Horse Heritage Precinct @ Scone (Blog)
Featured Image: Front Cover of the Official Program for the 2019 Scone Horse Festival
Legends Myths & Fantasies
The title is apposite. This ‘post’ fits all three categories but it’s been on my agenda for a long time. It’s something that has been gnawing away in my psyche and refuses to go away. I started with the concept of a ‘Hall of Fame’. The notion bounced back meekly however, whenever and wherever I tried to purvey it. This is yet another attempt!
Brand: “SCONE – NURSERY OF CHAMPIONS”
Preamble
Following implementation of the Scone Bypass post-2020 the opportunity presents to establish a Horse Heritage Precinct embracing the Kelly Street corridor in its entirety or in especially designated zones or sectors. The UHSC Kelly Street Revitalisation Committee is the delegated revue agency.
“This sculpture (Mare & Foal) identifies Scone and the Upper Hunter Valley as the Horse Breeding Centre of Australia. It commemorates the role horses have played in the development of Australia and is a tribute to one of mankind’s greatest friends”.
Objective
“Clarity of vision and unity of purpose”
Establish a ‘Horse Heritage Precinct’ to record, honour, display and preserve the outstanding contributions made to horse production (breeding and racing) by exceptional individuals, families, studs and teams throughout the history of our community and country. The ‘Horse Heritage Precinct’ will also celebrate the emblematic status and historic significance of the region as one of the great horse and thoroughbred producing areas of the world. It will both augment and strengthen Scone’s image as a totemic tourism destination.
Reference
Australian Horse Centre Scone Facilitation Report 2009 Schreiber Hamilton
Stakeholders
Upper Hunter Shire Council
Scone Chamber of Commerce & Industry
Inventory (Current)
Mare & Foal Statue
Thomas Cook ‘Federation’ Fountain @ Rotary Heritage Park (also Allan Cunningham & John Graham Memorials)
Scone Visitor Information Centre Display inc. ‘Blue Horse’ + Stud Tours
Australian Stock Horse Society Heritage Display
White Park ‘Equestrian’ Precinct including Covered Arena
HVERC/HVERF/TAFE & Scone Race Club Complex @ Satur
‘The Thoroughbred’
Silhouettes
Chris Winter ‘Barber Gallery’
Belmore Hotel ‘Bar Gallery’
Centennial Park ‘Campdrafters and Roughriders Memorial’
Museum (Kingdon Street): Historic Horse Trough
Complement Scone Heritage Walk: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/scone-heritage-walk/
Categories
Thoroughbred Breeding
Thoroughbred Racing
Agriculture (including Stock & Working Horse breeding and competition)
Training
Equestrian ‘Olympic’ Sport
Stallions
Mares
Racehorses
Polo Horses
Polocrosse
Community Committee of Management*
UHSC Kelly Street Revitalisation Committee
Models
Newmarket Suffolk UK
Lexington KY USA
Cambridge Waikato NZ (Preferred Model)
Tamworth ‘Walk of Fame’ Peel Street & Light Horse Statue
Quirindi Footpath Station Brands
SCG Members ‘Walk of Fame’
Oakey Q.: ‘Bernborough’ Statue (!)
Harden ‘Bill the Bastard’
Tea Gardens Waterside Heritage Walk
Hollywood ‘Walk of Fame’
Examples (Possibles/Probables in Family/Property domains)
White Family Philanthropy, Agriculture, Horse Breeding, Local Government
Hon Jas White Agriculture, Horse Racing and Breeding
Mackay Family Horse Breeding, Racing & Agriculture
Thomas Cook Horse Breeding & Agriculture
George Ryder Horse Breeding & Racing
Moses Family Horse Breeding & Racing
Thompson Family Horse Breeding & Racing
Tait Family Horse Breeding & Racing
Percy Miller Horse Breeding & Racing
Lionel Israel Horse Breeding & Racing
Bowcock Family Horse Breeding & Racing
Harris Family Horse Breeding & Racing
A. O. Ellison Horse Breeding & Racing
Stanley Wootton Horse Breeding & Racing
W J ‘Knockout’ Smith Horse Breeding & Racing
Geoff and Beryl White Horse Breeding & Racing
John Kelso Horse Breeding & Racing – Administration
Norman Larkin Horse Breeding & Racing – Administration
John Messara Horse Breeding & Racing
Peter Snowdon Horse Racing (Champion Australian TB Trainer 2009/2010)
Laurie Morgan Equestrian – Olympic Gold Medal (s) Winner, TB Breeder
Murray Bain Veterinary Science and Horse Breeding
Stallions (Since 1900) & Studs
Lochiel Widden 1900, 1901, 1905, 1906 (4)
Grafton Widden 1904, 1907-1909 (4)
Maltster Widden 1910-1912, 1914, 1915 (5)
Ayr Laddie Widden 1913 (1)
Linacre Widden 1917,1918 (2)
Valais (Aus) Widden 1924, 1928 (2)
Magpie Kia-Ora 1928, 1931 (2)
Heroic (Aus) Tarwyn Park 1933-1939 (7)
Beau Pere St Aubins 1940-1942 (3)
Manitoba St Aubins 1944, 1945 (2)
Midstream Kia-Ora 1948, 1951, 1952 (3)
Delville Wood Kia-Ora 1953, 1957 (2)
Star Kingdom Baramul 1959-1962, 1965 (5)
Bletchingly (Aus) Widden 1980-1982 (3)
Vain (Aus) Widden 1984 (1)
Marscay (Aus) Widden 1991, 1993 (2)
Last Tycoon Arrowfield 1994 (1)
Danehill* Arrowfield & Coolmore 1995-1997, 2000-2005 (9)
Redoutes Choice (Aus)* Arrowfield 2006, 2010, 2014 (3)
Flying Spur (Aus) Arrowfield 2007 (1)
Encosta De Lago Coolmore 2008, 2009 (2)
Lonhro* (Aus) Darley 2011 (1)
Fastnet Rock Coolmore 2012, 2015 (2)
Exceed and Excel (Aus) Darley 2013 (1)
Street Cry Darley 2016 (1)
Snitzel (Aus) Arrowfield 2017, 2018 (2)
Racehorses
Abercorn
Ajax
Amounis
Artilleryman
Baguette
Beaches
Beauford
Biplane
Biscay
Black Onyx
Blazing Saddles
Bletchingly
Canny Lad
Carioca
Cetigne
Chatham
Chester*
Columnist
Crewman
Dark Eclipse
Dark Jewel
Delta
Duke Foote
Duke of Athol
Greenstead
Emancipation
Eskimo Prince
Eurythmic
Evening Peel
Fairy Walk
Faringdon
Fine and Dandy
Flight
Flying Spur
Freckles
Gunsynd
Hall Mark
Hector
Heroic
Hydrogen
Inspired
Jane Hero
Jorrocks
Kaouru Star
Kennaquhair
King Apollo
Kingster
Kingston Town
Lanius
Linacre
Lonhro
Lord Cardigan
Lord Dudley
Lord Nolan
Luskin Star
Maltster
Manfred
Marceau
Marscay
Miss Finland
Mooltan
Murray Stream
Nebo Road
Noholme
Nuffield
Osmunda
Peter Pan
Piastre
Planet Kingdom
Poitrel
Poseidon
Positano
Prince Foote
Rajah
Red God
Redoute’s Choice
Rogilla
Royal Sovereign
Sabah
Sailor’s Guide
Shannon
Shifnal
Sky High
Skyline
Snitzel
Star of Heaven
Subzero
Sunset Hue
Tattenham
The Buzzard
Time and Tide
Todmaid
Todman
Todwana
Trafalgar
Vain
Valicare
Wallace
Wiggle
Winx
Windbag
Zephyr Bay
FROM BRIAN RUSSELL TO JULIANNE CHRISTOPHER AND BILL HOWEY
Honour Board for Hunter Valley Thoroughbreds 1820 – 2018
The following information includes additional horses worthy of consideration. I am sure I can find many more that also measure up. You might consider restrict the honour board to the elite group who have won three or more Group1 class races, but admitting a few exceptions such as Kaoru Star, Biscay and Bletchingly because of their stature as sires. Don’t hesitate to contact me if I can be of help in anyway.
NOTES:
BAGUETTE sired HV but reared by his breeders, the Taits near Gundagai.
CARIOCA bred North Coast
CETIGNE sired at Widden bred Victoria
CHESTER unlikely ever saw HV. Bred and reared by E K Cox at Fernhill Stud near Penrith. Stood as sire James White’s Kirkham Stud, Cobbitty.
CREWMAN (Todman) and 3/ 4 brother STAR AFFAIR (Star Kingdom) both bred by Keith Dibb, Victoria
EMANCIPATION sired at Widden but bred and reared by Mark Hough Narromine NSW
GUNSYND sired, bred and raised by John Clift at The Dip, Breeza, Liverpool Plains
HECTOR not sure (1810)
INSPIRED (Vain) bred by Mrs Simon Nivison, Walcha
JORROCKS bred Mudgee – Gulgong?
KINGSTON TOWN sired at Widden, bred and foaled Victoria, according to owner breeder David Hains
LINACRE imported sire
MALTSTER
POSITANO Imported St Simon sire, stood by Rodney Dangar at Singleton. Sired four Melbourne Cup winners
SKY HIGH AND SKYLINE bred by Brian Crowley but where raised unknown
THE BUZZARD imported sire Queensland
VAIN sired Newhaven, Boorowa nsw, Victorian breeders
Time and Tide and Fine and Dandy, bred by two Moses, northern NSW. Maybe Willow Tree.
ADDITIONS CHAMPION HUNTER VALLEY SIRES
CHESTER at Cobbity near Sydney
VALAIS, champion sire from use at the Moses brothers Arrowfield Stud, Jerrys Plains, sold to Thompsons Widden Valley stud Widden and Oakleigh at Arrowfield Dispersal (probably stood Oakleigh) but died after two or three years
BEAU PERE AND MANITOBA Champion sires from early use New Zealand and Victoria respectively
SOME ADDITIONAL TOP HUNTER VALLEY PRODUCED HORSES
ALAWA 1905 Widden
ALLUNGA 1932 Widden
BAYSTONE (Brimstone) won Melbourne Cup, Bred by Percy Miller Kia Ora Stud, Scone
BEAUFORD 1916 WH Mackay, Tinagroo, Scone GREAT HORSE
BOUNDING AWAY Biscay 1983 bred EST TJ Smith, likely raised HV Aust Horse of the Year 1983-84
CARANNA 1953 Sired and reared Widden for Cobcrofts of Willlow Tree
DAVID 1917 bred by A E Thompson, a member of Widden family
DENISE’S JOY raised by Ken Bridge Castlereagh Stud Denman for TJ Smith
DUO by Double Bore
EASINGWOLD 1918 bred by Harris family at Holbrook Stud Widden Valley ran in first two Cox Plates for a second and then win. First Cox Plate (1922) won by VIOLONCELL0, a horse imported by S Hordern who also won the Caulfield Cup (1921). He stood at Hordern’s stud at Wingen near Scone
FAIRY WALK Golden Slipper winner bred and raced by Reg Moses, Fairways, Muswellbrook
HUA
INDIAN SUMMER Widden
JANE HERO Bred Harris’s Holbrook Stud, Widden Valley
JOLLY BEGGAR 1906 Widden
KARENDI Tinagroo Scone ?
KILSHERRY Widden
LORD DUDLEY Right Honourable, bred at Harris’s Holbrook Stud Widden Valley Horse of Year 1975-76
LADY MEDALIST 1906 Widden
MAGNIFICENT 1942 Widden
MAHOGANY 1990 Last Tycoon reared on Segenhoe (now Vinery)? Aust Horse of the Year 1993-94
MAIKAI (Pantheon) twice second Melbourne Cup.
MALT KING (1906) bred Widden
MISS FINLAND
PERSIAN LYRIC bred at Holbrook Stud Widden Valley
PRINCE DARIUS bred as above
RAMPION 1923 Rossendale
READING 1936
SAN DOMENICO Champion Sprinter breds St Aubins ?
SHOCKING bred by George Fraser’s Illala Stud, Scone won2009 Melbourne Cup
SIR DAPPER bred Buffier, Bylong
TALKING
TRISCAY (Marscay – Tristram Lady), Bhima
VEILED THREAT
WEEKEND HUSSLER Arrowfield Australian Horse of the Year 2007-08
Mares
Dark Jewel
Display Points: ‘Hitching Rails’ as story boards
BOLLARDS as placement for plaques
‘Story Board’ Seats along Kelly Street
Business Houses ‘Adopt a Horse’
Film Industry @ Scone
Moving Images and the Theatre: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/scone-moving-images-and-the-theatre/
The Chant of Jimmie Blacksmith 1978: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/the-chant-of-jimmie-blacksmith-movie-1978/
Smiley and Smiley Gets a Gun 1956 & 1958: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/smiley-1956-and-smiley-gets-a-gun-1958/
Ride a Wild Pony 1975: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/ride-a-wild-pony-1975/
The Picture Show Man 1977: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/the-picture-show-man-1977/
Into the Straight 1949: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/into-the-straight-1949/
Thoroughbred 1936: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/thoroughbred-1936/
A Race of Horses 1973: https://sconevetdynasty.com.au/a-race-of-horses/