Lovely Jubly
Bounding Away
Emancipation
Schillaci
Subzero

any more?




[ This Message was edited by: Equine Investor on 2002-06-13 10:19 ]

Surround, Ming Dynasty, Gunsynd, Raffindale, Silver Bounty, Taksan, Subzero, Grey Sapphire, Grey Receiver

Grey Sapphire...brings back memories. I owned a handy young horse in the 70's and we took it to Camperdown in western Victoria one day for a 2 year old "country classic" type 1200m race. We thought our horse was a certainty. Unfortunately, Grey Sapphire was in the race.

We finished 2nd....8 lengths away!

Grey Sapphire was from the same crop as Manikato, Karaman, The Judge, Hauberk etc.
He found it a bit hard to shine against that lot but later on in his career he won some really good races with big weights.

You don't see many grey trotters.

Great (or very good) greys?

Plush, Savoir, Baghdad Note.

Savoir was unlucky to be running around at the same time as a brilliant grey mentioned above, Surround. But Savoir still managed to win a Thousand Guineas and a Wakeful Stakes in the Spring of 1976 amongst her victories.

Was Horlicks a grey?

Horlicks sure was a grey and won a MacKinnon and Japan Cup!

17 Wins from 40 starts...quite handy.

[ This Message was edited by: Equine Investor on 2002-06-13 23:29 ]

Was Bernborough a grey? I thought he was, but he was before my time.

Tulloch was a great grey - that is after you threw grey paint all over him!!!

Just remembered a few others,
Martello Towers, Rom's Stiletto, John's Hope, Grey Affair, Black Onyx, Ugly Dave Grey.

I think Bernborough was a bay.
Only 3 greys have won Melbourne Cup in past
30 years or so. Two have already been mentioned - Subzero 92 & Bagdad Note 70, the other was Silver Knight in 71.

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All the best from the West

Sandgroper :smile:

[ This Message was edited by: Sandgroper on 2002-06-14 15:50 ]