Thank you, Miodrag. I guessed it to be a mistake too, but unfortunately I don't have any books to check it. Thank you very much. Bye bye, Ingeborg Druid's...
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Valerie Harris
vharris_94041
Jul 1, 2003 6:27 pm
Laura, who authored the world-wide best-selling book, Seabiscuit, (the movie comes out this month full of Oscar buzz), just appeared in the New Yorker magazine...
6823
a.g.morris@...
oldgrecian
Jul 1, 2003 9:07 pm
Valerie wrote: “If you haven’t read the book – please do – you will be taken on the most wonderful story of a horse in the 30’s who had more radio...
6824
C. A. Matthes
camatthes
Jul 2, 2003 3:10 am
Hi Roxanne, ... I haven't encountered this fellow. Where did you find a reference to him and the horses he imported? Chris...
6825
roxanne_and_marty
roxanne_and_...
Jul 2, 2003 6:31 am
Hi, I had read in old Canadian journals of various horses being imported from England, but this particular reference to Mr. Marks comes from Margo Weise's book...
6826
Valerie Harris
vharris_94041
Jul 2, 2003 4:51 pm
Saving Bay Meadows racetrack ... Any suggestions? Valerie [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]...
6827
patmefferd
Jul 3, 2003 12:55 am
This horse was an import...ACHILL (Bay horse, 1920) Sire: ACHTOL Dam: BELLE ISLE x SUNDER. Anyone have any race info on this horse? If he raced in GB, he...
6828
vt
vickoryjean
Jul 3, 2003 4:53 am
Haven't found Achill yet but Belle Isle b 1913 by Sunder out of Beltenebrosa by St Florian was dam of Slogan by Callo' the Wind, winner in GB 1922 & also...
6829
patmefferd
Jul 3, 2003 2:48 pm
Thanks Vicki...he may not have raced...he must have been imported...but since I don't have ASB Vol IX...and have checked all the other volumes for his...
6830
a.g.morris@...
oldgrecian
Jul 3, 2003 3:43 pm
Achill (Achtoi – Belle Isle, by Sunder) was not very good – nor much of a looker, either, it seems. He was sold for 10 (yes, ten) guineas as a yearling at...
6831
Ralph Graulich
maillist@...
Jul 3, 2003 3:51 pm
Hi, while searching for some books, I stumbled across the reference for a pedigree chart book calles "Tabulated Pedigrees of Thoroughbred Horses" (1932) by the...
6832
patmefferd
Jul 4, 2003 12:43 am
Thank you Tony. Wonder why someone would go to the expense to import such a horse? Maybe he sired some good US Remount horses! - ... much of a looker,...
6833
patmefferd
Jul 4, 2003 12:49 am
Does anyone here remember Monica Votiger (spelling may be incorrect, can't locate one of her old pedigrees)...she used to work out of San Luis Rey Downs...
6834
patmefferd
Jul 4, 2003 1:29 am
Her first name was...Monika (not Monica) ... incorrect, ... San ... Kentucky ... ever...
6835
patmefferd
Jul 4, 2003 1:36 am
*WAVE OF EIRE, Bay horse, 1919 (Greenback - Cliodana x Best Man)...He is in the GSB Vol 24 pg 150. Have checked all but ASB Vol XIV...I do not have...wonder...
6836
patmefferd
Jul 4, 2003 1:54 am
There may be a race record on this one???....BETTER STILL, Chestnut Horse, 1919 (*North Star III - Sweet Alice x Flying Dutchman). His dam produced 10 foals,...
6837
Valerie Harris
vharris_94041
Jul 4, 2003 2:16 am
This is the neatest java apps Click your mouse anywhere in the sky for a July 4th fireworks celebration http://www.inlibertyandfreedom.com/ilaf.htm Valerie...
6838
a.g.morris@...
oldgrecian
Jul 4, 2003 8:15 am
Pat: Can’t vouch for its accuracy, but APR shows Better Still as unraced. No mention there of Sands of Time, so presumably he did not race in 1920. Might...
6839
patmefferd
Jul 4, 2003 3:56 pm
Tony...Thank you so much! My APR's start with 1930...so these earlier Remount Stallions don't show up there...and my Dams of Winners (of all flat races in GB...
6840
poulsen12345
Jul 5, 2003 2:05 pm
Hi I'm trying to track down relatives, racing-results concerning my TB- mare out of family #3. Dam's dam Corrodale was exported from GB to DK in 1972. The...
6841
Alan Curler
ashmoro
Jul 6, 2003 9:25 pm
... Hi, Tony, I respect that you have your own opinion on this book. However, did you take into consideration that this book was written for a market that has ...
6842
C. A. Matthes
camatthes
Jul 7, 2003 2:25 am
Hi, I don't have race results, but I have pedigree info. Corrodale 1968 g f x Abernant Charlotte Stuart 1963 b x Doutelle Fresco 1951 b x *Torbido Cornice 1944...
6843
poulsen12345
Jul 7, 2003 1:28 pm
Thank you! Where did you find the pedeigree-info ?...
6844
C. A. Matthes
camatthes
Jul 8, 2003 6:25 pm
Hi, ... I have a number of stud books. PS: What's yer name? Chris...
6845
DeVegaRR@...
devegarr2
Jul 8, 2003 6:57 pm
I am essentially a lurker on this list, and am fascinated by the knowledge of the persons on this list. Are there any books that some of you would recommend...
6846
Ingeborg
ratterykc
Jul 8, 2003 9:25 pm
Hello Dennis, I don't know if these conformation books exists for TB's. But I have made something like it for my own purposes by collecting conformation pic's...
6847
Sandra K. Snider
racefansan
Jul 8, 2003 10:00 pm
... Hi, Dennis, glad to see you've come out of lurk mode. :-) ... The most helpful book I've ever read on conformation was "Training Hunters, Jumpers and...
6848
Karen De Groote-Johnson
europatb
Jul 9, 2003 10:07 am
And then there is the old saying: "Beauty is as beauty does". LOL Not trying to be flippant and I agree wholeheartedly with Sandy, but sometimes a horse...
6849
Maureen Sullivan
morrigan_sul...
Jul 9, 2003 4:48 pm
One of the best jumpers & eventers I ever saw had terrible conformation & was ugly to boot, but was just one of the best athletes ever! He was gray, now...
6850
Ingeborg
ratterykc
Jul 9, 2003 4:55 pm
This really sounds like a great idea, Sandy. And makes me really sorry to live in a country with almost no racing......... :-( Bye bye, Ingeborg Druid's Lodge...
