Are there any Trainers like this anymore?

Pirates, this was point i made on the other thread regarding the success this past season with the cape trainers, besides B Crawford & G Ennion the other yards do not have less than 100 horses. I am still a believer in the smaller yards personally and will always support them.

I would like to see the stats that show Graded race wins in comparison to horses in the yard, would be very interesting for the last season...... also based on the same stats the trainers of years past would rate as the best ever.....

Titch Wrote:
> MM it's no fluke that thru the years the likes of
> MDK, Syd laird, Terrence Millard, Fred Rickaby etc
> were the yards that had top class horses

Exactly it is no fluke...... but the ability to identify above average potential before someone else does....there are those who get/fluke one or two in a lifetime....and spend a lifetime wondering and hoping it will happen again.....:S

Neville Pearce is also worth a mention. Did very well with a small string and was very competitive in graded races.

Roy Howe was a very good trainer and when money came and Rhy van Wyk rode they often shat in

bad company Wrote:

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> Roy Howe was a very good trainer and when money
> came and Rhy van Wyk rode they often shat in


Best win strike rate I think

bad company Wrote:

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> Roy Howe was a very good trainer and when money
> came and Rhy van Wyk rode they often shat in


Softly Softly....get the money ...He was very good at preping a horse for a punt

Titch Wrote:

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> bad company Wrote:
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> > Roy Howe was a very good trainer and when money
> > came and Rhy van Wyk rode they often shat in
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> Softly Softly....get the money ...He was very
> good at preping a horse for a punt

Not that Roy.....Roy Unsworth was the softly softly guy.....and yes he was a brilliant trainer....but had a major problem with the well heeled patrons.....he often told them to take their horses and f@rk off, when they tried to give their 2cents worth.....:

Correct unsworth was who i was thinking of...

Reg Passmore was very good with sprinters. Also brought home the bacon when money was down.

many will laugh at what i say now. in his day johan van eck was the best that i see in 40 years with bringing the bacon home.

Flash Harry Wrote:

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> many will laugh at what i say now. in his day
> johan van eck was the best that i see in 40 years
> with bringing the bacon home.
Is he from Zim. Dont know any top horse that goes with that name.

how long you follow this game, 10 minutes?