Wednesday, June 2, 2021

GOONDIWINDI GREY RACES AGAIN

Travelling " down the track" - the name given to  the  Northern Territory's north-south  Stuart Highway - one of our  keen  correspondents , who collects   gramophone  records ,  made the above  find  in   Katherine , 317 km  from   Darwin .


Having once had  a share in  a racehorse, he  was delighted  to discover   the  rousing    tribute  to  the   famous  Gunsynd, known  as the  Goondiwindi Grey ,  sung  by  Tex Morton ,which included  its  illustrated sleeve .    At  one  stage   Gunsynd  was  the  biggest  prize money  winning horse  in  Australian  racing  history, honoured  by  a  monument .



Bought  at auction for  $1300  by  a  Goondiwindi ,Queensland, syndicate  , thus  being named  Gunsynd,  the   grey colt  ran third in the  Melbourne  Cup  carrying    a  punishing  handicap of  60.5  kilograms  and  was named  Horse of  the Year in  l972.