It is such a shame with what happened to him in the end. Nobody cared. He lost everything due to depression and became homeless wandering the streets of Auckland. This is the story that no one tells. 😢😢😢
Along with Tulloch he is one of my two favorite horses ever. I was in grade 1 in 1954 and, on my way home from school, I stopped in front of the Radio Shop with a small crowd to listen to my very first Melbourne Cup. It was really exciting and RF became my favorite horse at that time. I , too, think he was robbed of the Cup in 1955. That led me to listen to the races of a Saturday afternoon and remember following Tulloch's career and his incredible 3 y o campaign. These days some horses are so overblown by the media beating moderate opposition. The fields in those days were overall stronger and the above mentioned two would kick the brains out of some of the recent so-called "champions". Was also privileged to be at Flemington one day in the early 1970's to see Crisp win a quality Steeple with over 12 stone. I have never seen before or since such emotion by the general public who rose as one when he went to the front in the straight and clapped and cheered him from that moment until he weighed in and disappeared out of sight back to his stalls. Those were the racegoers who loved horses not the ones who will be sipping latae's and champagne on Tuesday and not see one race live!
I been watching horse races for the last 48 years and that CoxPlate Bonecrucher has to be one of the greatest races I ever watched,,, the Heart ♥️ of the World Champion
She did have a fierce desire to win. I watched her parade and hit the field at the MV track at her second win and her veins were pumping, trained to the minute, and knew she was there to win, and she did easily. I will never forget that moment.
He was just before my time, but they still talked about him. I didn't realise his record was so good or that he'd raced so well overseas. I'd heard about his second behind Alleged. I wonder what his stake earnings would be in todays money?
What a sweet mare Gold Hope was, her foals were just like mum. She had a Nassipour colt that we adored, he had the coolest nature and smart as anything.
Nice video, thank you. A relative by marriage in my family tree, Walter Clifford, was trained as a jockey in Henry Redwood's stables, starting out in 1875 and went on to become one of the premier jockeys of his time. I'm sure this was in no part due to Mr. Redwood's influence and support.
I don't care about whether someone says that Phar Lap was Australian or New Zealandish. I only care about recognising the horse. What about when he beat Night March and Amounis in a three-horse race?
Would've torn Frankel a new arsehole !!!!!!! Tulloch shaved 2 odd seconds of the Great Ones time in the AJC Derby !!!!! Had he not gotten sick, this guy was a pure gift from the almighty !!!!!!!!
Watched most of his horses win those group 1 races etc. Magnificent Stallion with real attitude. Bloodlines were actually very good. Patrick Hogan took a gamble and wow it paid off big time. Great story.
I'm a ride or die Kiwi but we wouldn't have begrudged The King his win that day. Looking back over Kingston Towns other big wins there were plenty of Sir Tristrams progeny left in his wake. What an era for racing that was?❤
What a wonderful horse, I was at the '86' Cox Plate to witness "the race of the century", and the atmosphere during and after the race was incredible, the crowd were cheering for a long time after the race was over.
