Gammalite

[Newmarket]

Ok, somebody help. Below is a picture of Gammalite, now I see it’s at Addington, but I do not think it ever won race there. Could it be cup trial? 

 

[Newmarket]

Mind you, now that I have posted picture, maybe no numbers on horses, bit hard to see. Workout??

[Newmarket]

Popular Alm. Check out the record time in 1981. Amazing how faster the breed has progressed in the past 40 years. 

[wally]

6 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Mind you, now that I have posted picture, maybe no numbers on horses, bit hard to see. Workout??

I think he either ran fourth or fifth in that photo

[Newmarket]

15 minutes ago, wally said:

I think he either ran fourth or fifth in that photo

You may be right. 

Loved the battles of the 2 above horses, with Pure Steel. Trying to listen on the radio, mainly inter dom time. 

Could say Aussie clearly had the edge on nz around this time for pacers, maybe 50/50 trotters. 

The last few years, nz seemed to have the edge, good to see.

[wally]

2 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

You may be right. 

Loved the battles of the 2 above horses, with Pure Steel. Trying to listen on the radio, mainly inter dom time. 

Could say Aussie clearly had the edge on nz around this time for pacers, maybe 50/50 trotters. 

The last few years, nz seemed to have the edge, good to see.

 pure steel an absolute champion I remember the days at what I called money valley good old demmler gath welsh etc and what about maoris idol

[Flagship uberalles]

Tracks are so much faster now than they were so 1.55 a brilliant time, I think the likes of popular alm would still be competive against today's horses on the tracks raced on now.

[Newmarket]

6 minutes ago, wally said:

 pure steel an absolute champion I remember the days at what I called money valley good old demmler gath welsh etc and what about maoris idol

Maoris idol I don’t remember, probably about 1980 I started following the game. 

Its crazy to say, but I kind of thought it was exciting listening to those aus races on the radio at some crazy hour. Usually a little late, so just had to listen to Barney, first time caller from wairarapa on radio pacific just that little longer. Remember the times listening to a race on a sat arvo, only for the news to interrupt commentary ??

[Flagship uberalles]

47 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Ok, somebody help. Below is a picture of Gammalite, now I see it’s at Addington, but I do not think it ever won race there. Could it be cup trial? 

 

Best he did at Addington was a second to lord module in the Alan Matson FFA in 81, raced in the nz cup 81 and 84.

[Chief Stipe]

Like most Ozzie horses thoroughbred and standardbred he had a long mane.

[Newmarket]

1 minute ago, Chief Stipe said:

Like most Ozzie horses thoroughbred and standardbred he had a long mane.

Paleface Adios great looking horse, with as you say, long mane.

[wally]

3 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Paleface Adios great looking horse, with as you say, long mane.

yep can remeber flying to Sydney to back it for my mother at 5 to 4odds 

[Chief Stipe]

3 minutes ago, Newmarket said:

Paleface Adios great looking horse, with as you say, long mane.

Yep the Ozzy trainers don't cut them.  There was a thoroughbred stallion who raced here who had a long mane.

[Brodie]

It appears to be a time trial as you say no numbers but the horse on the outside is a galloping pacemaker.

[Newmarket]

31 minutes ago, Brodie said:

It appears to be a time trial as you say no numbers but the horse on the outside is a galloping pacemaker.

Maybe he did time trial at some stage, but as you say, is a pacemaker outside which I didn’t really look at first.

[Newmarket]

Lord Module, he always looked the goods didn’t he. Great pic. 

[Portfolio]

Used to love going to Addington in the 80s. Up in the main grandstand on a Saturday night, nothing was better. Hands Down & Sir Castleton my favs from this era.