New Posts For Thread: The original - Trilliumhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trilliumSprinter - Bruce Hobbs ?Move Off was unplaced in the Bass race that year. The following year, he and Lighter fought out the finish to the Ebor. It was a bit like that infamous Ascot Queen Anne, with Lighter on the outside, bumping Move Off onto the horse on the rail. In thihttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562412531#562412531Move Off was unplaced in the Bass race that year. The following year, he and Lighter fought out the finish to the Ebor. It was a bit like that infamous Ascot Queen Anne, with Lighter on the outside, bumping Move Off onto the horse on the rail. In thiFri, 29 Jul 2022 01:43:43 -0500Was there for that John O' Gaunt - and the previous evening when the Joe Mercer ridden Lighter lost a 3 year old handicap in the Stewards room to Shangamuzo. The previous day it had been announced that Carson would be replacing Mercer in the Hern jobhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562412515#562412515Was there for that John O' Gaunt - and the previous evening when the Joe Mercer ridden Lighter lost a 3 year old handicap in the Stewards room to Shangamuzo. The previous day it had been announced that Carson would be replacing Mercer in the Hern jobFri, 29 Jul 2022 01:17:47 -0500All good. Well done with King Pele.I was at Haydock when Record Token beat Ardoon in the John O'Gaunt. I can remember one of them being sweaty, but not which. This was the Saturday of the Epsom Derby meeting, but with the big race on the Wednesday, ahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562410907#562410907All good. Well done with King Pele.I was at Haydock when Record Token beat Ardoon in the John O'Gaunt. I can remember one of them being sweaty, but not which. This was the Saturday of the Epsom Derby meeting, but with the big race on the Wednesday, aThu, 28 Jul 2022 10:47:51 -0500Ged... thanks, we're not disputing that at all, it sounds spot on, I think we were thinking this referred to an earlier time. We lost touch with Gavin and stable circa late 1980's, having moved away from Newmarket to other end of the country, so ithttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562410859#562410859Ged... thanks, we're not disputing that at all, it sounds spot on, I think we were thinking this referred to an earlier time. We lost touch with Gavin and stable circa late 1980's, having moved away from Newmarket to other end of the country, so itThu, 28 Jul 2022 10:35:29 -0500Adelaide - feel free to dispute any of this, taken from www.greyhoundderby.com, which has a full history of the premises once known as Graham Place, and now as Trillium Place."Gavin Pritchard-Gordon, born in October 1945, travelled to Newmarket in 19https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562410747#562410747Adelaide - feel free to dispute any of this, taken from www.greyhoundderby.com, which has a full history of the premises once known as Graham Place, and now as Trillium Place."Gavin Pritchard-Gordon, born in October 1945, travelled to Newmarket in 19Thu, 28 Jul 2022 10:11:13 -0500Sorry to labour the point, but I've spoken to my husband about this, as he would know more, but we know that Gavin trained at Shalfleet on Bury Road, before moving to Stanley House, also on Bury Road.. Trillium Place is the other side of town and wehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562410247#562410247Sorry to labour the point, but I've spoken to my husband about this, as he would know more, but we know that Gavin trained at Shalfleet on Bury Road, before moving to Stanley House, also on Bury Road.. Trillium Place is the other side of town and weThu, 28 Jul 2022 08:04:48 -0500correction.. Record Token, not Record Run.. lol.. Gavin trained that himself..I'm not sure about the renaming of the stables to Trillium Place, as when we were involved it was always called Shalfleet.. don't recall Gavin calling it anything else..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562410027#562410027correction.. Record Token, not Record Run.. lol.. Gavin trained that himself..I'm not sure about the renaming of the stables to Trillium Place, as when we were involved it was always called Shalfleet.. don't recall Gavin calling it anything else..Thu, 28 Jul 2022 07:05:08 -0500I don't know if you remember a horse called Baz Bombatti [?spelling]... one of Gavin's, finished 8th in the Irish Derby behind Shergar... ridden by Christy Roche..https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562410007#562410007I don't know if you remember a horse called Baz Bombatti [?spelling]... one of Gavin's, finished 8th in the Irish Derby behind Shergar... ridden by Christy Roche..Thu, 28 Jul 2022 06:59:15 -0500Yes I vaguely remember that, against Record Run... as you mentioned Peter Walwyn, I once found myself in a van next to him, going up to Mandown gallops in Lambourn, and we chatted... I asked him about Jenny Pitman and he said ''you can admire her buthttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562409997#562409997Yes I vaguely remember that, against Record Run... as you mentioned Peter Walwyn, I once found myself in a van next to him, going up to Mandown gallops in Lambourn, and we chatted... I asked him about Jenny Pitman and he said ''you can admire her butThu, 28 Jul 2022 06:56:09 -0500*Gordonhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31766181/the-original---trillium?post_id=562409809#562409809*GordonThu, 28 Jul 2022 05:26:24 -0500