Good nights racing, no one having a quiet one there, speed on all the way. Do you know what the crowd was like? Did it bring them out?

Wasn’t a bad looking dude, wasn’t he. Tough as nails with it.

Does the Yellow Jersey winner win anything? Am I breathing it? Maybe bragging rights. C’mon Better Eclipse!

Jeff, his old man, would be one proud Dad 👌

To Davis(1): Just make sure you park Gammalite(5)out when he comes calling, I’m right behind you 👍

Brodie has broken one of the golden rules of horses… never condemn them till they’re in the ground.

And to Davis(# 1), show a bit of ticker son, don’t want any old scrubber beating you out of the gate, I’ll be right up your chuff.

Okay Gamma Through me in selections, I’ll take the # 8 all night , shortest way home, driving for luck, cheers 👌

The best ever, well before his time

Q4/ Stormy Morn had a very long career. saw him winmany for Tony Perucich in the north, after starting outsouth. Tony Perucich one of the good guys, started down here in Canterbury, Rangiora, next to the racecourse.Use to be a jockey. He had good 2yr old in Trio, who just happened to be born in Lord Module’s year. Gave a young enthusiast his first steer😁

Can't really remember that race, I'm guessing he may of got stirred up behind the mobile like he could do. Real Force had been going good races as I remember and probably deserved it. The first time Peter Jones ever sat behind Sundon was his winning Dominion . Sir Roy McKenzie rang him up to see if he could drive him, he said yes but does Fred know? Sir Roy said he'll tell him, I think Fred got suspended anyway for giving him a quiet one on Cup Day. The Dominion comes and P Jones wondered what he has struck, Sundon grabbed the bit in the prelim and took off and it took all of P Jones's skill to get him back to him(he was actually down to his last resort and just yelled "WHOA"). Around at the start he grabbed the bit again, P Jones headed him towards the outside fence, Sundon was blind to it( all the horsemen here will know what I mean), and clocked himself a real beaut on a concrete post. Sundon from that point walks around like a lamb, lines up like a toff, steps brilliantly to lead after a quarter, waltz's around on two threads of cotton and wins easily. P Jones maintains the clock on the head certainly didn't hurt his chances.

Q6. Sir Castleton, must have them all covered now 😎

Q9 . Sundon's Gift NZ born & raised, only won one race in NZ, but it was a goody, Rowe Cup

Q.4 Stormy Morn Remember when Trevor Thomas trained him at Ces Donald's old place in Belfast

7. Speeding Spur

If(haha) Sundon makes the cut, I’ve got an insider story on his Dominion win… but till then, my lips are sealed.

Great work

ps rapt to get in before that greyhound fella, I’d want him on my quiz team 👍.

4. Village Kid ( of course!) …….. 1. Popular Alm

Well I for one LOVE your quizzes Gamma, gets me thinking and quite nostalgic… not bad for an Aussie. I’ll have a crack at some of these. Q 2. Quite Famous Q 3. Thorate Q 5. Westburn Grant Q 6. Yankee Loch Now, back to putting the thinking cap back on for the ‘P’ & ‘V’ horses. What ones did you have a blast behind? Were they ever the same?😎

The best bet would be the one running second 😉.

Alright Gammalite, true blue Aussie you are, them three are… 6. Lightning Blue( heard that name somewhere before), best ever son of Lonero to walk this planet. 7 La Coocaracha, have you ever seen a faster 200m down the back straight at Alex Park from a trotter when it won the Rose Cup, awesome! By Safely Kept as well. 8 Lawn Derby, first horse to pace under 2 mins outside of USA. Left his hopples at home as well.

What a great line up! Must make sure the next one I get starts with an ‘L’.

Saw Knight Pistol race at Addington Cup Day one year, where he won. He was a good tough horse.