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YEAR: 2012

ROB GEDDES

Rod Geddes was 56 when he died suddenly at his Greenpark home recently. A dairy farmer, Geddes was a passionate and successful breeder, trainer and driver, most of his horses named with the 'Dryden' attachment.

His best horse was Dryden Amanda, trained by his father Jim for eight wins and one when they trained in partnership at the end of her career. That was when she won the Ashburton Cup from Ansett and Mytop Sweetie. Rob handled her in nearly all of her 62 starts and in all of her nine wins, including a memorable Show day performance at Addington when she came from last on the corner in a C6-8 free-for-all to beat Mighty Me and Win A Bottle. He trained the good Game Pride - Secret Sign mare Game Dryden to win seven races, and he won six with Honky Tonk Dryden. His last drive was at Addington with Coolit G T Dryden on March 30.

"He was into the horses from the day he was born," recalled his brother Jim. "From the time he was five, he was out there helping Dad, and he was driving work when he was ten. And when the kids were young it was non-stop pony club and watching them play rugby, and Rob went right through the grades playing for Waihora."

He is survived by his wife Barbara, sons Brent, who is licenced, and Ryan who was, and daughter, Nikki. Both Brent and Ryan are riders for the iconic Crusader horsemen before home Super 15 matches in Christchurch.

Credit: Mike Grainger writing in HRWeekly 25Apr2012



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