Hayden did he also own Green God another fantastic sprinter from yesteryear..

Vernons Sprint Cup winner at Haydock 1971.

1971    Green God    3    Lester Piggott    Michael Jarvis    David Robinson

Ah so the old memory is still active and doing ok..

Is pacemaker magazine still going workrider? I used to get it all the time.

No finished a long time ago now ...

... thought as much. Misunderstood your post earlier. Apologies mate.

The race was generally billed as a match between the 6/4 favourite Mill Reef and the 2/1 second favourite My Swallow. Brigadier Gerard was relatively overlooked at 11/2, Minsky, a full brother to Nijinsky and Irish champion 2-y-o in 1970 at 15/2, Good Bond at 16/1 and Indian Ruler the complete outsider at 100/1.

Themightymac

Did you ever put a tanna in the back of David Robinsons tvs i bet plenty on here did.
Hope you are well.
Ronnie.
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Yes indeed Ronnie! Those were the days. I Wish we could go back to then. Hope you are well too mate.

Thanks for clarification guys on the betting for that wonderful race. Memory can play tricks on us.

I know My Swallow was a top 2yo, but he didn't do a great deal in his second season. Deep Diver was very busy, but top class for two seasons. I remember him being turned over by Stilvi at Goodwood before he reversed that form at York. She only won up to Group 3 level, but given the horses she beat I think she was a bit better than that.

Great thread again All by usual contributors.Been out on Grandad duties all night (girls football).

Ged-Thanks for the info on Lochranza ( gelding). I may be getting mixed up with another Joe Carr horse Make Believe.
Aegean Blue was indeed the Johnson Houghton horse I was thinking about.
As I've said many times here, I don't have the Horses in Training or form books for those years anymore.
Interesting that you camped on Arran for two nights and it rained.So whats new in these parts. I'm ashamed to say that I've never been to Arran. Going back to the Usher/Vaux races- Ushers was one of the worst beers sold in Scotland in the sixties but Vaux could be described as vile. We used to drink in a pub in Lanark called The Black Bull which was Vaux, may have been brewer owned and was good for under age entry. Lots of stable lads lodged there and us 16 year olds were giants by comparison. JP Yeomans and Postons lads used the rooms upstairs.

verbotene liebe- Colin Crossley if I remember was quite shrewd placing his horses I think he trained Scoria to win the Cesarewitch. He also trained one for Paul McCartney's dad Drakes Drum. Another one was for an Everton player Brian Labone excuse spelling, which always had a blue noseband, think it began with a B.

Mention of Paul Davey. I think His father Ernie Davey trained a mare called Granville Greta which ran against the Jack Ormston trained Le Garcon D'Or who appears on many threads.

Thank you very much for that heads up on Scoria Tommy West of Lanark - did not know he’d trained a Cesarwitch winner, a meritable feat considering he trained strings of under 20 in number.

Never seemed to be a trainer who spoke much to the press - at least in the second half of the 70’s when he had an apprentice named M.A Banner who I’m surprised to find could do 8st, as he looked a lanky type, like many modern day flat jocks.

Have found  that Labone owned the Ayrshire Handicap winner Goodison in the early 1970’s. The  Sangster family  were also listed owners - as you  probably know they had family home in  Hoylake  which is not too far from Neston, where Crossley trained.

Tree Fella was a Crossley horse that he bred, owned and trained. I saw him run a few times at Chester in the early 80s, usually at 6f. He looked quite a tall horse, but seemed to go round the bends well enough.

David Robinson also built the Robinson Swimming Pool in my home town of Bedford (Radio Rentals was also based there).
The pool still bears his name to this day.

You don't miss a thing ged, considering all the times I saw that film and never knew the winner of that race.

* correction newcastle   but correct year !

this guy has a good copy of the sea pigeon v night nurse v golden cygnet  scottish champion. All the talk was of the latter but for me SP was always cruising and to pick up NN who got first run was outstanding.

I`m getting Crossley mixed up with Vernon Cross, I think he trained Wovoka.

Sad when owner/breeders pass away and no one in the family wishes to continue the operation. With the Hollingsworths the nephew, Dixon, became involved for a shortwhile but the lines are now spread out all over the place but do throw a good one every now and then. In recent times dual G1 winner Dreamloper traces back to Bireme via Livia’s Dream, Brindisi and Genoa.

Seems Con Crossley emigrated to Australia in the mid 80’s. Have found that his wife was a qualified vet and they had the points to be accepted with immigrant status. He cited low prize money as the reason and planned to continue within the sport Down Under. Only just discovered this, hadn’t a clue what had happened and no idea what became of him after. To me he was the trainer of Dibbinsdale Lad, who won one of the most competitive first half of the season three year old handicaps outside of Royal Ascot - have now found that as well as Scoria, he trained a smart sprint handicapper called Moor Lane who was third behind Alphadamus and Home Guard in a vintage renewal of the  Stewards Cup.

Tree Fella is mentioned by Ged - I do remember him running at Chester and Haydock but could not have put a trainer’s name to him. Also found a curious piece from Pat Labone ( Brian Labone’s model wife). She recalled Goodson the horse, who it seems was destroyed after breaking a fetlock at Market Rasen. She says that both herself and her husband where not present on the day and were upset when they found out what had happened as they believed an owner had to be contacted to give their permission for a horse to be put down.Surely the husband can’t have believed that, and I’m guessing the proof reading went off the tracks here.

Colin Crossley had a good horse called Tamorn in the 1960s (I don't remember it). It was bred by his father. It won the Beeswing hcap at Newcastle on the flat, and ran in the Scottish Champion Hurdle, and the Mildmay of Flete at Cheltenham.