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04 Feb 24
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Found this old racecard in a cupboard and thought some older posters might find it interesting and a bit nostalgic.
Tennant Trophy Meeting 1974. Parnell trained by B van Cutsem and ridden by Willie Carson being the top attraction.
Tennant Trophy Meeting 1974. Parnell trained by B van Cutsem and ridden by Willie Carson being the top attraction.
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Apologies for the blurry page which are a bit hard to read. Horses and trainers and jockeys seem readable.
Any questions about anything unreadable, I`ll consult the original racecard. I`m not certain but I think the big race winner Kingfisher Blue was in the region of 33/1+ |
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Homefield won the race the year before. What a tough wee horse he was. Used go clear at the front and was always tough to catch, Flat and Hurdles.
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The first thing I noticed was that the racecard numbers are not 1,2,3 etc
I presume they are the numbers allotted to the horses pre final decs and were kept when printing the racecard? About the time I started going racing, 1974,but I don't recall that |
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That is correct Reg. They kept their initial numbers.
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Mighty I seemed to remember Kingfisher Blue winning the Irish 2,000 gns for some reason ridden by a Aussie jockey , maybe I'm totally wrong..
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David Robinson had a runner in the big race too!
Parnell had ran well in the King George previously but the weight concession to Kingfisher Blue, who was a very good handicapper in his own right, proved far too much of a task. |
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Workrider... Aussie jockey... Scobie Breasley, Ron Hutchinson?
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Your memory is playing tricks on you workrider.
I double checked my stats and no record of a horse named that winning the 2000 Guineas at the Curragh. The Kingfisher Blue here, ran with great credence on the Northern circuit and was ridden a lot by Lyndsey Charnock or John Lowe. I actually thought John Lowe rode him when he won here but according to the racecard it has G Mullin? ... hope you are well mate and skinning the Irish bookies! |
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... some very good jockeys in the big race. Willie Carson, Johnny Seagrave, Tony Murray, Steve Perks, Taffy Thomas and the Aussie Mick Goreham.
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.... and the English bookies on your travels around England`s excellent courses!
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Disaster of a weekend my friend never backed a winner either day, was in Cheltenham the previous Sat and never backed a winner either. Punchestown tomorrow Fairyhouse Wed, Thurles Thursday and Newbury on Sat a busy few days, I hope you are well and good to see you posting again..
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Horse I was thinking of ridden by a Aussie jockey was called Atherstone Wood 1967 Irish 2,000 gns winners as you can see they sound similar ...
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Workrider.. Google says the jockey was Buster Parnell, an Irish jockey
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Thanks workrider. Thinking of changing my nom de plume to Lazarus, lol.
Hope your luck changes soon my friend! |
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Little bit early for me Mac but I remember going to that meeting in early 80s
to see the mighty Sea Pigeon win that race (I think) was a small field and he started at a surprisingly generous 7/2 and won easy. First time I went to Ayr was for a Scottish Grand National meeting in 1980 with two friends and my Dad for my 18th birthday Salkeld won and my old man backed it - tenner each way at 12/1 - then couldnt find his winning ticket those cards all looked same didnt they? Eventually found it - happy days made even better that Aberdeen won 3-1 at Kilmarnock that day and Dundee beat Celtic 5-1 at Dens Park few weeks later we clinched the league at Easter Road and the career of a certain Alex Ferguson took off! Actually found a racecard in the shed at my folks place recently when I clearing it out - for a Tingle Creek meeting 1982 only 3 runners but what a race! Unfortunately the card was a bit grotty/damp but it certainly rekindled memories. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D0cwQdex75s |
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Did that race become the Scottish Derby..saw Jalmood winning that in 82,having been well beaten at Epsom behind Golden Fleece?
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about 2 yrs early for me but surprised i dont recall a single horse from those cards
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What stands out is the weight carried in the handicaps, unbelievable how they managed to get down so low.
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themightymac 04 Feb 24 23:04
Homefield won the race the year before. What a tough wee horse he was. Used go clear at the front and was always tough to catch, Flat and Hurdles. I remember this horse very well and I think he was trained by Peter Poston who always ran his horses in Scotland to take advantage of a scheme that paid travel expenses. |
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Remember that great old sprinter Le Gor Dor I think that's how it was spelt , winning in Scotland when he was 14 ...
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Kingfisher Blue was a grand horse. His owner, Leonard Garrington, bought him out of Geoffrey Brookes' stable as a 2yo for 485gns. He then didn't run as a 3yo or as a 4yo, but went on a run of 6 wins from 8 races as a 5yo. He won that Tennent Trophy (his 13th win) as a 10yo, making the running, as he usually did. He was passed by Secret Ace a furlong out, but fought back to win by a neck. He was still running as a 13yo, though no longer winning.
Parnell was trying to give him 3 stone, and was 2 lengths away in 3rd. He was a class horse over staying trips, who was a bit unlucky not to win the KG&QE - Brigadier Gerard took his nose off as he started to run out of stamina and drifted on to the rail, and Parnell had to switch and come round him and was closing all the way to the line, although really the 12f was too short for him, just as it was too far for the Brig. Parnell had some fine colours too - flame with black seams. Here's the Ascot race, though the picture quality is poor... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZFaIjzcJZMo |
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Thanks for that info Ged. Lochranza won a lot of races at Ayr at a later date. 1980s I think.
NEC I went to all the races back then and I remember the Salkeld GN. Course was heaving and we were in centre of racetrack at second last fence. I`m pretty sure it was a photo finish and I bet the 2nd - can`t remember it`s name but something Valley, I think. Sparrow you are 100% correct. Homefield was trained by Peter Poston. The Dealer, you are right regards the weights. The concessions from the class horses were immense. Parnell was a top class horse but trying to give 3st to Kingfisher Blue that day was an impossible feat. Tennant Trophy was a big race back then and attracted some very good horses from the South. I think you are right lead on, I`m pretty sure it became the Scottish Derby in 1979. Perhaps ged can confirm. |
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Scottish Derby Winners
1979 Serge Lifar (Brian Taylor) Ryan Price 1980 Prince Roland (Steve Cauthen) Barry Hills 1981 Little Wolf (Graham Sexton) Dick Hern 1982 Jalmood (Steve Cauthen) John Dunlop 1983 Dazari (Walter Swinburn) Michael Stoute 1984 Raami (Tony Ives) Bill O'Gorman 1985 Eagling (Paul Eddery) Henry Cecil 1986 Moon Madness (Tony Ives) John Dunlop 1987 Ascot Knight (Walter Swinburn) Michael Stoute 1988 Kefaah (Ray Cochrane) Luca Cumani 1989 Scenic (Michael Hills) Barry Hills 1990 Husyan (Willie Carson) Peter Walwyn 1991 Zoman (Alan Munro) Paul Cole 1992 Sharpitor (John Reid) William Jarvis 1993 River North (Kevin Darley) Lady Herries 1994 Beneficial (Michael Hills) Geoff Wragg 1995 Baron Ferdinand (Kevin Darley) Roger Charlton 1996 Montjoy (Richard Quinn) Paul Cole 1997 Crystal Hearted (Tony McGlone) Henry Candy 1998 Winter Romance (Kieren Fallon) Ed Dunlop 1999 Prolix (Richard Hughes) Barry Hills 2000 Endless Hall (Jamie Spencer) Luca Cumani 2001 Carnival Dancer (Kieren Fallon) Sir Michael Stoute 2002 Imperial Dancer (Chris Catlin) Mick Channon 2003 Princely Venture (Kieren Fallon) Sir Michael Stoute 2004 Oriental Magic (Kieren Fallon) Sir Michael Stoute 2005 Imperial Stride (Richard Hills) Sir Michael Stoute Was a good race but discontinued 2005. Initially was for 3-y-o only. Mecca were first sponsors and was also known as the Mecca Classic |
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Tennent Trophy was last run at Ayr in 1999 (though after 1995, it was run as the Tennent Caledonian Breweries Trophy).
Hamilton ran the Velvet Handicap (For the Tennent Trophy) ... in July from 2001 to 2005, but it was over 13f, not 15f. |
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hi mac yes it was a photo finish Salkeld led virtually all the way and just held on from Silent Valley
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y7MWsTnFGx0 can you see yourself ? |
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Thanks Ged for the info.
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Cheers NEC - Silent Valley indeed, at least I remembered half it`s name. I would have remembered it`s full name of it had won
And thanks for the link of the race! Just going to watch it. I should be easy to spot. I`m the guy with the two page 3 girls on each arm  |
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Think it was the Tennet Trophy where the legendary Sea Pigeon got beat by around a head/neck by that great stayer dual Ascot Gold Cup winner Le Moss .
Think Pigeon gave the subsequent Leger winner that year around 26lbs. Le Moss 8-2 Sea Pigeon 10-0 |
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Crikey geoff that's amazing , seems crazy to think any horse on any planet would be asked to give Le Moss 26lb.
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Wow that is a great piece of trivia Geoff. Right up there with Crisp trying to give Red Rum 23lbs over 4.5 miles in the Grand National.
They used to get a good crowd at Ayr: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H_aBfCNFikk .... and before anybody asks, NO I WASN`T THERE THAT DAY  |
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As far as I know the second most interesting thing from that card would be that Dance All Night went on to breed the Lockinge winner, Scottish Reel.
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Didn`t know that DD. Seven The Quadrant was a decent stayer too.
Le Garcon D`or was a great old sprinter but Musselburgh was his track. So good they named the Bar after him.  Le Garcon D`Or with the great Alec Russell up. |
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What a magnificent sight of a good old boy
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Mighty, I did say he was still winning in Scotland at the age of 14 how remarkably was that...Super photo of the old boy..
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themightymac.
Great memories of Ayr. Thanks again. The Tennant Trophy was previously run in the early sixties under the name of the Usher/Vaux Gold Tankard over 1m7f on Glasgow Fair Monday.It was won by a good horse of Johnson Houghtons which I can't recall the name of. A favourite of mine called First Phase trained by J. Mulhall also won. I think the Scottish Derby was originally a 1m3f race sponsored by Mecca and don't think it was to replace the Tennant Trophy race. Mac. You mentioned Lochranza and I notice that his trainer E J Carr (Hambleton) trained the winner of the Tam o Shanter Stakes.You've ticked it off hope you backed it. I think your comment of Lochranza winning lots of races is very accurate and I believe a Bookie from Johnstone owned him. Certainly did me several good turns. As I write this I'm thinking Lochranza may have been a mare.  |
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Love these threads. I note at a time when his racing ‘empire’ was coming to an end, TV renting tycoon David Robinson had runners on the card with both his former private trainer Michael Jarvis and R.P Davey.
Wirral trainer Con Crossley another blast from the past. Not surprisingly used to support the Chester and Haydock cards. Don’t remember him having too many decent horses though he did have Dibbinsdale Lad who won the valuable Stones Best Bitter Handicap at Haydock four years later. And another of the Tennant Trophy field, Seven The Quadrant, finished runner up to the classy Jeremy Tree performer John Cherry in the following year’s Chester Cup, when Ladbrokes sponsored the race.. |
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Lochranza was a gelding, named after a village on Arran (I camped on the golf course there once - the weekend Last Suspect won the Grand National - it rained the whole time I was there, 2 days and nights). He won 26 races, 8 over hurdles. He always seemed to win early in the flat season at Ayr, fit from hurdling, in the mud, anywhere from 11 to 15f, making the running. He was owned by bookmaker Henry Michael.
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Tommy - I'm reluctant to disagree with you on matters Scottish, because your memory is so good, but I see the Usher-Vaux being run on a Saturday in May (usually the same day as the Lingfield Oaks trial). It was run over 1m7f until 1970, when it was cut to a mile. Aegean Blue won it in 1966, which is probably the Johnson-Houghton horse you're thinking of. He'd won the Chester Cup by 5 lengths 10 days earlier, at 22/1, under Lester(!), making all bar the first 2f, and he hardly touched him. At Ayr, he had just 8-3 to carry (no extra penalty - he already had 10lb extra at Chester for winning the Queen's Prize at Kempton), so I presume there was overweight, and this time he was 6/4. First Phase won it in 1968. The cards began with the Usher-Vaux Scottish Champion Hunters Chase, over 3m3f.
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