Joe Bloggs Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 10 hours ago, Doomed said: Totally irrelevant, but it just popped into my head. I wonder if you popped into the head office of the TAB or NZTR how many of them would have heard of LBJ? Yeah, the populist answer would be, ''wasn't he the President of USA once? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 LBJ --I first saw LBj at Avondale when he came north for the Guineas In one of the most disgraceful episodes in NZ racing the stipes refused to let Poblette ride , saying he was too inexperienced to ride against the Northern jockeys They replaced him with [I think] David Peake, the horse was ridden 'upside down' and failed badly 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 15 minutes ago, nod said: Argentina -I do not know if its still the case but they used to run 20 races with the jockeys allowed to ride in either the odd or even numbered races Many of the race tracks in Chile are outstanding and the facilities whilst very old are wonderful, at Club Hipico in Santiago their track in downtown has 20 races somedays that start in the afternoon and finish under lights. The Grandstand has grand salons that host weddings and concerts and you'd think you were in a grand mansion of yesteryear......if the world ever gets back to some form of normality, do yourselves a favour and spend some time in Latin America experiencing their horse racing, you wont regret it. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 13 hours ago, nomates said: Very big racing jurisdiction , many top horses , jockeys and breeding stock come out of Argentina . One of my all time favorite jockeys , Tito Poblete , not sure on the spelling , was from over that way , Freda will put me right , Chilean i think . Him and Little Brown Jug , great combination . I recalL him riding PEP or FIRPO who may have been a son of PEP.Memory is gone, Edited January 20, 2022 by mumbles 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mumbles Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 hour ago, nod said: LBJ --I first saw LBj at Avondale when he came north for the Guineas In one of the most disgraceful episodes in NZ racing the stipes refused to let Poblette ride , saying he was too inexperienced to ride against the Northern jockeys They replaced him with [I think] David Peake, the horse was ridden 'upside down' and failed badly Its a pity they don't do that now after watching some jocks. 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted January 20, 2022 Author Share Posted January 20, 2022 57 minutes ago, mumbles said: I recalL him riding PEP or FIRPO who may have been a son of PEP.Memory is gone, Firpo I think. For the Lalors. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nod Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 2 hours ago, Joe Bloggs said: Yeah, the populist answer would be, ''wasn't he the President of USA once? I remember the big badges the woman pinned on their chests "all the way with LBJ" but Lyndon was no Trump and it referred to the upcoming election 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Doomed Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 1 hour ago, mumbles said: I recalL him riding PEP or FIRPO who may have been a son of PEP.Memory is gone, Firpo won a couple of Invercargill Gold Cups I think, when that was a decent race to win. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 3 hours ago, Doomed said: Obviously no whip rules in those days. True but he only gave him 5 or 6 inside the last 100. Nothing before that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 (edited) 1 hour ago, mumbles said: I recalL him riding PEP or FIRPO who may have been a son of PEP.Memory is gone, Firpo was indeed by Pep and Alberto rode him numerous times including at least 3 of his wins. Showing my age but the first horse I ever raced was by Pep. Edited January 20, 2022 by curious 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
billy connolly Posted January 20, 2022 Share Posted January 20, 2022 6 hours ago, Freda said: Yeah...there was a fair bit of controversy over his appointment as starter. ' Jobs for the boys ' has been mentioned.....apparently barrier lads called out 'wait, wait..' as Jason wasn't ready either. But the warning wasn't heard. I see one of the starters assistants (white overalls) started the last without even mounting the rostrum, what's the go there? Was Boof stood down? Did he stand himself down? Is the man in white overalls superior? How old would Boof be, must be getting close to a best before date? The connections of Linedanceking must have been feeling a bit sick seeing it win the race without the pilot. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Freda Posted January 21, 2022 Author Share Posted January 21, 2022 1 hour ago, billy connolly said: I see one of the starters assistants (white overalls) started the last without even mounting the rostrum, what's the go there? Was Boof stood down? Did he stand himself down? Is the man in white overalls superior? How old would Boof be, must be getting close to a best before date? The connections of Linedanceking must have been feeling a bit sick seeing it win the race without the pilot. Think Barry had an ownership share in a runner, so had to stand down, yes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 3 hours ago, curious said: Firpo was indeed by Pep and Alberto rode him numerous times including at least 3 of his wins. Showing my age but the first horse I ever raced was by Pep. I rode Pep gallop one morning with JF Harris on Red Loki, his forelock was longer than most horses tails, he was only small but geez he could gallop. Heckle [Wally McEwan] used to ride him bareback to the track, what a quinella those two were. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 5 hours ago, mumbles said: I recalL him riding PEP or FIRPO who may have been a son of PEP.Memory is gone, Out or cherie susie I think from memory 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 Tito may have ridden Magellan at some stage,was trained by Hellen preston, very tidy performer, by adios ll from memory, remember her good old coast soft track horse, ernest, was a bold looking black, handsome, one of my favourites back in the day, Helen horses always turned out well and I always thought she was a very good trainer, hopefully my thoughts are correct, the older memory sometimes better than the present day one, fury another one just popped into my head by Beaufort sea, a very underrated sire. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
curious Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 11 hours ago, Freda said: Helen Preston, trainer of Magellan, among others, ridding by Tito on occasions, showed me a video of him, leading up the straight at Riccarton, swapping the stick over alternate strides. Balance superb. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad Posted January 21, 2022 Share Posted January 21, 2022 4 hours ago, curious said: Sorry must have missed that one earlier. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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