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32 minutes ago, Dark Beau said:

Even quicker than any Everest winner!

I can’t believe it’s that fast.

Hop over to cafe race for a quick look. 

I love it. 

Has it been updated? When I went over there I got this at the top of the news column.

By Admin4 · Posted October 19, 2020

Six-time Group One-winning mare Verry Elleegant has been penalised 0.5kg for her win in the Gr.1 Caulfield Cup on Saturday, taking her weight in the Gr.1 Melbourne Cup (3200m) to...
Posted
47 minutes ago, Dark Beau said:

Even quicker than any Everest winner!

I can’t believe it’s that fast.

Hop over to cafe race for a quick look. 

I love it. 
 


 

 

Slower than here.  If you want proof let me know.

 

Posted
6 minutes ago, Chief Stipe said:

@Dark Beau can you pass onto Insider that my grandparents lived in Derby Street just down from Patterson Park and my mum was born and bred in Karamea.  Seems that @Comic Dog and @Pete Lane as moderators thought that post was worth a ban.

cheers 

Heap of pubs there, a few less these days, pity the old iconic pig n whistle pub not open anymore, I know derby street, buller high school, and the hospital store dairy, Saint Canices school, Karamea the land of milk and honey its known, the oparara arches very popular, Domett Street stable of the famous Durban Chief, bit before my time.

Posted
14 minutes ago, Shad said:

Heap of pubs there, a few less these days, pity the old iconic pig n whistle pub not open anymore, I know derby street, buller high school, and the hospital store dairy, Saint Canices school, Karamea the land of milk and honey its known, the oparara arches very popular, Domett Street stable of the famous Durban Chief, bit before my time.

Yep.  Related to Bill Craddock who bred Durban Chief.  

My dad won the Westport Cup with a good horse.

LOL flew on a DC3 from Hokitika to Westport to see the Grandparents and used to walk across the road to watch the horses being trained.

Karamea the first place to grow Kiwifruit.

Used to stay at relatives place next to the Little Wanganui pub.

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The craddocks well known trotting family in the buller, Trevor always trained the kdd handy one, remember the days if the DC3 coming to Westport, karamea grow good tamarillos amongst other things, very much warmer climate, Noel Simpson a former resident that  arranged the Chiefs trip to America. 

Posted
1 hour ago, Chief Stipe said:

@Dark Beau can you pass onto Insider that my grandparents lived in Derby Street just down from Patterson Park and my mum was born and bred in Karamea.  Seems that @Comic Dog and @Pete Lane as moderators thought that post was worth a ban.

cheers 

That's a bit strange that it was banned.

For the record I sold my first racebook on behalf of the local stationer [Parkhouse Bookshop?] at Paterson Park!

Born and lived in Queen Street.

I can boast or at least could say that I was born in a Workingmans Club as that is what the Maternity Hospital turned into.

 

Posted
1 minute ago, Shad said:

The craddocks well known trotting family in the buller, Trevor always trained the kdd handy one, remember the days if the DC3 coming to Westport, karamea grow good tamarillos amongst other things, very much warmer climate, Noel Simpson a former resident that  arranged the Chiefs trip to America. 

Yes, warm and rain, but that's good. 

Noel Simpson, now that's a pioneer.

 

Posted
48 minutes ago, Dark Beau said:

That's a bit strange that it was banned.

For the record I sold my first racebook on behalf of the local stationer [Parkhouse Bookshop?] at Paterson Park!

Born and lived in Queen Street.

I can boast or at least could say that I was born in a Workingmans Club as that is what the Maternity Hospital turned into.

 

From memory one of my friends dad owned parkhouses book shop, his name was Bob Hawes,was a good rugby player,but turned to league,played for Bradford northern,wasn't the done thing changing codes way back then,his wife run another small shop called the buller book club, which was next to the queen Anne store, also called metcalfs was famous for there pies in the day, the secret recipe been handed down, and shop is known as freckles, and use the same recipe, you'd probably remember the local barber tobacco nist at the time, Peter Phibbs, also had an interest in the harness horses,

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