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MJay91
Posts: 297
Join date: 2009-03-16
Age: 18
Location: Edens Landing
 |  Subject: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day  Sun May 17, 2009 4:13 pm | |
| Few oldies I found laying around.. kept me occupied on a lazy sunday arvo.King.. our best  Como.. best natured horse ever  Glory days of rocklea ha  Top Gun.. was very fast  King again.. 31m   Top Gun going fast time  Speed Monarch in 1,59  Good old girl  |
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fancythat
Posts: 333
Join date: 2008-11-06
Age: 41
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Sun May 17, 2009 4:36 pm | |
| ok the 1st photo of Speed King was that in 1989 can't quite read it and if so is he still around today, they are classic photos  |
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MJay91
Posts: 297
Join date: 2009-03-16
Age: 18
Location: Edens Landing
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Sun May 17, 2009 4:49 pm | |
| yeah that 89.. yeahh hes still kicking 20 something now hes down in the riverina somewere im not quite sure dad would know |
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The Tug Boat
Posts: 705
Join date: 2008-10-14
Age: 14
Location: QLD
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Sun May 17, 2009 5:20 pm | |
| Great pics! I have heard of speed king before |
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kite
Posts: 1840
Join date: 2008-09-15
Age: 24
Location: QLD
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Sun May 17, 2009 5:46 pm | |
| Speed King has been everywhere..even went down to SA for a while and is still standing at stud.. some of those photo's are from Ipswich, heard many many stories of those old days..  |
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MJay91
Posts: 297
Join date: 2009-03-16
Age: 18
Location: Edens Landing
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Sun May 17, 2009 5:49 pm | |
| it was ipswich at albion park haha yeahh the old downhill slide on the home turn.. fall every week without fail |
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mel and zergy
Posts: 1887
Join date: 2008-08-22
Age: 43
Location: Walloon QLD
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Sun May 17, 2009 8:04 pm | |
| some awesome memories there!
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James
Posts: 2743
Join date: 2008-08-20
Age: 44
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Mon May 18, 2009 4:47 pm | |
| awesome pics Mjay...thanks for sharing matey  |
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robertd
Posts: 5017
Join date: 2008-09-11
Age: 35
Location: Yallingup-Western Australia
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Mon May 18, 2009 4:51 pm | |
| what amazing old photo's well done Mjay and yes thanks for sharing great work _________________ Life at its best is too short to make the most of every day,so anyone lucky enough to be a horse owner should enjoy and relish every minute with their equines. www.livestrong.org |
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MJay91
Posts: 297
Join date: 2009-03-16
Age: 18
Location: Edens Landing
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Tue May 19, 2009 10:59 am | |
| Thanks everyone Found some old videos today might put them on if I can figure it out.. few from the old tweed heads n toowoomba days haha n some classic Albion park classics |
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Kalimbah
Posts: 137
Join date: 2008-12-14
Location: Bredbo, NSW
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Tue May 19, 2009 11:36 am | |
| I retrained a gelding by Speed King called Kenny Speed - funny as he was one of the laziest horses I have ever met! |
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MJay91
Posts: 297
Join date: 2009-03-16
Age: 18
Location: Edens Landing
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Tue May 19, 2009 10:26 pm | |
| didnt get that from his dad haha from all reports he was a handful (i wouldnt know was in nappies at the time haha) |
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Lowland
Posts: 237
Join date: 2008-09-25
Location: Brightview, Qld
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Mon May 25, 2009 6:20 pm | |
| Our two girls are in foal to Speed King at the moment. I hope that they come out chunky like thier dad! I had a bit to do with him when Gary was working at Egmont Park stud (I was living there too!). He is a cheeking boy. Joeds |
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James
Posts: 2743
Join date: 2008-08-20
Age: 44
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Mon May 25, 2009 9:07 pm | |
| | MJay91 wrote: | | didnt get that from his dad haha from all reports he was a handful (i wouldnt know was in nappies at the time haha) |
You & Chaffy will get on like a house on fire Michael...his place is like a museum
of the good old days...he's got heaps of top old vid's |
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MJay91
Posts: 297
Join date: 2009-03-16
Age: 18
Location: Edens Landing
| | Subject: Re: Few of our old Boys and girls from back in the day Mon May 25, 2009 9:43 pm | |
| haha its a date! im stll going thru all of dads old stuff back when the trots were a regular feature in d paper haha |
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