Murray Fish Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago First time ever a race meeting for a racing family? Trainers with a history of 60 years training and no discretions! Interesting to see no Anderton, Parsons or Pitman runners! No Pitman runners at last week meeting at Wingatui meeting either! 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted 4 hours ago Share Posted 4 hours ago 31 minutes ago, Murray Fish said: First time ever a race meeting for a racing family? Trainers with a history of 60 years training and no discretions! Interesting to see no Anderton, Parsons or Pitman runners! No Pitman runners at last week meeting at Wingatui meeting either! I hadn't noticed that. What a great idea. Who do you think was best, The Fantasy, The Twinkle, The Dimple. The Fantasy the oldest of the three, but I am pretty sure they would all have raced against each other, although I'm not sure if all three of them were ever in the same race. All out of the Pixie I think, but possibly by different sires. Without looking at any stats I always had a feeling The Twinkle may have been the best. The Fantasy may have won the most races. I always thought it was a pity they didn't stand The Chosen One down in Southland. Might have been just the boost the region needed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 12 minutes ago, Doomed said: I hadn't noticed that. What a great idea. Who do you think was best, The Fantasy, The Twinkle, The Dimple. The Fantasy the oldest of the three, but I am pretty sure they would all have raced against each other, although I'm not sure if all three of them were ever in the same race. All out of the Pixie I think, but possibly by different sires. Without looking at any stats I always had a feeling The Twinkle may have been the best. The Fantasy may have won the most races. I always thought it was a pity they didn't stand The Chosen One down in Southland. Might have been just the boost the region needed. Great names there….and The Phantom Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago 1 minute ago, Newmarket said: Great names there….and The Phantom And the Phantom Chance 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wingman Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago The Phantom, Eales, then Baker trained I think, freak of a horse with a barrel chest and like his comic character got a a decent beating from time to time but won far more Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted 3 hours ago Share Posted 3 hours ago I think The Fantasy left both The Phantom and The Phantom Chance. The Dimple left an Auck Cup winner, in the days when that was a decent enough race. The Twinkle of course ran second in the Auckland Cup. I can't remember if the Twinkle left much herself. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TAB For Ever Posted 2 hours ago Share Posted 2 hours ago The Dennis Brothers ...a fantastic Farming family who bred and trained some fantastic horses. I was pottering around stables as a kid when they raced the elderly very white horse The Wanderer around southern tracks often ridden by Brian Anderton . The Twinkle and The Fantasy were both Gatekeeper - The Pixie and often raced each other quinellaing several races at Wingatui and also battling against Mellseur a very good horse of young Hec [ HT ] Anderton. He split them in the Timaru Cup , Another Timaru Cup [ Doomed's fav race ] The Dimple beat The Twinkle ...I think....with my neighbours Sporting Show [ Honey Crepe -Showgate ] third. The Dimple was Noble Bijou - The Pixie . Gatekeeper was stood by Gordon Thomson [ Showgate] and he bred some very good horses including Showgate , Artifice , Tuis Lass , Sporting Show etc.The Twinkle was among the best and raced well at Ellerslie. The Dennis Bros horses often ridden by AK [ Ali ] Robinson who I saw and spoke to at Cup week in November. He started as an apprentice with DG Oneil at same time as AJ Tweedie. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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