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Christ, Royal Mail, brings back memories, not him but same era – late 70’s. Not knocking Stan Mellor as a trainer (or am I), but he would have been mighty interesting with a Fulke Walwyn or Fred Winter.
3 more clues ( btw none of the questions are tricks, eg the Grand National was an Aintree one)
The trainer of this quiz horse achieved great success with a well known horse who started life with another UK trainer.
The trainer of this quiz horse also trained a well known horse who achieved great success with another UK trainer.
The era was the seoond half of the 1970’s.Sorry,be…. none of the clues are tricks… and started racing under rules with another UK trainer
Cancello, I’m on a track that might be completely wrong because I’ve based it on an assumption that your forum name stems from the horse trained by Neville Crump.
So, was Crump the trainer of this animal?
Forum name is the Neville Crump chaser,but Crump was not the trainer of this horse.Was trained by a famous trainer though, who was celebrated enough to have had a book written about him.
The gelding was not beaten far in a 1970’s Hennessy.
He ran in a Grand National,King George and Cheltenham Gold Cup.
He started at single figure odds when he ran in the King George
The owner had a very useful novice hurdler in the yard at the same time.
He was a chasing type in build but turned out a huge disappoint over fences.
The trainer was an established top class NH trainer with most success in the chasing sphere.
The trainer did not train a horse to win a Champion Hurdle.
The silks were taken over by the owner’s son who owned a Group One flat winner in England
The G1 winner in the owner’s sons name came during a later decade with a different trainer.
The G1 winner was trained by a handler not used to success at the very top level
The trainer of this quiz horse achieved great success with a well known horse who started racing under rules in another UK yard.
The trainer of this quiz horse also trained a well known horse who achieved great success with another UK trainer.
The era was the second half of the 1970’s.
The sire of this quiz animal won an Irish classic.You have me beat, Cancello. Tony Dickinson, Gordon Richards and Ken Oliver are the trainers I’ve been concentrating on but I’m stumped.
My guess is Roman Candle, I remember him being placed in the Hennessy and he was by Lucero who won the Irish 2000 Guineas. I can’t remember who trained him though, or the owner etc.
It was indeed Tamalin.
The G1 owner’s son’s winner Mecca’s Angel.The son also rode Tamalin once, in his last ever ill fated race in a hunter chase at Nottingham. The horse never fell in 66 races.
Thanks Cancello and Joe.
Tamalin would have been on the wane, no doubt trying to concede a lot of weight when I got interested but knew he’d been a fine horse.
Struggling for a question but as they got a mention in the thread to the last question…
STAN MELLOR SENT ROYAL MAIL TO IRELAND TO PICK UP A NICE MIDWEEK PRIZE IN THE LATE 70S
WHICH GRADE 2 CHASE WAS THIS ? (I GATHER THE RACE NAME CONTINUED UNTIL THE 90S)Well done Gladiateur, was indeed the PZ Mower (and I wanted one until I found out they were tractor attachments).
Over to you
Thanks, pilgarlic.
This one probably won’t last long, but complete the sequence: Valeriga, Marwell, ???
Well its been a month and I’ve still got no further with the question than establishing it is indeed a picture of a horse!
So while we wait for a clue:
In which year was the Grand National first run on a Saturday?
I’m guessing 1947, on the flimsy basis that I think I read it somewhere sometime, but can’t remember the source.
At the request of Clement Atlee in the interests of British industry, 1947 was the first year the GN was scheduled for and took place on a Sat, Seasider. However, on one previous occasion the GN was postponed for a few days due to adverse conditions and was eventually run on a Sat in intermittent snow driven in on biting high winds. If its any help one of the horses who made the frame had a somewhat apt name.
Hi GM.
Following some investigation I believe the answer is 1858, in which race Weathercock finished second.Thanks, pilgarlic.
This one probably won’t last long, but complete the sequence: Valeriga, Marwell, ???
Chellaston Park? (As that horse was runner up to Sharpo in the 82 Nunthorpe, Valeriga & Marwell filled the same position behind Sharpo in 80 & 81 respectively.)
If I’m correct I’ll throw the next question over to Seasider to set.
Well its been a month and I’ve still got no further with the question than establishing it is indeed a picture of a horse!
So while we wait for a clue:
In which year was the Grand National first run on a Saturday?
I’m guessing 1947, on the flimsy basis that I think I read it somewhere sometime, but can’t remember the source.
At the request of Clement Atlee in the interests of British industry, 1947 was the first year the GN was scheduled for and took place on a Sat, Seasider. However, on one previous occasion the GN was postponed for a few days due to adverse conditions and was eventually run on a Sat in intermittent snow driven in on biting high winds. If its any help one of the horses who made the frame had a somewhat apt name.
Hi GM.
Following some investigation I believe the answer is 1858, in which race Weathercock finished second.Yes, well done Seasider and well researched. Weathercock had also been runner up in 1857 and carried just the 37 lbs more in 58!
If I am correct in answer to Gladiateur’s question (above) I’ll throw it over to you to set the next and the thread can be back to one question running at a time instead of two!
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