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Probably the holy grail of race programs.
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Thanks PIston, love the old Perth Cup racebook.So much history in old racebooks.
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I have a blog on great Australian Jumpers and Redditch is one of the great jumpers that I profile.Redditch fell in front of the grandstands in the 1935 Grand National Steeple, breaking a leg and had to be destroyed. A newspaper article from that day…
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spinking said:The above shot of G.Donnelly comforting Khora Ribbon is moving . If I remember correctly there was a massive blow up just after this , after the horse was euthanized the bloke proceeded to butcher it up behind the semaphore board on th…
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Piston, any information on England's Dust's colours? He was owned in partnership by his trainer A. Boyden with G Atkinson so would no doubt raced in his owner/trainer's colours.
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Bill Collins was the culprit who declared "Kingston Town Can't win".
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The VATC had the Invitation Stakes (now the Rupert Clarke Stakes) it was an invitation race that hosted international jockeys, it was first run in 1951 and continued on until 1974.The SAJC also had an invitation race. I also have the Invitation Stak…
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Was a sad end to old Reckless's career when he broke down in the '78 Cup. I remember reading Pat Trotter saying that he felt Reckless falter about 1000m from home and it was only his will to win that kept him going. Some wonderful stories have been …
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Thanks voodoo I've made those changes to my blog.
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Thanks again Piston,Is it correct that Rendition's colours (P. Watson) were white, blue checks, white sleeves & cap?
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I have F M Gammon as Muros's trainer for the Perth Cup and on my Brisbane Cup blog page I have L B Morton as trainer. Len Morton also trained Muros when he finished second to Hyperno in the Adelaide Cup.
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On my blog I have R. Tucker as the trainer and D. Rudland as the rider but I have no details of who owned Golden Centre.
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There's one horse I've missed, 1978 winner Golden Centre.I got his colours, pink white armbands & cap off a race replay on YouTube but I haven't been able to find the owners details.
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Yes, its a real pity that the Perth Cup has slid to where it is now.When you look back at the class of horse that turned up for the Perth Carnival during the 70s & 80s it seems almost unbelievable.Horses like Family Of Man, Arwon, Mighty Kingdom…
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Thanks heaps for that information, Piston.So Rendition carried the blue & white checks, white sleeves & cap when he won the Perth Cup?Your information just leaves one whose colours I haven't got, England's Dust, owned by A T Boyden & G. …
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Fair's Print's owner E. S. Hester also owned the filly, Fairflow.Fairflow won the 1956 WATC Sires Produce Stakes - 1956 West Australian Guineas - 1957 WA Oaks & 1957 Winterbottom Stakes.
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Thanks again Falcon.If I'd known who owned Resolution then I'd have known immediately the all red colours of Ernest Lee Steere, but I couldn't find any reference at all to the name. I have just emailed Keith Mifflin at Sovereign Lodge so hopefully h…
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Thanks Voodoo,Did Peter Watson own Rendition outright? Is there any way we can check his colours to be 100% certain? I've got R. Treffone as Rendition's trainer, did he train P. Watson's horses?
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I found an article that said the 1961 winner, England's Dust was owned by his trainer A. T. Boyden in partnership with a George Atkinson.This leaves me with three that I have no ownership or colours details.1955 Yabaroo1960 Rendition1964 ResolutionI…
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Falcon, I got Peter Fernie's email address from a WA trainers directory and he got back to me very quickly with Fairetha's colours.Red and black stripes, lilac sleeves & cap.Thanks very much for your help.
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Found Cats fun's Perth Cup win on YouTube, what a great finish, got there right on the line.Oli very lucky to stay aboard Cats Fun let alone win the race.
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Thanks falcon, I'll try to get in touch with Peter.
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Thanks Falcon, do you know if R. Fernie owned any other well known gallopers whose colours may be known or traced?I suppose there's even a chance that Fairetha may have carried his trainers colours but I'd like to know for sure.
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A search on Royal Khora led me to a Daily Telegraph story from 2008 on Damien Oliver's win on Cats Fun in that year's Perth Cup. The article went on to say that the owners, Harold & Irene Jarvis (both in their 90s) had also won the Perth Cup 46 …
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Thanks Ngawyni I've made those changes. I found the owners of a couple that I was missing last night.1965 Fair's Print - E. S. Hester1968 Lintonmarc - W. Bennett & A. J. Scahill1969 Jenark - J. G. MoneyThe same site had Albert Jordan as the owne…
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Did Albert Jordan own and train Fairetha?
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One of the interesting things that I've noticed while compiling this blog is the number of owners who race under an assumed name, a " Nom de Course" instead of using their real name. There are dozens of examples of this in every race in every state …
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The trainer A. H. Jordan went alright in the late 50s early 60s.Trained 4 Cup winners between 1958 &1965.
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Thanks for the information.I found some photos of Angela Smith trained horses, all carrying the purple & white stripes, purple sleeves & pink cap. Will put it on my blog.
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The 1967 winner Special Reward was trained by Eric Parnham.Her colours were green pale blue sleeves & capDid all Parnham trained gallopers carry the trainers colours and not the owners?