Goldwyn details

Goldwyn was a lovely bay filly with a prominent white streak on her face. She was sired by Goldhill, who had been trained by Peter Easterby and stood at Easthorpe Stud. She was picked up for a mere 1500 gns at Doncaster Sales, and sold on to owner Billy Wilson, a former captain of Bridlington Golf Club.

A filly with a 'quiet, placid nature', Goldwyn ran eight times as a two year old. She ran first time out at Ripon with Jock Skilling in the saddle and then recorded her first win at Catterick ridden by Jock. She put a big field to the sword and landed a huge gamble, being backed from 10-1 into 6-4.

Goldwyn secured further wins at York, Thirsk, Lanark, Hamilton and Edinburgh and in August made the bid for seven in a row.

She headed to Newcastle with six wins in the bag for the season to take on some of the best two-year olds in the north in the Seaton Delaval Stakes. She'd hardly come off the bridle in her previous victories and I was confident. Goldwyn didn't let me down as she dug deep to beat Denys Smith's colt Quayside, who was hiself bidding for five in a row, by a short head.

Billy and I had made a plan to run Goldwyn in the Nunthorpe at York where she’d carry a featherweight seven stone with the two-year old and fillies' allowances but the girl went lame. She'd always had leg problems and would stand for half an hour after her morning canter with a cold hose on her knees.

I was sure she'd have won the Nunthorpe had she been right, and the form pointed that way as Quayside, the horse she’d beaten at Newcastle, was beaten on the Knavesmire a short head in the 1969 renewal by Lester Piggott on Tower Walk.

Goldwyn finished the season with form figures of 01111111, seven wins from eight starts, and Billy threw a big party at his Bridlington restaurant for the staff to thank them for the remarkable season.

Goldwyn went on to have a successful career as a broodmare. Her daughter Gold Cheb was second six times in a row as a two year old!