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They ended up taking the race off spring well and the bookies all had a big grin on there faces.
Chariots can you give us your recollection of that night?
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Your memory is pretty good @Offthebit the horse was Social Aspect trained by Helen Luke and driven by Kim. I do remember seeing the vision not so long ago on one of the Seasons of Glory tapes and whilst I think Spring Well would still of won the race it did go at least "half a cart" inside the pegs from the 250m till the 175m.
Turned out to be an absolute star ability wise for I think it was David Sheehy but the horse was a freak of the family with bad legs from memory which curtailed his career. The folks had a Fake Left half brother who I could beat!
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curmudgeon - re murella lad - from memory a big bay stallion but no white blaze that we weren't allowed near because he would charge across the yard to bite you - was trained in Kalgoorlie by Softley and owned by Cunderdin farmer Ted Eaton
white blaze horse possibly Hatari
bit more nostalgia - 1000 at trials - murella lad Christmas hcp - our neighbours Alan Woodworth and a young Cliff Woodworth who at that time lived in Belmont but trained in Cannington
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Re Dominic Bierne - i can remember standing near where he was fielding - he had about 6 blokes working for him - a couple of them were continuosly yelling out - whats this one- whats this one - just taking bet after bet after bet - all you saw were just wads of cash
Porky Wylie - he seemed like a nice bloke - i had a big bet on a Cranbourne Cup ( it ran 2nd ) with him
Back then( pre pay TV ) - i use to organise my work schedule so i could take Wednesday afternoon off so i could go to the races - a Randwick midweek meeting you use to get 3-4 thousand people out their - good atmosphere
Your right about Bob - i use to go to the Sat gallops meeting - Canterbury only use to get a couple of Sat meetings a year - and there was this real low std Cant meeting - but Bob was their
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And that title relates to 2 people - 2 big players - The Prince refers to Perc Galea - who was a huge punter and alledgely ran illegal gambling joints in Double Bay - Sydneys affluent East - and Perc called all his racehorses which he owned - something -- Prince - the most notable being Eskimo Prince who won the NSW Derby in the 60s
The premier part - refers to Sir Robert Askin who was premier of NSW in the 60s and 70s and was as crooked as they come - involved in that many rackets
On the inside cover of the book - there is a picture of a smiling Perc Galea - he is standing between 2 men - with his arms around both - on one side is Sir Robert Menzies - and on the otherside is the Archbishop of Canterbury - lol
Like i say it is a fantastic book - if you want a good read - get a copy of it
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According to a bloke i knew other their ( who i did part time work for ) and who had 2 low grade horses with Newman ( they use to race at that grass track at Richmond- Wayne Innes used to drive them ) - he said Kevin Newman had very little time for Vets - or the ethics of some Vets
He said Newman was in court over some civil matter - no big deal - disputed fees or something - and he said Newman got up in court and said - " Your honour - i just thought Solicitors and Vets had a license to rob ".
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Anyway it made for great theatre in the bookies ring that night. Unfortunately we will never see that sort of thing again at GP
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From reading their were some huge odds on punters around those days and later too, one that made the paper's here at the time was ''the fireman".