So who is S.A.'s most famous TRAINER who was an ex JOCKEY ?

neighmaster, are you serious ?

must have been in 19voetsack ! Mr. O has got to be in his 70's plus

ElvisisKing Wrote:

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> neighmaster, are you serious ?
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> must have been in 19voetsack ! Mr. O has got to
> be in his 70's plus

That was news to me, too. But then racing in SA has been around for a long time. I once saw a Greyville racecard from 1919, believe it or not. I had to chuckle at the announcement that trams left the City Hall (or somewhere) for the course every 30 minutes, or some such. Trams? When the hell did Durban last have those??? I think you'd need to older than 70 something to remember that.

ElvisisKing Wrote:

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> nice feedback from all the clan, but LUCKY, after
> yesterdays win in Dubai plus your Gr1 win in Hong
> Kong, and Gr1 wins in S.A. with JJ, YOU have to
> be the MOST FAMOUS S.A. TRAINER WHO WAS A JOCK IN
> MY EYES.
>
> Lucky, hope you've come back to earth after this
> historic week-end.
>
> It was a priveledge to be in the ABC box with
> Scotia, John, Zoro & other clan members when JJ
> won & of course NATALIE WAS THERE & TRACEY. What a
> vibe there was in the box............ we ALL
> SHOUTED J.J. HOME, he just got there by a
> whisker........... but the # is in the frame.
>
> congrats to all.


@ Elvis

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Was a great day - sorry about my rowdy friends *gasp*

thanks to all for making it great!

I have been on a tram car ................no replies required.

Racing has always been interesting

Who weighed 100 kilos when he rode an English Derby winner

scotia Wrote:

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> I have been on a tram car ................no
> replies required.
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> Racing has always been interesting
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> Who weighed 100 kilos when he rode an English
> Derby winner

clyde basel...hehehehehehe

syd garrett
syd laird
terence millard
mike bass
mike de kock

these will be remembered as the greats and not one a retired jockey,only lucky houdalakis now heading for that top spot

scotia Wrote:

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> I have been on a tram car ................no
> replies required.
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> Racing has always been interesting
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> Who weighed 100 kilos when he rode an English
> Derby winner

There are lots of places that still have trams (San Francisco and Milan come to mind), so fear not - no sarcastic wise ass remarks from me.-D

But if you have ridden one in Durban.....

To answer your question: Lester Piggott's cellmate.

Only Edinburgh..............and well done

Tangles, there are no 2nds to MDK to being the most famous S.A. TRAINER............................. the question was " who is S.A.'s most famous TRAINER who was a jock "

when did MDK ride ? did her ever get to claim 4kgs ?

Hi ElvisKing,
i know its the wrong thread,but i was listing famous trainers through the eras fom Garret to De kock.Hows the little jockette doing.Hope things have turned for the better

A very good question as there are very few who can be regarded as famous.The only one that really comes to mind after much soul searching is David Payne.His first runner was a winner at scottsville,a filly ridden by Gary Verne and in his first year of training he inherited that great horse In Full Flight from Mr Fergusin,spelling could be wrong,andlater imigrated to Australia where he has competed fairly well,im not sure whether that has made him famous but for the life of me i cannot think of anyone else