Ted Demmler

[Messenger]

LOL trish. There was one part where I did not know where to look

[Ted Demmler]

Hi Ted.
You may enjoy watching this but its not horse related. Everyone else may enjoy it too.
http://www.youtube.com/embed/61cY1IL...l=0&autoplay=1

Absolutely fabulous...LOVED IT...Thankyou for sharing.......Ted

[Amlin]

Here is a video that a harness racing fan has put onto YouTube - Pure Steel winning a heat of the 1980 InterDominion Championship at Harold Park.


What great days these must have been in front of a huge crowd.


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ay7L...dZHNiPtm31BEWw

[Richard prior]

Steelo was as tough as they come and I'm sure that Ted would agree.

[smokey steel]

Yes my younger sister is married to the producer Alan Hardy.So they taped at the stables using Ronny Hall, Me and Karen Dunsford and the rest of my staff as the drivers...It was a lot of fun.

Hi Ted. I was a horse crazy teenager visiting Melbourne in my school holidays around that time. You very kindly allowed me to hang out at the stables and lend a hand with the horses where I could. I had a ball and I'm sure many people on this thread would love to have had that experience. I hope you continue to recover from your injuries. I remember that the horse they used for the Sullivan's shoots was Happy Chap because he was such a gentle fellow.

[Ted Demmler]

Hello Richard,
Steelo was the best...He would sit outside a horse and break its heart....

[Ted Demmler]

Hello Kim,
Thankyou for that info...good to remember....I'm glad you had a good time at the stables. We always enjoyed any people who wanted to come and help or just to have a look.
regards
Ted.......

[Jim]

Hi Ted, Sincerest sympathy mate. I am long retired from sulky making and just joined here, and it is good to see some familiar names from back in the day. I had no idea your injuries were that serious. So sorry to hear they are :-( Actually I just posted a question elsewhere on this forum and you might be able to help. When did you first see a Brewer sulky on the track? You remember the type that was hugely popular at Harold Park and elsewhere in the 1950s and 60s? Vin Knight had an ultra-narrow version, as I recall, which he used on Popular Alm, among others. I know it was designed and built by Harold Brewer, who passed away in 1959 I think. They were a bloody good sulky in their day and were usualy fitted with Freebairn Singles (wood rim, 15g spokes, glued-on tyres), probably the most accident-prone but efficient sulky wheels ever.

[Hot Rod]

Just wondering how Ted Demmler is recuperating from that shocking injury at Warragul .. I fondly recall him driving a Champion little mare in the '70's at the showgrounds in Tarport Wyn.

[Hot Rod]

Hope your health has improved , I don't get a lot of Vic racing news as I now reside in QLD but remember well you driving Tarport Wyn back in the '70's at the old Showgrounds track , she was a pretty handy little mare.