1972 Scottsville Freight Services Champion Hurdle

Herewith the fields for the day that the 1972 race took place. Unfortunately no pics of the race - will post result and Duffs comments shortly...

see the tipsters tipped r8 PA`S in those days before ego`s ()

Herewith the result. In an earlier thread I referred to a horse trained by Brian Cunningham that had won by the proverbial mile - it was the race prior to the hurdle race and the horse was Hopeful Venture - won by 22 lengths over 1200m. The result of the hurdle race is below the pics - a dead heat!!!
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Duffs comments...
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Not a bad jackpot payout R 113 202,00 (SA record at that time)

Gee guys, I have had a blast from the past here, and it was a horse that seems not to have run at all. That is Tugela, No 10 in the Hurdle race, listed as trained by Mrs C Pendock and ridden by R Pendock.

I wonder if this was the same Mrs Pendock that ran a riding stable in Chase Valley, Pmburg? I never knew her first name or her children's names, but I used to go to her place as religiously as to church, every week for four years, for riding lessons when I was a kid.

Please someone say Yes! And I'm dying to know some details about her and her horses, and what happened to her. I know Chase Valley is all built up nowadays. I also know she stood some stallion at the riding school in the middle 70's ... I saw the beast but can't remember its name. Impressive animal in a scarey sort of way.

colins Wrote:

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> Not a bad jackpot payout R 113 202,00 (SA record
> at that time)


pa was a record that day also..

Could be Bev Pendock? She's a dressage rider today. Must be close to 60 years old.
She's together with Max McConnell who races with Lafferty and Eudey I think.

Hope I got those details kind of right

hibernia Wrote:

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> > Not a bad jackpot payout R 113 202,00 (SA
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Both tickets of that PA went to the same guy........an African gentleman with 2x50c tickets.
I remember it well cos some joker pointed out the he had ruined his own odds - won R78000 for a Rand and could have got the same for 50c...........lol!

Brian Cunningham was the Scottsville specialist....would ensure Jackpots of note.....:

Pirhobeta Wrote:

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> Brian Cunningham was the Scottsville
> specialist....would ensure Jackpots of
> note.....:


Remember some of the coups with Cunningham training for Ronnie "Hammer"?........one day at Pmb they won the first 2 races and the bookies had to borrow cash from the tote to pay!

sugahorse Wrote:

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> Could be Bev Pendock? She's a dressage rider
> today. Must be close to 60 years old.
> She's together with Max McConnell who races with
> Lafferty and Eudey I think.
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> Hope I got those details kind of right


Now you mention it Bev Pendock was the name of the daughter. I had completely forgotten. I wonder if her mother is still alive ... a tiny little woman with one withered arm where a horse once bit her on the elbow. And what happened to the riding school ...

I'm not surprised if you say Bev is a dressage rider. Her mother was a marvel with training horses. I once rode her thoroughbred mare Queenie (Celtic Queen) and it was a wonder to a raw schoolgirl used to rough ponies what a properly trained horse felt like in the hand.

If you ever hear anything more, Sugahorse, please pm me. I really want to know.