The BOAY INTERDOMINION Competition.

[Gammalite]

1 hour ago, Rangatira said:

No Response won the Trotters Final 

Great win for Trainer /driver Richard Brosnan.  Fabulous Win. 

knocked off the 2 Aussies for a thrilling win . Reon Murtha enjoying the action with a great race-call too 🏆 .

Richard grabbed a 2nd win 4 years ago with a trotter he trains with his Son Emmett.  Maori Law . beat home NZer Majestic Man 2nd  and the future double Interdominion Winner for Greg Sugars named ' Just Believe ' 3rd. 

the late great Greg Sugars actually drove Maori Law to victory for Richard Brosnan,   before taking over Just Believe to  train himself. So Greg WON the final 3 years in a row. 

we miss you already Greg 😪 

 

Edited Wednesday at 04:33 AM by Gammalite

[goldilocks]

I'm sorry TAB  FOREVER and Rangatira,I made the mistake  of posting  after 3 bears (beers),of course  Real Force won at Addington  on 1990,that year the Pacing champs were held in Adelaide Accept my apologies.

Even the mighty can fail

[Gammalite]

A Music Clue for the BOAY Interdominion Quiz today .

This great song must been about the same time as the Wonderful horse . Just change a few words and it could be about him 😎. " everybody's going to jump for joy" 

1/  Who is the horse could we sing about today ? 

2/  Who is the amazing Trainer that took him to Interdominon glory  ?

3/ A stand-in Driver was needed for the Grand Final. Who?   and what remarkable feat did he achieve during that Interdominion series that hasn't ever been achieved again ? 

Pop any answer here with a post to get Comp points OR  Just enjoy the Great Song if you can't pick him !!!!! 

 

 

 

[TAB For Ever]

19 hours ago, goldilocks said:

I'm sorry TAB  FOREVER and Rangatira,I made the mistake  of posting  after 3 bears (beers),of course  Real Force won at Addington  on 1990,that year the Pacing champs were held in Adelaide Accept my apologies.

Even the mighty can fail

No worries Goldilocks , keep posting !

As with the 3 x Bears you need to find your place in life !

I started posting and became a mentor....first time I've got off the bottom rung !

[TAB For Ever]

9 hours ago, Gammalite said:

A Music Clue for the BOAY Interdominion Quiz today .

This great song must been about the same time as the Wonderful horse . Just change a few words and it could be about him 😎. " everybody's going to jump for joy" 

1/  Who is the horse could we sing about today ? 

2/  Who is the amazing Trainer that took him to Interdominon glory  ?

3/ A stand-in Driver was needed for the Grand Final. Who?   and what remarkable feat did he achieve during that Interdominion series that hasn't ever been achieved again ? 

Pop any answer here with a post to get Comp points OR  Just enjoy the Great Song if you can't pick him !!!!! 

 

 

 

Haha...Young Quinn , was Charlie's drive but after a mishap young John Langdon stepped in and won both finals !

[Gammalite]

1 minute ago, TAB For Ever said:

Haha...Young Quinn , was Charlie's drive but after a mishap young John Langdon stepped in and won both finals !

Clean sweep of the heats and Final Big-time at Auckland 75' . the champion YOUNG QUINN.

Charlie Hunter got a damaged arm in a 2 year old race crash, so unable to drive after the 2nd round.

So Yeah !! ;'Long John' Langdon wins both Grand Finals . Quinny pacing and Castleton's Pride Trotting. 

Both trained by Charlie Hunter as well. 

great stuff TABman 🏆  4 points for you and 1 for Gamma with Castleton'e Pride

[TAB For Ever]

Yes the year was 1975 .....Young Quinn was one of NZ's greatest ever winning most of NZ's big races , The Interdoms and Miracle mile as well as BIG races in North America. Won 59 races. He started in Wyndham with Bud Baynes ,moved to Charlies as a youngster. 

In 1975 he was against Aussie great Hondo Grattan going for 3 x Interdoms on end. HG was off 25 in final Young Quinn off 15 .He won like a good horse from Hi Foyle driven by Southlander Henry Skinner tho trained then by Roy Purdon [I think] .The Foyle horses used to battle around Forbury. Were they from Palmerston South ? Maybe dreaming ! Bay Foyle was an Aussie.

Little wonder Southlaners love Harness when a short list of their champs would be headed by YQ ,Cardigan Bay , Tactile ,Holy Hal ,Lunar Chance , Robin Dundee [Otago] Holmes DG  to name a few plus David Moss ,Poupette , Night Allowance among the trotters.

YQ was by Young Charles out of Loyal Trick [ Hal Tryax]............then in 1996 Aussie Young Mister Charles was Interdom Pacing Champ.

Plus ImaMightyQuinn was a real champ winning 3 x Interdoms from 2011.

Back to John Langdon /Charlie they got the trotters final with Castletons Pride for Roy McKenzie who owned JayAr and many great horses trained by George Noble but Roy [later Sir Roy] never won the NZ Cup. Had a lot of great horses incl Royden Glen and Sundon. 

Ahhhhh the memories and the Associations !

ps Young Quinn named after well known shearer "Snow' Quinn

Edited Thursday at 10:45 AM by TAB For Ever
Extra info !

[Gammalite]

10 minutes ago, TAB For Ever said:

Yes the year was 1975 .....Young Quinn was one of NZ's greatest ever winning most of NZ's big races , The Interdoms and Miracle mile as well as BIG races in North America. Won 59 races. He started in Wyndham with Bud Baynes ,moved to Charlies as a youngster. 

In 1975 he was against Aussie great Hondo Grattan going for 3 x Interdoms on end. HG was off 25 in final Young Quinn off 15 .He won like a good horse from Hi Foyle driven by Southlander Henry Skinner tho trained then by Roy Purdon [I think] .The Foyle horses used to battle around Forbury. Were they from Palmerston South ? Maybe dreaming ! Bay Foyle was an Aussie.

Little wonder Southlaners love Harness when a short list of their champs would be headed by YQ ,Cardigan Bay , Tactile ,Holy Hal ,Lunar Chance , Robin Dundee [Otago] Holmes DG  to name a few plus David Moss ,Poupette , Night Allowance among the trotters.

YQ was by Young Charles out of Loyal Trick [ Hal Tryax]............then in 1996 Aussie Young Mister Charles was Interdom Pacing Champ.

Plus ImaMightyQuinn was a real champ winning 3 x Interdoms from 2011.

Back to John Langdon /Charlie they got the trotters final with Castletons Pride for Roy McKenzie who owned JayAr and many great horses trained by George Noble but Roy [later Sir Roy] never won the NZ Cup. Had a lot of great horses incl Royden Glen and Sundon. 

Ahhhhh the memories and the Associations !

ps Young Quinn named after well known shearer "Snow' Quinn

Just amazing horse TAB. YOUNG QUINN Winning the Miracle Mile from the outside impossible 6 alley.

( that was repeated by another NZer  in LOCARNO for Robin Butt just 5 years later in 1980) 

Can you Believe that it's a HALF Century since Young Quinn Won at Auckland in those Photos above. ?? seems like yesterday I was NZ enjoying those amazing horses.  50 YEARS ago OMG 😳.  

(I lost all my treasured race books (4 from each championship)  from those 3 Auckland Interdominions in a house fire in NZ ) all the Halwes ones from 68' when my dad first shifted us to NZ from Tas when we went with that horse who should of won the Interdominion , and my Young Quinn ones 75. and the Gammalite ones from the 1983 Interdominion still makes me sad as loved all those , with all the great horses dwelling with-in  😪

[TAB For Ever]

The real Themightyquinn...

Q How did he become an Aussie ,and how is he 'unique' with a feat that will never be matched ?

A.  Themightyquinn started in Canterbury with Peter Bagrie and had to race against a very strong group of NZ youngsters including Auckland Reactor ,Fiery Falcon and Ohoka Arizona.

He won a few races and was third on Jewels day before being sold to Gary Hall stable in Perth for good money.

Then he became an Aussie and I'm Themightyquinn and soon started winning big......he won his second Interdom Final before he won his first.

He won his first over a year after the race. Smoken Up[ Lance Justice] was relegated/DQ 'd.

He then won a third....quite a story !!!

Edited Thursday at 11:15 AM by TAB For Ever
typo

[Gammalite]

Yes 'I'm TheMightyQuinn' one of the All time greats in Interdominion History . 

One of many great NZ bred or ex-pat magnificent standardbreds that went on to be the Champion of 2 Nations by winning the Interdominion . along with greats like Village Kid  , My Lightning Blue, Our Sir Vancelot and more.   

we barely scratched the surface of some great horses in this Comp so far.....

but we can declare Rangatira the Winner in a runaway victory , from TAB4ever in the first half of the Comp.

They will earn a few bonus points for the second half of the Comp . ( that will be on a new thread )  for their support on this thread.  I thank them for their support.  Ranga 10 points. TABman 5 points from this thread.  

In a few hours FINAL ACCEPTANCES are declared for INTERDOMINION 2025 at Brisbane 's fabulous track at Albion Park .  

The 2nd half of the Comp will see a BOAY INTERDOMINION DRAFT.

Details coming soon !!!! , but the BOAY Contestants will have a Drafted Team of 5 horses Each ( composed of 3 Pacers and 2 trotters each ) to cheer through the next 3 Saturday nights . 

Draft nights are Wedneday Thursday , Friday evenings this week. 

FINISHING with the BOAY Interdominion Champion Winner  on JUly 19th Interdom Grand Final night.

Keep your next THREE Saturday Nights FREE gentlemen , to Enjoy the action .