Gammalite Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 54 minutes ago, Blackie said: 1 Basil Dean 2 Borana 3 Bonnie’s Chance 4 BAF, Blackie, Natalie’s boyfriend. 5 Bag Limit 6 Baltic Eagle Bonnie's Chance a great mare for Richard Brosnan. (what a great photo that is of her) she won 32 of 75 race starts so a very good strike rate. I like the way after in 1981 NZ Cup when Bob Negus burned them off by 7 lengths with Armalight, with Bonnie's Chance finishing 2nd. (Gammalite was 5 wide the last lap 5th with not a pretty drive !! lol.....) Richard and Bonnie's Chance 'Returned the Favour' !!! lol and waltzed away by 7 lengths from arch-rival Armalight (2nd) a year later in the 1982 NZ Cup. Two fabulous mares !!!!!!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 I remember Bonnie’s Chance had a great run in the Cup, 1 by 1 I think, and Richard Brosnan saying he was thinking about letting Hands Down go around him at the 1/4, not realising HD had missed away and chased the field! Made the right call. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted June 20, 2022 Share Posted June 20, 2022 4 hours ago, Gammalite said: Bonnie's Chance a great mare for Richard Brosnan. (what a great photo that is of her) she won 32 of 75 race starts so a very good strike rate. I like the way after in 1981 NZ Cup when Bob Negus burned them off by 7 lengths with Armalight, with Bonnie's Chance finishing 2nd. (Gammalite was 5 wide the last lap 5th with not a pretty drive !! lol.....) Richard and Bonnie's Chance 'Returned the Favour' !!! lol and waltzed away by 7 lengths from arch-rival Armalight (2nd) a year later in the 1982 NZ Cup. Two fabulous mares !!!!!!! Bonnies Chance got the biggest shit run in the 81 cup, going so wide and getting second in itself was a great run, different tactics 12 months later, different result, good horse, never really liked Auckland though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 20, 2022 Author Share Posted June 20, 2022 2 hours ago, mikeynz said: Bonnies Chance got the biggest shit run in the 81 cup, going so wide and getting second in itself was a great run, different tactics 12 months later, different result, good horse, never really liked Auckland though. Bonnie's Chance did some pretty solid runs still , going the Alex Park way round in Auckland. Went very close to winning the plum prize of an Auckland Cup. took a masterful drive to beat her. Here's the good 2nd place to the legend himself Gammalite in the Cup. (beating the local champ Delightful Lady into 3rd place here, who was winner of the 2 previous Auckland Cups) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 (edited) Here we go, great if you have a spare 1 hr 13 mons 45 secs, funny how the memory gets tangled. Bonnie's Chance awesome in both the 81-82 Cups, along with Armalight. Enjoy Edited June 21, 2022 by Blackie 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Well at Day 3 we have 'C' for Champion. and there are a few of those. Can anyone name any of these quiz horses?? ( answer one Q or more as we go a new bunch each day) Q1/ This bloke set the world on fire !!! Also the Addington grandstand on fire too while he won the NZ FFA. Q2/ This kiwi Champ won at Harold Park once in front of 50,000 people as favourite !! can you imagine? Q3/ This quality horse won 6 Derbies ! will anyone ever do that again ? seems unlikely. Q4/ This horse was denied the GRAND SLAM by a stable-mate. Would of been the only horse to complete that set of majors. (Interdominion, Miracle Mile, NZ Cup , and Auckland Cup. Q5/ Like his stablemate in question 4 , this horse narrowly missed the GRAND SLAM winning 3 of them and running 2nd in the other (a Promoted 2nd from 4th when the past the post 2nd and 3rd placegetters were later DQ with positive swabs.) and THE AUSSIES???? to of raced in NZ. Q6/ This Nz bred horse won his first 2 races at Winton and went on winning spree in the 'west' afterwards. Winning near $2 million dollars . also popped back to Auckland for a run and Won beating Mach Shard. then was injured. Q7/ This handy 'Aussie' tried to take on the Terror in a Nov foray at Addington and pulled hard and ran 5th for Kate and Andy Gath Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 Cardigan Bay 2 Caduceus 3 Courage Under Fire 4 Christoper Vance 5 Chokin 6 Chicago Bull 7 Caribbean Blaster Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 minute ago, barry said: 1 Cardigan Bay 2 Caduceus 3 Courage Under Fire 4 Christoper Vance 5 Chokin 6 Chicago Bull 7 Caribbean Blaster Crikey Baz , you were quick !! you must be an Aussie like Popular Alm lol.... (p.s. hope you don't mind called Baz ) And 100% correct of course. Christopher Vance beaten by Marky boy driving 'Mark Hanover' at Auckland Interdominion to be denied being the ultimate Champion of Australasia with a GRANDSLAM. Stable-mate Chokin promoted to 2nd behind Golden Reign in a 1990's Interdominion Final at Addington. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 Barry has wrapped that up so quick (leave this one for another maybe Baz) here is another great one or 2 !! Q8/ horse who smashed out his own Grand Slam that included the Victoria Cup and Hunter Cup , which are 2 of Australia's great races, so perhaps should be in the GRANDSLAM. now owned by his popular kiwi driver who bought him out of a 'Claimer' in USA. Q9/ Sire of the horse above in Quiz question 8 lol. A very popular NZ horse in his day. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 100% NZer. Just sitting at home with the flu & bored out of my mind Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 3 minutes ago, barry said: 100% NZer. Just sitting at home with the flu & bored out of my mind YouTube harness replays from the past are great ! and could stop the boredom. Or if you want some real 'Heart in Mouth' stuff or 'Jaw on the Floor' watch some youTube GRAND NAtionals from Aintree UK from over the years. staggering to think that stuff really goes on each year. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhound Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 1 hour ago, Gammalite said: Barry has wrapped that up so quick (leave this one for another maybe Baz) here is another great one or 2 !! Q8/ horse who smashed out his own Grand Slam that included the Victoria Cup and Hunter Cup , which are 2 of Australia's great races, so perhaps should be in the GRANDSLAM. now owned by his popular kiwi driver who bought him out of a 'Claimer' in USA. Q9/ Sire of the horse above in Quiz question 8 lol. A very popular NZ horse in his day. 8. Christen Me 9.Christian Cullen 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mikeynz Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 3 hours ago, Gammalite said: YouTube harness replays from the past are great ! and could stop the boredom. Or if you want some real 'Heart in Mouth' stuff or 'Jaw on the Floor' watch some youTube GRAND NAtionals from Aintree UK from over the years. staggering to think that stuff really goes on each year. You tube as a rule Gamma, I scan down the page slowly until I reach the questions, I don't post answers, but I only got three that time ,there are times some times in life when others things capture our attention and the races slip under the radar, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 4 hours ago, mikeynz said: You tube as a rule Gamma, I scan down the page slowly until I reach the questions, I don't post answers, but I only got three that time ,there are times some times in life when others things capture our attention and the races slip under the radar, Well just for you Mikey as a general Sports fan , a chance for a answer late on 'C for Champions' day. (and No it's Not the Canterbury Crusaders , even though you are a Rugby Fan. (a crushing victory to them anyway) Horses 10 and 11 have Won 2 of the last 3 Nz cups Mikey. Can you get them without looking lol ?..... good luck champ. Who might they be? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 21, 2022 Author Share Posted June 21, 2022 'D" Day for the quiz. Lets go with some trotters today. Can anyone name these great 'name starting with D' trotters?. Walt should have no problems being a squaregaiter fan, Q1/ Driven by the great Tony Herlihy for Roy to all sorts of wins . Tony even kept the drive when Mark took over the training as he was busy winning everything with Pride of Petite. Tony drove her to an Interdominion win for Mark as well as winning one with this horse. Q2/ An arch rival of Q1 above this trotter ran about 10 quinellas in all sorts of races with him for Bob Cameron. Q3/ Long Before Collabarating with Michelle Wallis with Temporale, Tony and Michelle were smashing out wins with this big NI trotter on both sides of the Tasman. Q4/ and it's Tony again !! Now he's winning with a horse bred to be a Pacer. Is there nothing the Iceman can't do with a trotter? She has never missed being in the quinella in her career yet ? who is she? And The Aussie... to of graced NZ shores. Q5/ before Tony came along Charlie Hunter trained many great trotters including Geffin and Castleton's Pride who won Interdominion trots in NZ. An Aussie parked in the death seat stuck on well for 2nd in one of those Grand Finals. This horse gained great 'fame' at Moonee Valley 3 years later, by ending a 24 race win streak of one of the greats. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 3 delft 4 double delight 5 derby royale defeated the great Maori’s idol i will leave 1&2 to someone else as they are pretty self explanatory 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
greyhound Posted June 21, 2022 Share Posted June 21, 2022 1. Diamond Field 2. Diedres pride Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
barry Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 David Moss although Diedre & Diamond Field did run the odd quinella later in life 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 2 hours ago, greyhound said: 1. Diamond Field 2. Diedres pride Diamond Field correct but Q2 is David Moss. Diedre's Pride from Royden Lodge was with Fred Fletcher through her career rather than Bob Cameron. Credit to John Cox too , who did a lot of work with David Moss through his career as well as Bob. ( interesting that David Moss didn't start racing until a 6 year old ) did pretty well for an old boy lol...... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 Well to complete the D-Day a special mention to DELIGHTFUL LADY, Gammalite beating her on her home turf into 3rd place in the huge 1983 Interdominion final but was there to see her win somewhere between 20 to 40 races at Alexandra Park and the fans would bash the panels in the grandstand that hard you would of thought the stand would fall down and the noise was just incredible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Q6/ Name Delightful Lady's full sister who was a trotter and won many to the surprise of many to complete our D day trotters memory? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 1 hour ago, Gammalite said: Well to complete the D-Day a special mention to DELIGHTFUL LADY, Gammalite beating her on her home turf into 3rd place in the huge 1983 Interdominion final but was there to see her win somewhere between 20 to 40 races at Alexandra Park and the fans would bash the panels in the grandstand that hard you would of thought the stand would fall down and the noise was just incredible !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Q6/ Name Delightful Lady's full sister who was a trotter and won many to the surprise of many to complete our D day trotters memory? Davey's Jill. Was good enough to break a NZ record for 2400m. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gammalite Posted June 22, 2022 Author Share Posted June 22, 2022 E day and a picture Clue for the Trotter lovers out there kindly supplied by Rangatira. We were chatting on the wrong thread (apologies to Davis) Q1/ Who is this grand old trotter? Q2/ Hammering out some Huge wins at Auckland and being the best in the land, Alas another North islander twarted the big Cup dreams at Addington on 2 occasions, with this horse. and The Aussie to of raced in NZ Q3/ This handy 'E' Aussie came over to Nz on a Derby hunt. Winning one of his 3 starts (because the great Mark Purdon drove him on that occasion.) but ran down the track when another Aussie horse took out that GN Derby 2 weeks later. a tricky one for you guys? answer one , two or all three to join in on the daily quiz Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rangatira Posted June 22, 2022 Share Posted June 22, 2022 13 minutes ago, Gammalite said: E day and a picture Clue for the Trotter lovers out there kindly supplied by Rangatira. We were chatting on the wrong thread (apologies to Davis) Q1/ Who is this grand old trotter? Q2/ Hammering out some Huge wins at Auckland and being the best in the land, Alas another North islander twarted the big Cup dreams at Addington on 2 occasions, with this horse. and The Aussie to of raced in NZ Q3/ This handy 'E' Aussie came over to Nz on a Derby hunt. Winning one of his 3 starts (because the great Mark Purdon drove him on that occasion.) but ran down the track when another Aussie horse took out that GN Derby 2 weeks later. a tricky one for you guys? answer one , two or all three to join in on the daily quiz Q1 I'm disqualified Q2 I'm probably disqualified Q3 Excel Stride 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chief Stipe Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 24 minutes ago, Gammalite said: E day and a picture Clue for the Trotter lovers out there kindly supplied by Rangatira. We were chatting on the wrong thread (apologies to Davis) Q1/ Who is this grand old trotter? Q2/ Hammering out some Huge wins at Auckland and being the best in the land, Alas another North islander twarted the big Cup dreams at Addington on 2 occasions, with this horse. and The Aussie to of raced in NZ Q3/ This handy 'E' Aussie came over to Nz on a Derby hunt. Winning one of his 3 starts (because the great Mark Purdon drove him on that occasion.) but ran down the track when another Aussie horse took out that GN Derby 2 weeks later. a tricky one for you guys? answer one , two or all three to join in on the daily quiz Q1: Easton Light 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted June 23, 2022 Share Posted June 23, 2022 2. That would be Elsu, done on both occasions by Just An Excuse 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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