Racehorse TALK

Yeh--20c worth---one of the best trainers in our land---the media stump---is ok---they rubbed him up the wrong way---and said--- off---the only media fella he respected was--Tappy-- --great bloke

rip JD.....  learnt some of my first lessons when natski and the drevers and the plunges,and the tricks as we used to get the mail when i was in the melbourne markets,....sure i can remember 20 years ago him starting the same neddy twice in the same day sydney metro.....

my bad...make that 22 years ago

I do not know whether it is appropriate to post this so soon after the passing of Jack Denham but, from my memory I recalled there was a story about his brother Mick. Sure enough, I was able to locate the following on the Just Racing website...


From the 1930’s the AJC – and other authorities, were aware of “speed balls” being used on Australian racetracks, but had no detection methods available to them. “Speed balls” included mixtures of strychnine, heroin, caffeine and cocaine. The AJC appointed of all people, a woman, to be head of their new department. It was extraordinary that women had almost no other rights on racetracks – or in society in general – yet Jean Kimble, a University of Sydney graduate and analytical chemist was chosen. Kimble’s work started slowly, with just two winners at each AJC meeting being tested. History doesn’t record whether she picked the horses, or whether the committee told her which two to sample – but the latter seems a more likely scenario!! In any event just swabbing two winners would be seen by the public to create “integrity” issues, even back in 1947 and within a year or so, all AJC city winners were being swabbed.

It didn’t take Jean Kimble long to come up with Australia’s first “positive” swab on May 28th 1948. That award went to Randwick winner Frontal Attack which tested “positive to caffeine”. The horse’s trainer Mick Denham was disqualified for life.

Trainer Mick Denham’s “life” disqualification lasted only four years. In May of 1951, Denham’s license was reinstated after the Trainers Association had continually “lobbied” the AJC committee. Mick Denham was a brother of current trainer Jack Denham, who was inducted into the racing Hall of Fame in 2005.
 

Filante was a favourite of mine, a couple of races before the Cox Plate I went down to the horse stalls to have a look at him, he was standing dead still in his stall not moving a muscle when he slowly went to lift his head, the strapper hanging onto the tie-up lead rope jerked on it immediately - horse put his head back down and went to sleep.

Had a look at Might and Power in the stalls before his Melb Cup, same thing, Jack and his son standing there ensuring the horse did not move a muscle. The old Flemington stalls were dark, it all had a bit of mystique about it.

He had Stacks more great horses that have not been mentioned,
What about  "Joanne" (spelt diff i think

Thats the correct spelling. A group 1 sprinter in all bar achievment.

The fastest horse out of the gates in the East.

joanne went like sunline early//...was a great horse as was filante in the whites colours

Loved a horse called Heart Ruler, won a stack of money off of her, was no champion though, but a very nice mare 

She seemed to be around forever, but only had 25 starts.

I was at Warwick Farm the day With Me won the Oakleigh Plate from the outside gate at 25/1 with Miracle Mal on board. Mal burnt across from the outside gate and he kept going

Horse Name: JOANNE
Trainer: JACK DENHAM
Sex: M
Age: 23
Sire: MARSCAY
Dam: MISS CORINTO
Prize Money: $679,752
Career: 25 - 16 - 2 - 1
First fives: 22

15 Aug 1992 1/9 0.2 1200 G3WFA RHIL L DITTMAN 5 55.5 0 70.0 JOANNE
01 Aug 1992 1/11 1.0 1100 G3WFA RHIL L DITTMAN 6 55.5 0 63.4 JOANNE
--- 154 Day Spell ---        
29 Feb 1992 10/18 7.0 1200 G3HCP RHIL T DUCKETT 9 59.0 0 70.0 FRIEND'S VENTURE
22 Feb 1992 7/17 5.2 1100 G1HCP CAUL L DITTMAN 12 57.0 0 62.7 SCHILLACI
08 Feb 1992 1/7 3.0 1200 G2WFA RAND K MOSES 7 55.5 4 74.1 JOANNE
--- 93 Day Spell ---        
07 Nov 1991 4/6 3.1 1400 G2WFA FLEM L DITTMAN 2 55.5 1 84.6 WRAP AROUND
26 Oct 1991 2/11 0.1 1000 G2WFA M V L DITTMAN 1 55.5 1 57.2 WITH ME
--- 42 Day Spell ---        
14 Sep 1991 1/9 3.5 1280 G2HCP CANT L DITTMAN 6 58.5 1 75.4 JOANNE
31 Aug 1991 1/8 3.3 1000 G4HCP CANT K RUSSELL 2 57.5 0 57.6 JOANNE
17 Aug 1991 1/7 2.5 1200 G3WFA RHIL L DITTMAN 1 55.5 X 69.3 JOANNE
03 Aug 1991 1/9 3.5 1100 G3WFA RHIL L DITTMAN 8 55.5 1 64.6 JOANNE
--- 124 Day Spell ---        
01 Apr 1991 5/16 2.8 1100 G1HCP RAND L DITTMAN 9 55.0 2 64.0 MR. TIZ
09 Mar 1991 6/14 4.6 1200 G1HCP FLEM GREG HALL 9 55.0 2 71.0 SHAFTESBURY AVENUE
23 Feb 1991 3/18 1.5 1100 G1HCP CAUL L DITTMAN 8 56.0 0 62.8 WITH ME
09 Feb 1991 1/14 2.5 1200 G3HCP RHIL L DITTMAN 7 55.5 0 69.5 JOANNE
25 Jan 1991 1/6 1.7 1030 TRIAL RHIL RUSSELL 1 48.0  61.5 JOANNE
--- 83 Day Spell ---        
03 Nov 1990 5/23 3.0 1200 G1HCP FLEM R S DYE 17 54.0 0 68.1 PLANET RULER
06 Oct 1990 1/12 0.8 1200 G3HCP FLEM L DITTMAN 1 53.0 0 69.1 JOANNE
15 Sep 1990 1/10 2.0 1200 WELTER RHIL L DITTMAN 2 58.5 2 71.8 JOANNE
30 Aug 1990 1/10 3.0 1200 F&M GOSF R S DYE 7 57.5 D 72.2 JOANNE
22 Aug 1990 1/16 4.8 1200 WELTER RHIL R S DYE 1 56.0 0 70.7 JOANNE
--- 165 Day Spell ---        
10 Mar 1990 2/14 2.4 1400 3FG2SW W FM L DITTMAN 9 54.0 1 82.5 OCHILTREE
17 Feb 1990 1/18 3.5 1200 3FG3SW RAND D BEADMAN 17 53.0 0 70.2 JOANNE
27 Jan 1990 1/11 5.3 1200 3YOHCP RHIL L DITTMAN 4 53.0 X 69.3 JOANNE
13 Jan 1990 1/15 1.8 1200 3YR1MW RHIL L DITTMAN 5 53.0 0 71.0 JOANNE
--- 131 Day Spell ---        
04 Sep 1989 5/8 9.2 1030 TRIAL RHIL PHILIPS 27 48.0 0 63.5 ASBELA
02 Aug 1989 1/14 1.5 1200 3FR0MW CANT J CASSIDY 14 53.5 3 73.3 JOANNE

It is my understanding that Joanne was the name of his daughter.

Leave it at that.

Joanne would probably be classed as a champion if she was racing today, bloody good horse.

Agree, just looking at her stats, 16 wins in town from 25 starts, and 22 first 5"s
me, what a freak, i remember the day Beadman was on her at Randwick
she was 3 and 4 deep , and when he let her go she put 7 lenghts on em, Wow
what a Horse

RIP Jack

He also respected Ray Thomas of the DT