GUNSYND: FROM $1300 BUY TO AUSTRALIAN HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME!

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GUNSYND: FROM $1300 BUY TO AUSTRALIAN HORSE RACING HALL OF FAME!

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Affectionately known as 'The Goondiwindi Grey', equine hero Gunsynd is a much-loved figure of Australian horse racing.
He began his racing career in Queensland, Australia with trainer Bill Wehlow before shifting to Tommy Smith's (Gai Waterhouse's father) yard at Randwick Racecourse in Sydney.
With his owners hailing from Goondiwindi, this loveable grey racehorse was dubbed 'The Goondiwindi Grey'.
One of the great milers of his time, Gunsynd conquered Australia's four greatest mile races in the one season, winning The Doncaster, The Epsom, The George Adams and the Toorak Handicap.
Gai Waterhouse described Gunsynd as 'a real show off'. He had a way with the crowd and would often pose for photos and bow to his audience in return for admiration.
Gunsynd ran in three Cox Plates, ultimately winning the 1972 edition, while he carried 60.5kg in the 1972 Melbourne Cup, where he finished an admirable third behind Piping Lane.
Gunsynd's regular jockey Roy Higgins remembers his equine friend:
"I've always said Light Fingers was my favourite horse but Gunsynd was the most fun."
Gundsynd's major career wins:
Trainers: Bill Wehlow / Tommy Smith
Jockey: Roy Higgins
Racing record:
Hopeful Stakes (1969)
Chelmsford Stakes (1970)
Rawson Stakes (1971, 1973)
Epsom Handicap (1971)
Toorak Handicap (1971)
Sandown Cup (1971)
George Adams Handicap (1971)
Futurity Stakes (1972)
Frederick Clissold Handicap (1972)
Hill Stakes (1972)
VRC Queens Plate (1972)
Doncaster Handicap (1972)
Colin Stephen Stakes (1972)
Caulfield Stakes (1972)
W S Cox Plate (1972)
VRC Queen Elizabeth Stakes (1972, 1973)
Blamey Stakes (1973)
AJC Autumn Stakes (1973)
3rd in 1972 Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse behind Piping Lane
Cox Plate winners at Moonee Valley Racecourse (1990-2019):
2019 Lys Gracieux
2018 Winx
2017 Winx
2016 Winx
2015 Winx
2014 Adelaide
2013 Shamus Award
2012 Ocean Park
2011 Pinker Pinker
2010 So You Think
2009 So You Think
2008 Maldivian
2007 El Segundo
2006 Fields Of Omagh
2005 Makybe Diva
2004 Savabeel
2003 Fields Of Omagh
2002 Northerly
2001 Northerly
2000 Sunline
1999 Sunline
1998 Might and Power
1997 Dane Ripper
1996 Saintly
1995 Octagonal
1994 Solvit
1993 The Phantom Chance
1992 Super Impose
1991 Surfers Paradise
1990 Better Loosen Up
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Пікірлер: 17

@terrywestmorland3069 9 ай бұрын

Never forget the great Gunsynd❤❤❤

@nicoledavies1948 3 жыл бұрын

Wonderful memories thinking back when GUNSYND raced. What a horse! No other ever been like him, and off course a grey! I think he appreciated his 4 “mates” the SYND and loved them with all his heart! You can’t tell me animals are “just” animals, this guy showed us all! Awesome.

@abidsultan2764 4 жыл бұрын

70s, classic era of Horse Racing.

@marknorris1381 7 ай бұрын

What a great horse he was. He looked like he was being swamped in the Melbourne Cup under that huge weight, a race realistically he shouldn't have had any chance whatsoever in, but never count the champ out. He had enormous will and that carried him through to the finish in that race.

@george2009town 2 жыл бұрын

He was the horse that began my love affair with horse racing, just a young kid at the time but he was my hero until the King came along.

@penneyd72 3 жыл бұрын

Gunsynd wonderful race horse and great to hear Tex Morton singing his tribute song at the end.

@RADIOWFC 7 ай бұрын

I was working in Goondiwindi in the early 70's and even the kids' horse rides were greys

@smpsmp6974 4 жыл бұрын

The greatest QLD horse of them all no doubt. Others . Bernborough,Falvelon, Buffering, Black Piranha, And although he was from Taranaki NZ the mighty Rough Habit he won all there big races and was as much QLD’s as he was ours

@cherylpurdue888 Жыл бұрын

Another great horse😊

@user-gs2rv8sc1y 6 ай бұрын

Fsntastic what a beautiful horse

@Machetekills31 4 жыл бұрын

great horse from Queensland. Same as with the horse Buffering.

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@jonglewongle3438 3 жыл бұрын

$ 1,300.00 was a fair little whack of money in 1969. But you got 4 old farts about town at the top of their game in the local outback business scene. They can match that split 4 ways. Over a beer, " We're still all in the black if it flops. Detect a bit of ticker in that yearling. Wadda you reckon ? Give it a shot ? One foot in front of the other. We're entrepreneurs, all of us. More than one way to skin a cat in business.".

@carolanncook2689 5 ай бұрын

As far as I am aware the only horse to win at least one race on all ten metropolitan tracks in Brisbane, Sydney and Melbourne. I seriously doubt there would be any horse that has raced on all those ten tracks let alone win a race on each one.

@elgransenor1472 4 жыл бұрын

Does his name have any special meaning?

@davidtoohey783 4 жыл бұрын

Kind of: it's a conjoining of "Goondiwindi" and "Syndicate". The pronunciation of the home town is "Gun-da-win-di", listen to the song at 5:23. So joining the first syllables together gives you "Gun-Synd". It's no exaggeration to say he was the most popular Australian horse in a generation. Greys are easy to spot in the field, so they are naturally popular amongst punters and the average racegoer, but even jockey Roy Higgins said "he was the most fun". I was a fan, too - I had a toy Gunsynd. When I was a toddler my Dad made me a painted broomstick & wood head horse toy for me and painted it grey.

@idareu3661 3 жыл бұрын

Goondiwindi (Gundy) Syndicate