Seeing the Accra Turf Club's Race Course brought tears to my eyes! My late Dad, Mr. Emmanuel Jellicoe Quaye, was then the Tote Manager of the Race Course. 20 years later he became the Chairman of the Accra Turf Club!
yes .the Accra turf club was a pride of West Africa .sadly it's no more .I'm using my daughter's account .my name is mark anthony mansour .after your late father and his friends ogosu amah french kudjoe. and others like wuashie idun a w mills heward mills and kitson mills among others justice e n p sowah ...all of blessed memory I was elected a steward on the board of stewards of the Accra turf club and was first in charge of the tote among others then I became vice chairman later and I wept bitterly when it was closed down 4 years for the nam conference centre and so I organised a delegation and led it to meet face to face with j j rawlings to appeal for it's return to Accra Accra turf club and we succeeded.i was the leading horse owner with as many as 52 horses .my horses son don the derby twice .I opposed the govt of kuffuor for throwing us out to build the kempiski hotel which could have easily been built somewhere else. but my opposition could not withstand the 600 strong policemen who were sent to forcefully throw us and our horses out.the then govt through it's land dept caused all unexpired term of Accra turf club lease documents to vanish with abetment of our own corrupt late members badger and the late agyeman chairman and others like addo and so on .yes the downfall of Accra turf club was a victim of a corrupt few who played game with kuffuor govt. the relocation promise was also full of lies and a land around motorway was given to Accra turf club with some mediocre horse stalls and a highly unprofessional race track nothing to compare with what was Accra turf club.a property worth not less than 5o million dollars was exchanged for something not even up to 50000usd yes fifty thousand usd .big disgrace .my heart still weeps. pity .
I'm a Ghanaian and an Ashanti. I have heard of these historic durbar and the queen's visit but I had never seen any footage of that memorable event until now
Mr. Heward-Mills whose horse won the Horse Race Cup was a prominent Accra Lawyer and thoroughbred horse owner. The top jockeys at the time were Kantara Kamara and Issah Alhassan.
@@ghstandard no it was his grand father .lawyer heard mills popularly known then as lawyer agbado. dag 's dad was also a very popular race horse owner known as N N heward mills ...he used his dad's horses names to name many of his horses ..he won the derby with one great horse he had cest la vie.. my horses won the derby twice too . I pray the sport of kings and the king of sports will resuscitate again in Ghana and be run professionally by the up and coming
These are some of the beautiful spectacles that caused Danquah and Akuffo Addo to do so much evil to Ghana thinking they were doing it to Nkrumah. The spotlight and grand recognitions Nkrumah had per these videos can never be erased till eternity. And when it comes to who brought modern day Ghana, it shall forever be Nkrumah by God.
It is! Morality was high. Discipline, love and respect were key. Ghanaians had a warm and a golden heart as their name depicted in those eras;the Gold Coast. Though wars and coups were predominant, life was super and it shan't be like that again till Jesus Christ our God comes back.
all these gold gifts was reckless tf wrong with these people back then, regardless these were promising times sad how things turn out to be today. Seems we failed to live forward but back into chaos and impoverishment
Dude, what you see here is nothing compared to the amount of gold that's been looted in modern times and still being looted by these people incl the chinese and americans.
Seeing the Accra Turf Club's Race Course brought tears to my eyes! My late Dad, Mr. Emmanuel Jellicoe Quaye, was then the Tote Manager of the Race Course. 20 years later he became the Chairman of the Accra Turf Club!
yes .the Accra turf club was a pride of West Africa .sadly it's no more .I'm using my daughter's account .my name is mark anthony mansour .after your late father and his friends ogosu amah french kudjoe. and others like wuashie idun a w mills heward mills and kitson mills among others justice e n p sowah ...all of blessed memory I was elected a steward on the board of stewards of the Accra turf club and was first in charge of the tote among others then I became vice chairman later and I wept bitterly when it was closed down 4 years for the nam conference centre and so I organised a delegation and led it to meet face to face with j j rawlings to appeal for it's return to Accra Accra turf club and we succeeded.i was the leading horse owner with as many as 52 horses .my horses son don the derby twice .I opposed the govt of kuffuor for throwing us out to build the kempiski hotel which could have easily been built somewhere else. but my opposition could not withstand the 600 strong policemen who were sent to forcefully throw us and our horses out.the then govt through it's land dept caused all unexpired term of Accra turf club lease documents to vanish with abetment of our own corrupt late members badger and the late agyeman chairman and others like addo and so on .yes the downfall of Accra turf club was a victim of a corrupt few who played game with kuffuor govt. the relocation promise was also full of lies and a land around motorway was given to Accra turf club with some mediocre horse stalls and a highly unprofessional race track nothing to compare with what was Accra turf club.a property worth not less than 5o million dollars was exchanged for something not even up to 50000usd yes fifty thousand usd .big disgrace .my heart still weeps. pity .
Sad to know that
I'm a Ghanaian and an Ashanti. I have heard of these historic durbar and the queen's visit but I had never seen any footage of that memorable event until now
I can see how people were vrey happy may God bless Ghana
Mr. Heward-Mills whose horse won the Horse Race Cup was a prominent Accra Lawyer and thoroughbred horse owner. The top jockeys at the time were Kantara Kamara and Issah Alhassan.
Whaoo a great history
That would be the father of Bishop Dag Heward-Mills, he talks about his father's race horses to this day in the preachings...
@@ghstandard wooow😯... interesting history
@@ghstandard no it was his grand father .lawyer heard mills popularly known then as lawyer agbado. dag 's dad was also a very popular race horse owner known as N N heward mills ...he used his dad's horses names to name many of his horses ..he won the derby with one great horse he had cest la vie.. my horses won the derby twice too . I pray the sport of kings and the king of sports will resuscitate again in Ghana and be run professionally by the up and coming
You av videos of all that i cherish! Thank u!
These are some of the beautiful spectacles that caused Danquah and Akuffo Addo to do so much evil to Ghana thinking they were doing it to Nkrumah. The spotlight and grand recognitions Nkrumah had per these videos can never be erased till eternity. And when it comes to who brought modern day Ghana, it shall forever be Nkrumah by God.
Another idol worshipper
Am a Ghanaian, and Ashanti but I didn't know about this untill last two yesterday we arrived in Ghana
Haha why do I feel like the old days was much fun than this current state we are in…Our Great Grandparents seems to enjoy themselves 🤣
It is! Morality was high. Discipline, love and respect were key. Ghanaians had a warm and a golden heart as their name depicted in those eras;the Gold Coast. Though wars and coups were predominant, life was super and it shan't be like that again till Jesus Christ our God comes back.
They enjoyed their selves in ignorance of colonialism.
Ghana was way cleaner then
Good old days. Hmmmmm
And Ghana can’t even have enough gold to back it’s falling currency…what a shame!!!!
We do but idk wtf we doign with it smh
"Gone with winds.."
Might be the apt heading for this video?
all these gold gifts was reckless tf wrong with these people back then, regardless these were promising times sad how things turn out to be today. Seems we failed to live forward but back into chaos and impoverishment
Dude, what you see here is nothing compared to the amount of gold that's been looted in modern times and still being looted by these people incl the chinese and americans.
Land of gold
When we believed in ourselves