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Apprentice Barry and William muir

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CaledoniaCaledonia    2 posts
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Where are they now?
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,369 posts
    sorry, i have never heard of them. what years are you talking about?
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  • CaledoniaCaledonia    2 posts
    Brothers in late 60s/70s
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  • VoodooVoodoo    1,353 posts
    They weren't brothers....Barry Muir and Bill Muir

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  • LooksLikeTroubleLooksLikeTrouble    144 posts
    Definitely not brothers Billy absolute gentleman Barry somehow got out of the country before they put him back in the big house for armed robbery again

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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,208 posts
    edited September 2024
    Not brothers and complete opposite in character and nature with William Muir by far the best person. Quietly spoken scotsman and yes as previously mentioned a gentleman. The Scottish connection may explain why you are asking the question Caledonia.

    One of my biggest collects as a teenager was Bill Muir winning the Easter Cup on Joe's Glory.

    Falcon we are talking 70s and very early 80s though Barry made a very brief reappearance I think in late 80s.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,369 posts
    i was living in sydney 70's and 80's. did/does bill muir have a job around the scales areas
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  • LooksLikeTroubleLooksLikeTrouble    144 posts
    Billy did have a job with rwwa until a few years ago
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  • LooksLikeTroubleLooksLikeTrouble    144 posts
    Barry would have finished riding by about 1977 then he changed his profession
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,208 posts
    Trouble I recall he had the odd ride in the late eighties and I mean ODD ride. One I recall vividly when he dropped his whip by request and the horse finished back in the field. Next start same horse different jockey fronts up and is plunged but kharma took over and the horse finished second.
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,208 posts
    edited September 2024
    Trainer still trains today and gets the odd winner. The plunged horse was beaten by a track specialist at Pinjarra. 
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  • MuldoonMuldoon    445 posts
    LooksLikeTrouble said:

    Barry would have finished riding by about 1977 then he changed his profession

    In a big way. If you Scotland Yard is chasing you, you must be doing well at your vocation, be it legal or not
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  • LooksLikeTroubleLooksLikeTrouble    144 posts
    I was apprenticed with Barry and Im sure he never rode after about 1977
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  • spinkingspinking    3,925 posts
    Was he part of the Kangaroo gang or similar name?
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  • SLIPPERGOLDENSLIPPERGOLDEN    8,208 posts
    edited September 2024
    LooksLikeTrouble said:

    I was apprenticed with Barry and Im sure he never rode after about 1977

    An extremely short return to the track. Definitely him.
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  • LooksLikeTroubleLooksLikeTrouble    144 posts
    KRG that was them
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  • LooksLikeTroubleLooksLikeTrouble    144 posts
    KCG sorry
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  • psychopsycho    799 posts
    Bill rode a horse called Stolen Thunder that I backed in the mid 80s won a couple of good races, may have gone up to Kal for the Hannans even one year
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  • spinkingspinking    3,925 posts
    I think it won a hannans was a very good horse. Trained by Barry Curtis who was a good bloke to boot. Suffered bad with the gout. Barry not the horse

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  • savethegamesavethegame    2,993 posts
    Stolen thunder won Hannans Hcp 84 & 86 rider L.Millington
    Was world class Show jumper changed hands on the world stage, few times even 1million was me tioned

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