BLAST DOWN MEMMORY LANE

Joe used to come to Loveday st to do settling with Sally.
He had on one occasion bad weekend punting Monday morning settling time and there was joe with a old biscuit box made from some form of metal.

Told the clerk there 20 000 rand in the biscuit box in 20 and 10 Rand notes.

After opening up the box it was so old the money was like paper mash. Glue

It had become mouldy and wet it was 20 000 Rand worth of paper know just paper mash.

Joe was a character but least not forget David Azar His grand son.

Used to send Zorro with cash to get on.

nice story...(tu)

On that subject what about Solly never missed a meeting.
He would have been so proud of Dominique today.

Nick Claaasen was tops,What a trainer Juveniles in Gauteng Forrest King that sprinter.

It was legend time every Thursday night ladies nights at the clubs all the jocks used to come and tell good stories
Stephen Jupp was tops always a good story.
Good old Gerhard Thomas lighting cigars at sun city with 50 rand notes.

But this racing story is good.

There was a big punter in Alberton loved horses so 2 well known racing people are going to get him to punt for them.
They invite him to watch 2 horse work at the stirrup club near Meyerton.
The one horse is a grey must be 12 odd years old.
The other is a bay must be 15 years old.

They even hire a Mercedes so fetch the punter in.
The grey wins by a distance .

The punter all exited gives them 50 000 rand to put on the grey horse in the last race at Newmarket.

The last race has a grey horse from the late Greg Botten stable it can't win on form but to make sure GReg is given a present to make sure it can't win .

They go to tattersall a nd place multiple small bets on horse to around 500 Rand and after they add on the Zeros ,and go back and give the punter the tickets showing 50 000 rand at around 10to1 on the horse.

The rest is history it ran last.

The poor punter.

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Derek Flynn

Zen if the bagboys you referring to are sam and crew I used to be a runner for him in my school
Days, ronnie samuels son tarquin and I used to dop together at his club, once we were sent by
Samuels snr to give a jock a envelope to make something go missing

Bartie's sisters in those big shoes..

zenyatta now you bring back the memories. tell me this arthur khoury you mention was he the gentleman who scream the house down from the 200 if he has the chance? if it is him many time i fear he will have the heart attack he get so excited

That is the same arthur khoury flash, you right, he is lucky he never had. a heart attack, my uncle david azar was also a legend and my grandfather michael azar has been in the game since the 60s and still goes to the course every saturday.

Same man Arthur Khoury used to watch every race with binnoculars
Who remembers Bill Liquirish and his brother had the longest pair of binochs i have ever seen.

Barties sister Bridgette .
The good for room used to be full of people shouting there horses home.

The was a group shouting go Bartie im telling you it was electric atmosphere.

Even the vaal racecourse used to get a big croud the parking was full
the bar downstairs below grandstand was full.

The food was good.
Jaap Van De vendal Costa Livanos were firers of note.

Presure on Cliffie Otto and Jean Heming.

Roy Curling commanded respect,

Mr Formgrids and his man Geralt Turner.

Old man Thomas the trainer with his sons i wonder if Tremaines dad is still alive???

The trainer in Cape Town P Reeves was he a jockey who rode a few horses for Sandy Fletcher yeasrs ago.

zenyatta i have horse with tremayne for a few year we clean up one day with a horse call barlite, do you remember this one? i make over 400 grand and average 10/1 this was about 1990 if i remember right. ask les kourie he will tell you about that bet he cry for months after ward