New Posts For Thread: Paul McGurk - Peter Walwynhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwynI'm looking for some information about an apprentice for Peter Walwyn called Paul McGurk.I think he may have been Irish and had a few winners for the stable. Any information on races ridden in or winners ridden would be really appreciated. Cheers SS.Ok, thanks for that. Looking through newspaper archives, I can't find him having any rides for Walwyn, although in Feb 1990, he proved himself something of a hero when a fire destroyed a hostel at Walwyn's yard. McGurk ('aged 22') got out, but went bhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564310415#564310415Ok, thanks for that. Looking through newspaper archives, I can't find him having any rides for Walwyn, although in Feb 1990, he proved himself something of a hero when a fire destroyed a hostel at Walwyn's yard. McGurk ('aged 22') got out, but went bWed, 09 Oct 2024 10:49:30 -0500Ged, He was mentioned to me by a relative who used to work beside him after he left racing.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564310219#564310219Ged, He was mentioned to me by a relative who used to work beside him after he left racing.Wed, 09 Oct 2024 09:37:44 -0500SS - no I don't have form books or any stats sources (if there are any before 1988) to work that out.I'm not sure why Nicky Howe (who WAS apprenticed to Walwyn and rode plenty of winners) has come into this thread, but coincidentally, the only 2 horshttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564309371#564309371SS - no I don't have form books or any stats sources (if there are any before 1988) to work that out.I'm not sure why Nicky Howe (who WAS apprenticed to Walwyn and rode plenty of winners) has come into this thread, but coincidentally, the only 2 horsWed, 09 Oct 2024 02:55:52 -0500Hello. I think this might be the same Nicky Howe that won the Magnet Cup (now the John Smiths Cup) in 1980 for Sally Hall. Assuming the same Nicky Howe, he was defo an apprentice for Peter Walwyn back in the day.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564309035#564309035Hello. I think this might be the same Nicky Howe that won the Magnet Cup (now the John Smiths Cup) in 1980 for Sally Hall. Assuming the same Nicky Howe, he was defo an apprentice for Peter Walwyn back in the day.Tue, 08 Oct 2024 13:47:57 -0500Ged, rides obviously.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564308929#564308929Ged, rides obviously.Tue, 08 Oct 2024 12:28:04 -0500Get, are you aware of how many rudes and winners he had in total?https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564308877#564308877Get, are you aware of how many rudes and winners he had in total?Tue, 08 Oct 2024 11:53:13 -0500Nothing on jockeypedia.Thanks for the info Ged.https://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564308649#564308649Nothing on jockeypedia.Thanks for the info Ged.Tue, 08 Oct 2024 09:39:26 -0500Try Jockeypediahttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564308199#564308199Try JockeypediaTue, 08 Oct 2024 04:57:31 -0500I can find him riding from 1986 to 1990. The RP shows his stats from 1988 to 1990 - 12 rides (none for Walwyn), no winners, though it may not be accurate for those early years (though I can find nothing to contradict their stats).In May 1986, he hadhttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564308125#564308125I can find him riding from 1986 to 1990. The RP shows his stats from 1988 to 1990 - 12 rides (none for Walwyn), no winners, though it may not be accurate for those early years (though I can find nothing to contradict their stats).In May 1986, he hadTue, 08 Oct 2024 03:57:49 -0500I remember backing a horse of Peter Walwyns on the Friday of the Derby meeting at Epsom in 1984,it was a Maktoum horse ridden by an apprentice called Nicky Howe, Iirc it was about 14/1, that may have been the tote price,but it won.I don't remember hehttps://community.betfair.com/horse_racing/go/thread/view/94102/31855617/paul-mcgurk---peter-walwyn?post_id=564307959#564307959I remember backing a horse of Peter Walwyns on the Friday of the Derby meeting at Epsom in 1984,it was a Maktoum horse ridden by an apprentice called Nicky Howe, Iirc it was about 14/1, that may have been the tote price,but it won.I don't remember heMon, 07 Oct 2024 18:29:11 -0500