Gammalite Posted yesterday at 11:33 AM Share Posted yesterday at 11:33 AM With Plenty of Trans Tasman Champions and great racing over the last few decades , Have done some beautiful photos up to catch these magic moments in Time. Will post them Up here over a few weeks as the BIG races draw near like the Hunter Cup and time honoured Miracle Mile , then an Interdominion in Brisbane. might be able to send some as prizes for quizzes and that if people can pick some of the moments . I'm making an amazing album up. Printed photo's have a Magical way of capturing amazing moments in time. Have a great Mix of NZ and Aus champs and races as they are All fantastic . The greats of 2 countries. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted yesterday at 11:39 AM Author Share Posted yesterday at 11:39 AM Starting here . Name any of a/ the horse ? ,b/ the race ? , or c/ the 2nd placegetter ? here to get the roll of champions under way !!! Good Luck. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 21 hours ago Share Posted 21 hours ago No takers Gamma in over 12 hours !!!! Gotta be Christian Cullen , the white breast plate and young driver Danny Campbell tell me that. Then the DB Draught signs, the sun's shadows and huge crowd suggest its Cup Day ...about 1998. If that is number 15 second it gotta be a Group 1 horse starting off maybe 10 or 'unruly' so maybe Iraklis or Holmes DG from that era . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 20 hours ago Share Posted 20 hours ago Runnerup definitely Iraklis...trained by RM Cameron and driven by Ricky May. An interesting twist was that Danny Campbell [ RIP ] had worked for Cameron and for a time was regular driver of Iraklis before Ricky May took over. Then as Cullen emerged May found himself having to make a choice so he chose NZ Cup winner Iraklis over the rising star CC , so Campbell then became the regular of CC. AT Cup time and around that time CC was unstoppable ! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trojan Posted 19 hours ago Share Posted 19 hours ago 1998 NZ Trotting Cup 1st Christian Cullen 2nd Iraklis 3rd Franco Enforce Apart from the first two it wasn't that strong a Cup field. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted 19 hours ago Author Share Posted 19 hours ago Christian Cullen also a winner of the Biggest race in Australia that year as well . Day 2/ Here's a ripper for today , with another kiwi trained horse who also achieved that Big Double . Slicing through late between Two great Interdominion Grand Final winners to take the Victory. 🏆 a/ The winner is....... ? b/ The Placegetters are...... ? (both NZ bred champions) clue= The horse on the left Won this race a couple of times himself and was the first Standardbred to reach the $2,000,000 in Oz or NZ. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago Master Mood Village Kid My Lightening Blue( average type 😎) 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago The compact little stallion Master Mood was the result of a chance meeting between Trainer/Driver Kevin Williams ,his Dad and a Dunedin Fruit shop owner ,Mr Wong and his son.They met while buying some carrots and got MM from a mating of Noodlum and a low cost mare Moods [ Lordship] So quite a tie in with previous Cups...Lordship etc and I think Kevins wife Bonnie was daughter of Cups king Cecil Devine . 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted 17 hours ago Share Posted 17 hours ago Spot on there TAB man. A win for the good people. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted 17 hours ago Author Share Posted 17 hours ago 5 minutes ago, Blackie said: Spot on there TAB man. A win for the good people. Cecil a Tasmanian. went over there in his young days to win a few NZ Cups and teach the locals (including the Son in Law Kevin ) how to do the job properly ? 😋 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted 16 hours ago Share Posted 16 hours ago 22 minutes ago, Gammalite said: Cecil a Tasmanian. went over there in his young days to win a few NZ Cups and teach the locals (including the Son in Law Kevin ) how to do the job properly ? 😋 That was after they had to remove the ball and chain. 🙃. Never a better trainer (or driver) put a horses head through a bridle than Tassie 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted 16 hours ago Author Share Posted 16 hours ago 6 more great horses. 6 of the Very best that attracted huge crowds. With the AG Hunter Cup (Australia's version of the NZ Cup) on in just 2 weeks time , it is fitting to see ALL Six of these great Warriors won that great race. The Hunter Cup had a flat spot for a few years straight after these 6 horses had won and was converted to a general 2400m FFA worth 20k for non-descript winners.😪 LUCKILY in 1993 , they re-invented the race 👍 for a big prize 💰over distance from a stand. and up stepped Master Musician for Robert Dunn and Blossom Lady to win the next 3 editions. NZ with 16 wins v OZ with 16 wins since 1993 so a great race for the kiwi's is the Hunter Cup 🏆 A/ Who are these 6 greats ? B/ and which one would be good enough to take the GRAND SLAM ? of Miracle Mile ( in some of these photos) The Hunter Cup and the Interdominion Pacing Championship crown ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 12 hours ago Share Posted 12 hours ago A lot of Number 1 horses.... Top left , God with maltese cross is Vin Knight so Popular Alm or Our Maestro . Guessing Gammalite and Pure Steel in there too ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 11 hours ago Share Posted 11 hours ago Middle on left ......lock in Preux Chevalier ...black with white hoop on sleeves. NZ bred by Lumber Dream ,the same as Robalan . Middle on right with white bridle ......a guess @ Pure Steel The top right , a wild punt on Westburn Grant . Bottom two are quite small photos ,hard to nail any clues ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago Be Gammalite & Bruce Clarke bottom left with that whip action Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago 2 hours ago, Blackie said: Be Gammalite & Bruce Clarke bottom left with that whip action The Aussies sure knew how to swing the persuader back in the day.....Vin Knight I remember wave to crowd the entire straight ! The close finishes were punishing ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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