former racecallers where are they now ??

[bayman]

ron papps (i don't know)
ray fewings (still training trotters & is on 5rph & owns the hindmarsh tab with bob francis)
bert day ( he was working for bookie brian moyle at globe derby who dammarell worked with/for but that was 8-12 years ago) since then i dont know
stuart shenton (wa) (ended up in prison on drug charges) since then i dont know
peter donegan occaisionally seen on tv but other than that i dont know what he does
kevin dagg (went into bloodstock) since then i dont know
john o'niell (dont know except i presume he is still the on-course announcer at the gallops is old john 'the whips are hard & cracking o'niell')
joe farrugia (went os at one stage i think to call in japan but since then i dont know)
andrew scovell (lives in sydney but does fly back & calls the country races like ceduna etc when they race)

these are a few names of another era & just wanting to know if anyone knows what happened to them & feel free to add to the list & with any info i'm sure mal & ag will have some input with the info

[another grub]

I saw Ronny Papps when I went too see the rellies in Port Lincoln...... he is loving retirement with his wife who was running for the local council over there..... is in a good paddock!!!!
and Scoey is in Sydney but still loves his country calling..... I will never forget the day I went to the ceduna races one summer over that way and they jumped early and he didnt know in the comentry box till they were coming around the home turn......lol
I think Shenton is at Karatha making good coin..... probably supplying drugs to the locals!!!!!!

not sure on the others......

[bayman]

i know where andrew is ag as he is a mate of mine as is his brother mark & sister emily but the others i dont know & was wondering & thanks for the update

[Dutchy]

I went to school with the scovell's, can remember which one was in my year though, think it was Andrew

Didnt know Stuewy Shenton was caught up in drugs, I knew he left the scene quickly though and never knew why, he was a great caller...remember him with "All dressed up but catn find the party" call at least once a meeting...

John Oneil still is the announcer at the races, know his son well, a chip off the old block...

Does anyone remember the dog caller back in the mid 90's Jamie Braidwood or something similar? thought he was great

Dean Caporella I heard has quit Sky and off to the US chasing love...

[mighty_tiger_79]

I REMEMber Braidwood, didnt he go off to CUNNINGHAMS or something in an admin role.

D. Caporella i didnt realise he had moved onto the us. good luck to him

[bayman]

jamie braidwood did go to work for john cunningham whether he still does i dont know & of course peter smith is now running the dishlickers at angle park after a stint at the bathhurst trotts (he founded the bathurst gold series)

[bayman]

I went to school with the scovell's, can remember which one was in my year though, think it was Andrew

Didnt know Stuewy Shenton was caught up in drugs, I knew he left the scene quickly though and never knew why, he was a great caller...remember him with "All dressed up but catn find the party" call at least once a meeting...

John Oneil still is the announcer at the races, know his son well, a chip off the old block...

Does anyone remember the dog caller back in the mid 90's Jamie Braidwood or something similar? thought he was great

Dean Caporella I heard has quit Sky and off to the US chasing love...

mark said it was him & not andrew in your class dutchy

[Dutchy]

Is one of them a regular on this site?

[bayman]

Is one of them a regular on this site?

no, but mark does read it occaisanally during the footy season

[another grub]

Dean Caporella I heard has quit Sky and off to the US chasing love...

WTF...... he couldnt find his car keys FFS.....
one of the worst callers Ive heard!!!!

[Plunge Penguin]

Remember Stuart Shenton's very nasal tones well. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was quite serious drug charges he was put inside for?

[bayman]

Remember Stuart Shenton's very nasal tones well. Correct me if I'm wrong, but it was quite serious drug charges he was put inside for?

yes it was a serious charge, exactly what, i can't remember but the cops tapped his on-course phone in the broadcast box (remember no mobiles in those days & no phone calls allowed on course) as he was doing "whatever he was doing" from the 'safety' of the on-course phone in the broadcast box

[Coorong]

Ray Fewings, a definate dope. Had a champion trotter in the making and treated him like a dog. My mate bought him $2,000 and won the youthful stakes at MV, plus plenty of build up races.

At the bar one night A guy offered my mate $40,ooo for the colt and he turned to me a said what should I do. I said ask the man what colour he would like him wrapped.

Fearless Quick didnt go on from that win and was gelded. A major mistake IMO.

[bayman]

Ray Fewings, a definate dope. Had a champion trotter in the making and treated him like a dog. My mate bought him $2,000 and won the youthful stakes at MV, plus plenty of build up races.

At the bar one night A guy offered my mate $40,ooo for the colt and he turned to me a said what should I do. I said ask the man what colour he would like him wrapped.

Fearless Quick didnt go on from that win and was gelded. A major mistake IMO.

your mate would be richard trembath then ? i think (maybe he was just the trainer)

fewings did train groucho later & he was no slouch

[Coorong]

No Graham White (and his brother Ken) cant remember the trainers name but he was a lazy prick and his wife was the real trainer.and this was 1980, so the memory fades. We did hit the bookies though and averaged $5.50 on the win. This group of South Aussies got a mention in the Sun next day.

At around that time brother and I had the lease option on a galloper Bachelors Choice but didnt take it up. *what fools)

In the late 70's my uncle was the largest private racehorse owner in the southern hemisphere, Harold Jury.Horses like Spanish Eyes, Ralkon etc.

[bayman]

No Graham White (and his brother Ken) cant remember the trainers name but he was a lazy prick and his wife was the real trainer.and this was 1980, so the memory fades. We did hit the bookies though and averaged $5.50 on the win. This group of South Aussies got a mention in the Sun next day.

At around that time brother and I had the lease option on a galloper Bachelors Choice but didnt take it up. *what fools)

In the late 70's my uncle was the largest private racehorse owner in the southern hemisphere, Harold Jury.Horses like Spanish Eyes, Ralkon etc.

trembath was the trainer when it went to victoria but obviously he didn't own it then, thanks for that

ps trembath was editor of the trotting weekly in that time, so he may've just left the wife to do
the training of the horses

[Punk Rooster]

Who was the SA racecaller (mainly dogs?) who left SA for TAS, & was their principal caller (if only on the dogs)?
Brett Neild? Is he still around?

[bayman]

Who was the SA racecaller (mainly dogs?) who left SA for TAS, & was their principal caller (if only on the dogs)?
Brett Neild? Is he still around?

i forgot about him but that reminds me brett davis went down to tassie & just recently got the job as caller at either hong kong or japan (i think hong kong)

[Dutchy]

Hong Kong - Wednesday nights

[Dutchy]

Brendan Yates is down in tassie I think