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Funny how we remember things....I was about 11 or 12 years old and conned some bloke outside the Bentley TAB to put 10 shillings a place on a horse called Yamagee (Don Harper) back in the 60's. It lead up and hung on for 3rd and paid 3 Pound 16 shillings and sixpence the place. I remember thinking at the time "How good is this, how long has this caper been going on, What time is the next race?" An early victim of the highs and lows of the punt haha.
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Leg Before (by Timely Score, a good little horse raced by Roy Annear when Jack Retzlaff was his trainer) raced from December 1990 (5 wins from 6 starts at Busselton as a 4 y old)) through to March 1997. 147 starts for 25 wins and 36 places for $198,798 in stakes. 10 wins at GP and 3 at Fremantle. Amazingly consistent horse who raced well to 11 years old - as you say, not top 50 material but just another of those very durable locally bred horses that we would all love to have owned.
Qualified for 2 WA Pacing Cup Finals.
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Well bred by Gary Rowan and his sister Matts Claim was the super star broodmare dam of Chandon, Salinger, Bollinger etc. Anyway, it's kept the thread alive albeit on life support.
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Remember when the Easter Cup was 3300m....he won it beating Palimar and Gusty Way in 1988, same year he won the 2940m Bunbury Cup (Just Silvertime and Gusty Way), same year he added his second Winter Cup (Governor Guiness and Duanes Magic) to add to his 1986 win over Rite and Morano Magic. Took Lincoln Storm to knock him off in the 1986 Pinjarra Cup and the likes of Morgan James, Village Kid and co to relegate him to placings 1986 and 1988 Stratton Cup, the 1988 BOTRA Cup, 1988 Memorial Day Stakes (behind Chipmos) and the 1988 Media Cup behind Gusty Way. Won 26 races from just 69 starts with (mainly Chris Beckett in the cart) and last won on November 5 1990 at GP for Russell Coates beating Antique Gold and Chipmos before retirement 6 starts later.
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Riders, to be honest I don't know the answer about Wilf Powell. I haven't heard to the contrary but he would be very elderly if he is. I know he had heart problems going way, way back and stopped training, deferring to daughter Jane. Top man with a horse and a delightful fellow, we used to always stable next to him at GP as they did in those days when you used the same freelance driver ...saved Phil from running around everywhere. Yes, Pride of Kentucky, Yo Yo Time, Trial Flight, My Hanover Nugent, Our Petite Hanover, Garry John, Capridau, Nerida Frost, Peter Anstey and many others. Jane had a handy mare called Blazon which PC also drove. A long list of quality types. Good trainer W.A Powell, will endeavour to find out.
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Sadly, Mick Taylor left the building this week...of course, father to Frances, first woman to train a Pacing Cup winner with Sharach driven by Lou Austin, father of Jimmy and brother to very prominent past trainer driver Graham.
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When he had Rite - FRK one Friday night won 5 of the heats of the WA Pacing Cup preludes - where 1st and 2nd qualified
He didnt win the final though ( even with 5 runners ) Fred didnt have much luck in finals - sometimes Jimmy The Jet used to push him out of the way - before he was supposed to be pushed out !!! . Fred said some very kind words when Schrader passed away - but if you watched races from that bird cage corner into the back straight like i used to - their was often heated words exchanged between those 2 after big races .
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