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Hall of Fame Randy Goulding JOCKEYS OWNERS/BREEDERS TRAINERS TRAINERS CON’T JOHNNY LONGDEN AUSTIN TAYLOR DOC DARBYSHIRE BUD MACDONALD HEDLEY WOODHOUSE LYON APPLEBY JESSIE MCKENZIE GEORGE CUMMINS JOHN CRAIGMILE BOB GILLATLY GORDON CAMPBELL HAROLD BARROBY EMIL SPORRI JOE KIRK WALLY DUNN CY ANDERSON BASIL FRAZIER PETER GORDON SAM BRUNSON ALAN JACK GEORGE HUGHES ERIC HAMBER JIMMY HALKET DAVE FORSTER JIM HUNTER RIVERVIEW STABLE JACKIE RUSSELL ‘BUNNY’ JOHNSON BILL SKUSE EMERALD STOCK FARM SID MARTIN LANCE GIESBRECHT RONNIE WILLIAMS CHARLIE OLDFIELD ANGUS MACPHERSON ALAN MAY CHRIS LOSETH RED ROCK FARM SONNY O’CONNELL FRANK BARROBY SAM KRASNER REG ELLETT ANDY SMITHERS, JR. TROY TAYLOR BRIAN JOHNSTON CLINE HOGGARD DAVID CROSS MICKEY WALLS FRANK MCMAHON DON MORISON JOHN GUNTHER NICK & PAULINE FELICELLA Hall of Fame Randy Goulding Archie McDonald Visit www.bchorseracinghalloffame.org for more British Columbia Racing Hall of Fame BUILDERS HORSES HORSES CON’T HORSES CON’T ALF COTTRELL GEORGE ROYAL DALKEITH BOLD LADDIE JACK DIAMOND SO AND SO TRAVELLING VICTOR KID KATABATIC SAM RANDALL DARK HAWK DELTA COLLEEN STRAWBERRY MORN BOB LEIGHTON MAJOR TURLEY POLICE INSPECTOR MR PRIME MINISTER JACK SHORT MAJOR PRESTO ALTA MIRA SENATE APPOINTEE CLAY PUETT QUALITY QUEST LORD RENRAW RED’S HAWK BILL LOCHEAD WESTBURY ROAD HI DRIVE MAGIC CODE MASSIE WHITE MAGIC NOTE PAPWORTH SOPHIE J DOC MCKEON SIMONY GOLDEN RESERVE ARTIC SON STAN GODDARD CUM LAUDE TEEWORTH DANCEWITHAVIXEN ARCHIE MCDONALD LORD VANCOUVER AVANTS GOLD DR. PAT TALBOT EDIE’S BOY TY HAWK MERV PETERS AUBREY DAVIES BILL RANDALL, SR. DON DUNN BRYANT MCAFEE Hall of Fame Inductees by Randy Goulding Dancewithavixen Visit www.bchorseracinghalloffame.org for more British Columbia Racing Hall of Fame Dancewithavixen will always be linked to trainer Tom Longstaff, who died just prior to her induction at the annual awards dinner. He was thrilledOle when heNielsen was informed she had been voted into the Hall of Fame. It took Dancewithavixen five starts before she avixen for the rest of her career at Hastings. weight was becoming an increasing concern, won her first race. But when she broke her she was given a chance to run with the boys, maiden she did it in style, capturing the 2002 “We actually liked another horse we had, Rain- finishing third to Lord Nelson in the Hong Kong B.C. Cup Debutante. bows Forever, a lot more in the Timber Music, Jockey Club and second to Roscoe Pito in the so we were absolutely ecstatic when Vixen fin- John Longden 6000. Trained by the late Tom Longstaff, Dancewith- ished second,” says Baldwin. avixen went on to become one of the most Dancewithavixen closed out her career with an dominant 3-year-old fillies ever to run in British After her win in the Debutante, Dancewith- easy win in the B.C. Cup Distaff. It was the third Columbia. Starting with a win in the Fair Lady, avixen closed out her year with a troubled fifth year in a row she had won a race on B.C Cup she won seven stakes at Hastings, including a in the Sadie Diamond Futurity. Day. score over older fillies and mares in the Grade 3 Ballerina. When she came back as a 3-year-old, how- “She broke a bone in her ankle, and Felipe ever, Dancewithavixen turned into a monster. thinks she did it pulling up after the race,” says Dancewithavixen was bred and owned by Cliff She romped in the Fair Lady and Supernaturel Baldwin. Baldwin, who became a breeder more by acci- before being upset by Dee’s Love in the Emer- dent than by design. Due to health issues in ald Downs. A few people were surprised when She was retired to Baldwin’s farm in Abbots- 1994, Baldwin was forced to retire from his pet she came back a week later to run in a mile and ford, where she died in 2009. store business. He was looking for a hobby, so a sixteenth allowance race. his long -time friend Longstaff encouraged him “We had to put her down because she just to get involved in horse racing. “Some people were critical when we brought couldn’t stand up any more,” says Baldwin. her back that quickly,” says Baldwin. “But we “She was a great mom. She couldn’t stand up The first horse he claimed was Hot Ginger for wanted to give her a race going long before she would still nurse her foal lying down. She $4,000. Although Hot Ginger didn’t win a race the Liberation. It worked out perfectly, and one paid for the farm. I can’t tell you how much she for Baldwin, she produced Dancewithavixen, newspaper reporter called it a ‘paid workout.’” meant to me.” as well as Dancwithavictor, who won nine races including two stakes races. Both horses Dancewithavixen went on to win the next four Dancewithavixen will always be linked to were by Vying Victor. stakes for 3-year-old fillies by a combined total trainer Tom Longstaff, who died just prior to her of over 20 lengths, including a walk in the park induction at the annual awards dinner. He was “I really wasn’t planning on becoming a in the B.C. Cup Stallion Stakes. Her winning thrilled when he was informed she had been breeder,” says Baldwin. “But after Hot Ginger streak came to an end when she lost by a neck voted into the Hall of Fame. got hurt, I didn’t know what else to do with her. to Raylene in the Grade 2 B.C. Oaks. The best thing we did was breed her to Vying “Fantastic,” he said. “She was tremendous, Victor.” “Tom told me she would have won if she had and I have never seen a horse with more heart. seen Raylene coming,” says Baldwin. “He It is a great honour and I really believe she After three straight losses in maiden special opened up her blinkers in the Ballerina, and deserves the award.” weight races to begin her career, Dancewith- they couldn’t get past her.” avixen surprised Baldwin when she finished Anyone who saw Dancewithavixen run would second in the Timber Music with Felipe Valdez As a 4-year-old Dancewithavixen dominated agree wholeheartedly. aboard for the first time. The improved perform- her rivals in her first two starts, winning the ance encouraged Baldwin and Longstaff to run Strawberry Morn and the Vancouver Sun. In her in the Debutante. Valdez rode Dancewith- the Sun she packed 124 pounds and since 4 British Columbia Statistical Review 2010 Troy Taylor “Sandy Fleet set a world record for 6 ½ furlongs in the Gov- ernors Handicap at Longacres in 1966, and he fell on his head coming out of the gate,” says Taylor. “Larry Pierce rode him, and he said Sandy Fleet was the fastest horse he had ever ridden.” There was a 44-year-gap between trainer Troy Because of the longevity of Taylor’s career, it is races,” says Todd. “It was pretty obvious he Taylor’s first training title at Hastings in 1963 impossible to say how many races he has actu- knew how to train a horse.” and his second in 2007. However, he didn’t ally won. The Daily Racing Form computerized waste any time in notching his third title in its database in 1976, and since then Taylor has Todd gravitated to training in 1973 but gave it 2008. When he led the standings again in 2009 compiled a 527-382-360 record from 2,926 up to take over his father’s business in 1977. and 2010, he joined Lance Giesbrecht as the starts. Taylor has been Todd’s trainer for the past 33 only person to be leading trainer at Hastings years. four years in a row. Not included in the totals are the 34 wins when he was leading trainer at Hastings in 1963. “Loyalty goes both ways,” says Todd. “Nobody Taylor, along with four brothers and two sisters, He beat a solid group of horsemen: the next knows more about a horse than Troy. It is scary grew up with horses on his parent’s farm in four trainers in the standings that year were at times.” Payette, Idaho. His father Herb trained horses, Sid Martin, Sonny O’Connell, Bunny Johnson and two brothers, Roy and J.D. also became and Jim Halket, all members of the B.C. Horse Taylor is very appreciative of everything Todd trainers. Racing Hall of Fame. has done for him. “We all learned a lot by helping out my dad at Taylor counts Holy Nova, the 2009 Ballerina “You can’t have success in this business with- the farm and the track,” says Taylor. “Roy was winner, and Sir Gallovic, who won the Grade out good horses,” says Taylor. “Glen has cer- my identical twin. He would sub for me and 3 Premiers in 2007, as the best horses he has tainly provided me with the kind of opportunity nobody would know the difference. My dad trained in this era. Looking back a few dec- that any trainer would love to have.” couldn’t tell us apart, and he called me ‘twin’ ades, he rates Sandy Fleet and Turn to Fire as until I was a teenager.” a couple of his favorites. At 79 Taylor is still going strong, but he isn’t sure how many more years he will keep train- Taylor took out his trainer’s license as a “Sandy Fleet set a world record for 6 ½ fur- ing. 22-year-old in 1953 and made his first trip to longs in the Governors Handicap at Longacres Hastings in 1958. in 1966, and he fell on his head coming out of “Maybe one more year.
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