Racing trivia "Magic"

toontony, funny you should mention that Pedometer may have been chased home by LIONS. For those that are too young to remember, Mrs. Hemming / Barnard had a tame lion caged in on her plot / farm. Perhaps that was part of her training strategy.
I believe she was the finest WOMAN TRAINER S.A. has ever had - & she beat most of the men I might add.

Good stuff guys where do you find the snaps Hibby?
Ronny Sheehan trained a horse for me Elvis.

Ascot in Bulawayo wa4 the first racecourse I ever went to. It was their biggest meeting, the Castle Classic, in Sept 1972 and Ronnie Sheehan won the Feature with Fleeting Gold, ridden by Vicky Moore, later Buddy Maroun's last assistant trainer. Ascot closed for several years in the 60s and was later revived, but this time it looks permament. I've been told the weighing room is now a day care centre.

Hibernia, is that apicture of the LATE ascot race course ? the tote boards look familiar.

ElvisisKing Wrote:

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> Hibernia, is that apicture of the LATE ascot race
> course ? the tote boards look familiar.


Found thru google, pictures seem to be rare?

When the uk first staged racing from south africa,im sure the first track that was on was a "zimbabwian" track?

Maybe Hollywood should take it over and revive it...that will shut those up who reckon bookies only take and never give. Lol.

What a shame - I raced there a few years ago -

Apparently it will be developed into a shopping mall, possibly also with office and residential units. I guess that, like everyone in Zim, it's waiting for better days. Certainly there is no way on earth that the current horse population in Zim can support two courses.

BTW, Ascot was a turf track, whatever the above picture may lead you to think!

magiclips Wrote:

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> I remember a horse winning at Scottsville in about
> 1980 by 24.25 lengths, in a sprint (maiden
> juvenile plate) no less. I think her name was
> Come Running, or something similarly appropriate,
> and she was ridden by Grant Kotzen and trained by
> Hennie Schoeman. I don't think one of the horses
> that she beat ever won a race.

In a foggy race in USA a 50-1 shot won by 25 lengths. It was a two lap race and it was eventually discovered that the jockey had stopped his mount on the first lap and rejoined the field on the second lap. He pleaded innocent!

Gosh...that 's funny {smile}