A real champion without question, I used to look after young quinn as a kid or garbage as was his stable name because he ate everything in site, I remember when he returned from racing in America having to put his front legs in a tub that was turned in to a bubble bath of salts for his arthritis, he had a wonderful temperament and well above intelligence as any good horse I have had anything to do with has....
i loved the interdoms. I was 16 and remember this well. I think there were 3 aussies, Hondo Gratten, Just to Good & Royal Gaze, the NZ champs Young Quinn . Speedy Guest ans Kotare Legend and the rest were making up the field. I don't know where Robalan was. Young Quinn went off to America soon after this and i used to listen to his races and write down which start it was, where he came and how much he won. A great era in NZ Pacing & Trotting.
hadley howarth If you loved Interdominions, you would have adored Halwes like me. When he won all three heats in NZ in the early 70s, he was unbeatable, brilliant, strong, he had everything. He was scratched from the final 1 hour before the start, largely because his part owner, Aub Wesley, the most stubborn person on earth wouldn’t start him due a vet saying he was a little lame. It was a tragedy because Halwes was so so good and would have won. I think he would have broken Popular Alm ( but of course Poppy raced years later so they never met) heart in the Interdominion because Halwes was such a free running pacer who could could stay at extremely fast paces, yet still sprint and hold that sprint after very gruelling runs. In short he would beat them all in the gruelling Interdominion series.
Megan Chamberlain All I still think about and had great love for even today is Halwes, in my personal opinion the greatest pacer I have ever seen, who in a NZ Interdominion in the early 70 won all three heats by breaking all opposing pacers hearts, but was scratched 1 hour before the final due to being assessed as lame.. he should have started , another story. In any event he won many races, humiliating others, or coming back from impossible positions. One night at the Melb Showgrounds I saw Halwes from 24 yard had turned the wrong way when the starter let them go. Being such a powerful horse, Kevin Newman had some trouble turning him around. He caught the field after being 120 yards behind. He sat at the rear of the field for a lap, then made a scintillating dash around the field with a lap and a half to go. He won the race by 25 metres easing up,on the line. I cried tears of joy that night. I adored Halwes
@@reesgowans4067 they always thought he was a better stayer but because the majority were from a standing start which for some reason he wouldn’t go from unless he was inside or outside so he never really got to prove himself , still have the interview with my dad talking about it
I wound up with Vanadium when Eddie Dunnigan bought both him and Skedaddle on a trip Down Under in 1975..Skedaddle won the Can-Am Final in 1976,and Vanadium became a upper class claiming/condition horse for several years ..
Why Bill would be purchased by a group headed by A.George Shaw and he would compete in FFA Events stateside for several years..Yankee Lad and Lauder Lumber, part of the package also, went on to solid success in the Midwest...
Yeh remember it like it was yesterday. Why Bill was a bit of a battler , like Hi Foyle & Irish Kiwi. But they were all great to watch no matter what part of NZ they came from. Although most of the goodens came from the Sth Island.
A real champion without question, I used to look after young quinn as a kid or garbage as was his stable name because he ate everything in site, I remember when he returned from racing in America having to put his front legs in a tub that was turned in to a bubble bath of salts for his arthritis, he had a wonderful temperament and well above intelligence as any good horse I have had anything to do with has....
i loved the interdoms. I was 16 and remember this well. I think there were 3 aussies, Hondo Gratten, Just to Good & Royal Gaze, the NZ champs Young Quinn . Speedy Guest ans Kotare Legend and the rest were making up the field. I don't know where Robalan was. Young Quinn went off to America soon after this and i used to listen to his races and write down which start it was, where he came and how much he won. A great era in NZ Pacing & Trotting.
hadley howarth If you loved Interdominions, you would have adored Halwes like me. When he won all three heats in NZ in the early 70s, he was unbeatable, brilliant, strong, he had everything. He was scratched from the final 1 hour before the start, largely because his part owner, Aub Wesley, the most stubborn person on earth wouldn’t start him due a vet saying he was a little lame. It was a tragedy because Halwes was so so good and would have won. I think he would have broken Popular Alm ( but of course Poppy raced years later so they never met) heart in the Interdominion because Halwes was such a free running pacer who could could stay at extremely fast paces, yet still sprint and hold that sprint after very gruelling runs. In short he would beat them all in the gruelling Interdominion series.
Another unsung hero was Hi Foyle. Played second fiddle to Young Quinn many times, and fashioned a very good record.
Young Quinn...what a horse..If you cant go thru them...go around them!!
we owned Master Dean who flopped in the final but was one of the great pacers of the 70's
Megan Chamberlain All I still think about and had great love for even today is Halwes, in my personal opinion the greatest pacer I have ever seen, who in a NZ Interdominion in the early 70 won all three heats by breaking all opposing pacers hearts, but was scratched 1 hour before the final due to being assessed as lame.. he should have started , another story. In any event he won many races, humiliating others, or coming back from impossible positions.
One night at the Melb Showgrounds I saw Halwes from 24 yard had turned the wrong way when the starter let them go. Being such a powerful horse, Kevin Newman had some trouble turning him around. He caught the field after being 120 yards behind. He sat at the rear of the field for a lap, then made a scintillating dash around the field with a lap and a half to go. He won the race by 25 metres easing up,on the line. I cried tears of joy that night. I adored Halwes
He was extremely fast over the short course, but lacked stamina over the longer distance. Still a very good horse.
@@reesgowans4067 they always thought he was a better stayer but because the majority were from a standing start which for some reason he wouldn’t go from unless he was inside or outside so he never really got to prove himself , still have the interview with my dad talking about it
young quin was an absolutely an amazing trotting horse one of nz best ever god bless him for the great entertainment he gave us
Pacer not trotter then the band played the mighty Quin as he came back to the bird cage a great night
I wound up with Vanadium when Eddie Dunnigan bought both him and Skedaddle on a trip Down Under in 1975..Skedaddle won the Can-Am Final in 1976,and Vanadium became a upper class claiming/condition horse for several years
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And the band played The mighty quin
Why Bill would be purchased by a group headed by A.George Shaw and he would compete in FFA Events stateside for several years..Yankee Lad and Lauder Lumber, part of the package also, went on to solid success in the Midwest...
Yeh remember it like it was yesterday. Why Bill was a bit of a battler , like Hi Foyle & Irish Kiwi.
But they were all great to watch no matter what part of NZ they came from. Although most of the goodens came from the Sth Island.
What a horrible race call 'they where followed by', over and over
Reg Clapp one of the best, you knew where every horse was in the race