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Rite, on the other hand has some serious blood in his pedigree ....by Aachen with Meadow Vance, U Scott and Light Brigade on his dam Oristano's side...a family that produced, as well as his well performed brother Ritual, the great Victorian Tara Meadow, one of the first 2.00 minute mares ver produced in Australia (1.59.6 TT)
Rite's major performances include wins in the 1987 Winter Cup, the 1984 Lord Mayors Cup (Via Vista and Acron Blue), Heat of the Pacing Cup in 1985, 2nd 1986 Winter Cup (Mystery Cargo), 3rd 1987 Winter Cup (Morgan James and Graymoore dream), 2nd 1986 Brennan Cup (Village Kid), 3rd 1986 Members Sprint (Village Kid and Cherokee Chief), a great run at the 1985 Inters when placed in all 3 heats (2nd to Gosh, 3rd to Game Oro and Panyan and 3rd to Gammalite and Gosh) before unplaced in the final. Also won the 1981 SA Kapunda Derby (beating another that migrated to WA Prince Halyer) and 2nd to Yankee Doodle Dandy in the 1980 SA Breeders Plate for an overall record of 127 starts for 25 wins, 40 placings and over $122k in stakes. Both raced against top company for a long period of time with Gap Road probably a narrow winner on points.
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Going back to @Markovina comment about FRK and Jimmy the Jet and the "pleasantaries" they exchanged in the Bird cage corner when pulling up after a race.....that was the place to be to hear "an honest and frank exchange of views" between drivers...and FRK was no shrinking violet, not always as seen in the TV interviews as the measured, careful responder to frequently daft questions......but, those boys were competitors, fierce competitors and they spoke their minds but geez, if anything ever happened to them...a race accident or stable injury...then it was a true fraternity, one in, all in.....a great sense of support and camaraderie ....and FRK would have meant every word he said about Jimmy after he died. They were great horseman, and generally even better blokes back in those days, and I sense that feeling of being a fraternity will probably not emerge ever again.
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Rip Van Winkle was an absolute speed machine and trained by Michael Van Der Kemp ( unfortunately passed away - but a bloke who didnt mind telling anyone and everyone how good his horse was - and what it was going to do)
However just like Satinover - Pure Steel did something to his horse which it never recovered from
Mid 1970s Hunter Cup final - at Moonee Valley - a race i travelled down to watch - i can see the betting boards now - RVW - 4/7 ( 7 to 4 odds on fav) Pure Steel 7/2 second favourite - write your own ticket the rest
RVW led on its ear - Pure Steel half broke and skipped from the 2nd line - Demmler balanced it up - and circled the field to death seat it
In the home straight in the final lap - Pure Steel utterly crushed and destroyed RVW - and after that Rip Van Winkle was never the same horse - it had a broken heart - just like Satinover
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And im talking about the NSW champion pacer of the 1970s Dont Retreat - who was a genuine superstar - raced against the best and a had a great record - one a stack of top line racers - Derbys - Interdominion heats - you name it - it won it - 50% winning strike record i think - and over 50 wins - alot against elite company . It could do it tough in the breeze - where it won alot of races - or come from behind off back marks - and it was super honest and super genuine
I actually read the other night its whole career - from go to wo - on Harnessweb ( very good read - for any one who followed the sport in that era)
One misconception i had about Dont Retreat - was i allways thought Laurie Moulds was its trainer for its entire career - you know you think of Dont Retreat -you instantly think of Laurie Moulds - however reading about its career - it actually had about 6 or 7 trainer/drivers - it was a typical Greek or Italian owned pacer - where their never satisfied - no matter how many races ( and money) they win - they allways want want more - a bit like like that Franco horse Graeme Lang had - it had about 9 trainers -he had it - 4 trainers later he got it back then lost it - or like that NSW Derbywinner of about 6 years ago trained by Lizzie Heath - so whats the owner do - takes the horse off her ( and breaks her heart ) and gives it to Luke McCarthy - who did nothing with it
But Dont Retreat was a great horse with a great will to win
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