Pusey Street

[Drone]

Happened to notice Pusey Street running at Windsor today

I recall a Pusey Street from way back whenever who seemed to be around for years. Could some other old-timer care to elaborate, as it’s bugging me

Ta

[Marginal Value]

Since I am even older than you look in your picture, Drone, I thought I had better help out.

Pusey Street (1977) ch f Native Bazaar – Diamond Talk (Counsel). Originally called Casbah Jewel, but renamed as a two year old when the Bosley family set up a car sales and maintenance garage in Pusey Lane, just off Pusey Street in the centre of Oxford. It is where MG built their first cars in 1924, before moving on to bigger and better premises, and where I had my MGB GT serviced when I worked in Oxford in the 1970s.

Pusey Street was a sprinter through and through.

2yo: One win and three places
3yo: Five places
4yo: Two wins and one place at
5yo: Two wins and four places at
6yo: Two wins and four places at
7yo: One win and no places

Owned and trained by John Bosley at Bampton in Oxfordshire. There were quite a few subsequent Pusey Street somethings racing and advertising for the Bosley family, up to the time when John’s son Martin, who had taken over the training, eventually retired.

[Anonymous]

Don’t think Drone uses pictures of himself for his avatar. His current one looks like Jonathan Meades?

[Drone]

A more detailed amswer would be hard to wish for MV, thanks very much. Of Bosley’s others, I recall a Pusey Street Girl

Yep, that’s Jonathan Meades, whose excellent “dumbed-up” TV programmes have been the subject of recurring Lounge chatter

[robnorth]

Remember a number of the Bosley horses were named after local streets or places. I remember making a good few bob from Corn Street (late 70s/early 80s?) from the same stable. I believe Martin Bosley is still training but now based in a yard at Bowstridge Lane, Chalfont St Giles.

John Bosley was based at Lower Haddon Farm in Bampton which is now a Dressage and Livery yard, then moved to Kingston Lisle where he handed over to his son.

I was familiar with Bampton and surrounding area as my wife for a number of years was the Head of Aston and Cote Primary School a couple of miles away.

[apracing]

Rob,

I also remember Corn Street, as I saw him winning a couple of races at Ascot. I had to dig into my Timeforms to get the year, and it was 1982, when he was a 4-y-old. He won five that year, the last three in a row in the space of four weeks. They were on day one of the Ascot September meeting, the Saturday of their early October meeting and a midweek fixture at Sandown ten days later.

John Bosley must have had good contacts, as the three jockeys for those wins were Pat Eddery, Richard Hills and Joe Mercer! He ended that season with a Timeform rating of 95.

[robnorth]

Thanks Alan

I must have backed him a few times that season. I do remember backing him to win at 20/1, possibly at Kempton in the spring of 1981 as a 3yo(?)

Memories are a bit hazy but I’m pretty sure that the Bosley stable were decent at improving handicappers at short distances. Unfortunately ditched a lot of my old record books when we moved to Scotland so not in a position to check.

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