Newmarket Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hunterthepunter Posted May 21, 2020 Share Posted May 21, 2020 Denis O has good armalight story to tell lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise Posted May 22, 2020 Share Posted May 22, 2020 Good story. Shame it doesn't anymore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 What a bonnie mare she was, certainly won many of her races, by dominating the opposition, don't think she left any progeny of note. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 Somebody mentioned Brent Smith a bit crook? Mind you, must be over 80, all the best for him. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Roger Sugrue Posted May 23, 2020 Share Posted May 23, 2020 My Armalight story - Only been to Addington a few times the first time.....and my first ever bet on a horse was Ar Miss......Addington....I would say mid January 1973...she won .....she would have been 3....the next race a 2yo race …..a first starter.....not picked by any of about 8 tipsters in The Press.....opened up on tote paying $2 to win.....led all the way ...bolted in...Young Quinn...……...an amazing night …..the last race one of those treble brackets Johnny Gee Tony Bear and one other....I think Merrin won...... Won plenty on Ar Miss and Armalight Coincidentally my next two trips to Addington were when Armalight won on Hands Down Cup Day paying 23's (that was a big night) and then the following year when she won the Cup I'm not really into standardbreds or standardbred breeding but I couldn't believe when I first saw Armalight. She was huge .. a monster.....whereas I recalled Ar Miss as neat and feminine....and I couldn't quite work that out anyway a couple of years ago I was thinking about her and ventured onto the Harness Website for the first time to have a look at her breeding record and noted she didn't produce any progeny of stakes ability And I thought...maybe she was just so big and clumsy like......and all that speed American blood started coming in and the breed was rapidly evolving away from the traditional big standardbreds up until that time anyway ….what would I know ….not into the standardbreds but I do appreciate champions 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newmarket Posted May 23, 2020 Author Share Posted May 23, 2020 1 hour ago, Roger Sugrue said: My Armalight story - Only been to Addington a few times the first time.....and my first ever bet on a horse was Ar Miss......Addington....I would say mid January 1973...she won .....she would have been 3....the next race a 2yo race …..a first starter.....not picked by any of about 8 tipsters in The Press.....opened up on tote paying $2 to win.....led all the way ...bolted in...Young Quinn...……...an amazing night …..the last race one of those treble brackets Johnny Gee Tony Bear and one other....I think Merrin won...... Won plenty on Ar Miss and Armalight Coincidentally my next two trips to Addington were when Armalight won on Hands Down Cup Day paying 23's (that was a big night) and then the following year when she won the Cup I'm not really into standardbreds or standardbred breeding but I couldn't believe when I first saw Armalight. She was huge .. a monster.....whereas I recalled Ar Miss as neat and feminine....and I couldn't quite work that out anyway a couple of years ago I was thinking about her and ventured onto the Harness Website for the first time to have a look at her breeding record and noted she didn't produce any progeny of stakes ability And I thought...maybe she was just so big and clumsy like......and all that speed American blood started coming in and the breed was rapidly evolving away from the traditional big standardbreds up until that time anyway ….what would I know ….not into the standardbreds but I do appreciate champions Nice. When you think of all the top mares of the 80s, Armalight, Bonnies Chance, Delightful Lady, Glen Moria, Idolmite, Hilarious Guest, plus a few others, none left anything of note. Think Delightful Lady could not leave foal from memory, she man? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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