GP- Howard Porter Memorial (L)Harness & Greyhounds

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Race 1-   Dark Eyes,  Barbados,  Rock Me Over,  Amazing American

Race 2-   Faster Than Dad,  Wonderful To Fly,  Star Casino,  Solesseo Matuca

Race 3-   Vegas Strip,  Rock Artist,  Soho Firestone,  Chillin

Race 4-   Goodfellaz,  Sugar Street,  Eton Rock,  Franco Mecca

Race 5-   Talks Up A Storm,  Sangue Reale,  Soho Dow Jones,  Arma Einstein

Race 6-   Arma Xfactor,  Carana,  Otis,  Miki Jet

Race 7-   Montana Glory,  Sovrana,  Castella Dellacqua,  Sister Cherie

Race 8-   Alta Tribute,  Mikis Pride,  Prince Of Pain,  Blaze Away

Race 9-   Major Freeway,  Hengheng,  Beyond Bling,  Recover Lover

Race 10- Captainshavtime,  Kinky,  Ruia,  Ruby Lou

Wagin

R1- Rox The World

R2- Betterthan Secret

R3- Hez Special

R4- Majic Bay

R5- Follow The Ark

R6- Luhrsy

R7- Joe With The Flow

Markovina

The Howard Porter hey 

Might have been the late Curmudgeons old boss , and the owner of San Simeon 

Testing my memory here a bit but it was along time ago , but his race colours might have been not dissimilar to Trevor Warwicks colours , in the brown/white combination perhaps 

Early 80s , Lou Austin might have left the camp , and H Porters private trainer was viewed as a plum job ( might not have turned out that way because he might have scaled back a fair bit ) and i was their on a Monday night meeting pro punting , those twilight meetings , and the new private trainer for Porter drove a winner , was it Colin Brown , Colin Olsen or Colin someone . And the other thing i can remember about that meeting , sitting in that stand not far from the winning post , and there was a youngish/tallish bookmaker , very polite and well spoken , and he was picking my brain , because the dual licenses had just come in , and he was trying to get up to speed on the Trots

savethegame

Was it Ian Grieg he was private trainer for porters for a time got a possie,Bookie may have been Kingsley Sanford? When you had a collect Around the back pal.

Markovina

savethegame said:

Was it Ian Grieg he was private trainer for porters for a time got a possie,Bookie may have been Kingsley Sanford? When you had a collect Around the back pal.

With all due respect to Kingsley Sanford ( and it wasnt him ) he came accross as a Car Salesman type -  too cocck sure and confident 

savethegame

Kingsley Sanford was dog bookmaker as was Ross Cooper they transferred to the trots around 1978.
The legendary Bookie Francie Friedlander read who owned two top gallopers that in won melb. On Guard, Check up retired late 70s
August 1977 to Ist March 1978 the tote held 5,1500,052 the Bookmakers 11,309,183, the bookies were the preferred option.

Markovina

savethegame said:

Kingsley Sanford was dog bookmaker as was Ross Cooper they transferred to the trots around 1978.
The legendary Bookie Francie Friedlander read who owned two top gallopers that in won melb. On Guard, Check up retired late 70s
August 1977 to Ist March 1978 the tote held 5,1500,052 the Bookmakers 11,309,183, the bookies were the preferred option.

I never knew that Chariots came through the ranks via the dish lickers , ha ,ha ,ha 

JayJay

Think Howard Porter long out of it by the time San Simeon came along and Milson Lodge was established. Brothers Ron and Lyle Porter.

Colours were brown with a blue star. Sequence of trainers (I'm pretty sure were Teddy Breese for a while in the late 60's (around the time of Fortress, think that was the last horse Ron drove), then Rod Starkie took over for a long time, then Lou Austin and Ian Grieg after him but only for a shortish period of time. After that, I would have to look it up.

I think the trots ring was over subscribed, so any budding pencillers had to start out at Cannington....I think that was the case.

sonny

G.P r2 I have left out the fav in r2,probably to my peril and have 6/7/8/10 in the 2nd leg

Chariotsonfire

At that time it was almost impossible to get a license at the trots so I gained one of the initial Greyhound licenses and transitioned to the trots three months later. No dual licenses in thse days.

JayJay

Thought that was the case Chariots. I think Brownie took over from Ian Grieg but I think it was winding down at that stage? Milson Lodge was sold off for housing.

savethegame

Howard Porter must have been all over the industry from every angle Reinsman, Trainer, Foundation member Fremantle trotting Club, was president for 8 years member for 50 years,
Committeeman 28 years WATA also President for three years.

W.A. delegate to Interdomion for several years
T A.B foundation member
Passed six months before San Simeon started racing .

savethegame

Porter's trainers Rod Starkie was great mate of Curmudgeon he won feature the night Mount Eden won his first race Kalgoorlie round,with horse called Mabouhay. for porter's.


Image he was called Teddy
Edmund Breeze was given a drive on Golden Time backed 20s into 2s won by length of straight at Pinjarra positive to caffeine. Horse was barred for 12 months

. Breeze was Exonerated from any malpratice was put on for a better price-----Trainer got Five years

The horse was sold at , mixed sale 12months later then brought tipped out for further 12months then won seven straight for the Prince with one win at G.P by Fifty metres.

Always the talk a keen observer was watching from the top of truck outside Pinjarra for first win.

JayJay

November 14th, 1974 for horses handicapped 2.28 and better at Pinjarra. Winning driver E.T Breeze. Official flucs 20/1 into 5/2

Headstrong but fast chestnut horse by Playbill from Baruch. Bred by the legendary Buick Car Dealer of Ashburton, Clarrie Rhodes. 

The events of that day, and beyond, are well documented in my filing cabinet. Haven't heard him referred to as "The Prince" for a while. Was indeed a "Golden Time".

Quiz night question: Who was his registered trainer for his last race win at GP?

JayJay

Beat Tara Del and Wracklass to earn the princely first prize of $494.

savethegame

JayJay said:

Beat Tara Del and Wracklass to earn the princely first prize of

Surely didn't keep prizemoney?

Nothing surprises me especially when Tierce won Golden slipper& Sires worth 1.4million kept prizemoney fined 25k. For using Lignocane .

Twenty years later he goes again horse called This is Australia fined 10k. But lost prizemoney

Golden Time was sold for 6,500.

What a good horse Typhson he was brought for 8k. From Tasmania after 3 starts. As two yearold don't no how many he won but he also regular winner in USA. Got old cut out of him winning Pacing Gift final Lindau< cane whip broke his holding onto 4 inches of it, rest is flapping 

JayJay

No, lost the $494, then had just the one start in the next year, a 2.28 fr and better at Northam on July 24, 1976, some 20 months later for FRK. No 20/1 on offer that night but first prize just $430.

Then at Cunderdin September 22 starting a run of 6 more wins in a row,  before a change of trainer on December 10th 1976 winning a 2.20 metro stake at GP for Phillip Charles, beating Hands Turn and Ash Duke. Won just the on race at Northam the next year and then had his last win as an 8 year old  in a GP Metro November 15 1978, for trainer Gordon Plewright, PC did the steering to advance him to a 2.18 front and that was all she wrote. Goodbye to one on the prettiest daisy cutter pacers I ever saw.