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Merrie's Page
Locality: Booborowie, South Australia, Australia
Phone: +61 8 8893 2244
Address: Williams Road 5417 Booborowie, SA, Australia
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23.01.2022 Congratulations to Dale Manson on his Q-86 article in last month’s Quill. He somehow managed to compress a massive undertaking into such a small area that reading it left me somewhat breathless. The early days of the Quarter Horse Association of South Australia were notable for the entrepreneurial spirit that prevailed. On several occasions the association really stepped out with very ambitious productions. It just went ahead in faith that if everyone pulled together it ...Continue reading
20.01.2022 30/9/18 - Dorrie Brown foaled a chestnut colt by Winning Deck this morning. It is very large - a great relief to have him safely on the ground.
20.01.2022 27/9/18 and Dorrie Brown still in one piece. She is seen here visiting with Winning Deck who is the sire of her expected foal. She spends a lot of the day standing with him. Three year old filly, Let Me Dance, is on the right poking her nose into things.
17.01.2022 From merries profile Another photograph that refuses to come through on the Finnigan discussion. This is another jockey who rode for Willomurra for several seasons - Andy Read. Andy was a very muscular and powerful man but managed to make himself really small and to ride low and still. Here riding In Flight when she gained her AAA rating. Also shown riding Warning Bird AA, both daughters of Warning Flag. Need Sam to fix these photographs us.
15.01.2022 Felt the need to lift my mind from all the sleazy things happening in the world and the fact that the poor old planet is pretty much in the hands incompetent and greedy folk. Here we have J. Leonard Neal and Roy Dickerson photographed in the corrals at Cane Ranch in Northern Arizona 1940, their mules packed and ready to move out. We hear lots about cowboys of Texas and California. Not too much about the Arizona cowboy - they were a breed of their own, unique in their tough...ness and competence and ability to get the job done, frequently under the most appalling conditions. These two legendary cowboys were part of a crew which successfully swam 1400 starving cattle off the Utah ranges across the deep and swiftly flowing Colorado River in 1935.at Pierce's Ferry - now covered by Lake Mead. It was quite an operation given the treacherous water and the terrible condition of the cattle which was a mixed herd with mostly cows and baby calves. Leonard Neal headed the operation and as it has been described "..sitting on his horse, looking at the pathetic, hollow-flanked beasts lowing softly at him in utter bovine misery, Leonard wondered how he was to ever get them to the Hualapai Valley, even had it been the best of conditions". In the end, the crossing was achieved without the loss of a single animal. It amazed those present that in all the uproar and activity once the cattle started stringing into the water, those skinny old rangeland cows somehow manouevered themselves so that their little calves were on the upstream side so the force of the water pressed the calf against her side instead of being washed downstream. Grace Neal, who was present there, reckoned it just looked like each cow had suddcenly sprouted a little white head on her flank. See more
14.01.2022 Putting up these two items for interest of readers. Both the basket, and the romal are made out of old lariats. Baskets like this one were made by some of the barrel racers in northern ARizona and sold to help defray fuel costs, back in the 1990s. The romal was made by an old cowboy.
13.01.2022 From Merries Profile A great photograph - Bill Kerr and his great sprinter, Finnigan AAA (Jet Master x Chambery TB) after Finnigan won the Jubilee Sprint in the presence of Queen Elizabeth at the Willomurra track 1977. You can read all about this in Karen Thrun's book "Legends". One of my all time favorite photographs because of the expression on the faces of both Bill and Finnigan. Finnigan remains one of my favorite horses and he was a major influence in us selecting Winning Deck as a sire, 16 years ago - a decision we have never regretted.
13.01.2022 AUSTRALIAN QUARTER HORSE RACING INDUSTRY NATIONAL CONFERENCE Allan Murnane and the Victorian Quarter Horse Racing Association laid their plans well and seventy five sprint horse enthusiasts were lured to the First Australian Quarter Horse Racing Industry National Conference on 27th and 28th March 2008 at the beautiful Glenormiston Agricultural College in south western Victoria. It was truly an affair to remember People came from all over, attracted by the opportunity to shar...Continue reading
11.01.2022 This is Lorelei, dam of Dorrie Brown (and Puff n Stuff and Bob n Stuff). She was a stout, big boned mare by Go Far Bar Bob from a Warning Flag/Jet Master mare. Dorrie's foal has solid bone from both sides of his family
07.01.2022 A few weeks ago there was a message on Ringers From the Top End from Bill Greenwood, looking for Barry Elliott. Now, Barry is generally happy not to be found but he made an exception for Bill and we made contact. Last week Bill had a quick work related trip to SA and he made time to swing by Booborowie and catch up with Barry. They had a tremendous visit with stories flying thick and fast between NT, Northern SA and Arizona. In the conversation Bill casually mentioned he... had an old photograph somewhere of his grandfather, taken around 1909 in the ARkaroola area. He was about 5 years old and had the task of leading pack camels in to pick up stores. I urged Bill to locate it if he could. Here is this amazing photograph - I don't know what to say about it, it will have to speak for itself. Bill might fill us in a little more if he can. Several other fascinating photographs arrived at the same time and will post them later today, on Bill's behalf. See more
06.01.2022 From merries profile I wanted to include this photograph in the comments made by Robert Rehn under the photograph of Bill Ker and Finnigan but for some reason it consistently refused to let itself be put there. Robert Rehn on Fantale AA pushing Finnigan AAA, ridden by Philip Oates, to the limit. These two were by Jet Master and out of Thoroughbred mares - they were fast, consistent and determined.
04.01.2022 More From Merrie .. enjoy from Tracy Good morning Terry, Over the years we have discussed many things over the phone, but as it is 3 am I thought I better write to you instead of telephoning!! Watching Miracles of Life scoot home at Caulfield as she won the 2013 Blue Diamond Stakes I was struck by a certain similarity to the way in which Black Caviar propels herself during a race. Got up early this morning to check out a couple of things and was intrigued by the fact that Mi...Continue reading
02.01.2022 Before we move on from Dorrie Brown and her discussion it has occurred to me to mention how historic her bloodlines are. Three of her four grandparents were foaled in the 1960s - more than 50 years ago - Go Far Bar Bob AAAT (1965), Femme Fatale AAA (1964), Jet Master AAA (1967). Her other grandparent, Willomurra In Flight AAA was foaled in 1978. Nothing too modern about Dorrie but that does not stop her line doing stuff. I would love to try her for once with one of the new imports, but given her circumstances that will not happen.
