Just a Minute of the show, all created by Messiter, include a 1952 version on South African radio, and a television version on the DuMont network in the United States. The pilot for the show was recorded in 1967, featuring Clement Freud, Derek Nimmo, Beryl Reid and Wilma Ewart as panellists. The chairman was originally planned to be Jimmy Edwards but he was unavailable on Sundays, the proposed recording dates, and was replaced by Nicholas Parsons who was originally supposed to be a panel member. Parsons did not want the job and only reluctantly took it, just for the pilot episode. After the
Just a Game Stakes by an owner: Most wins by a jockey: Most wins by a trainer: † In 1996, Class Kris finished first but was disqualified and set back to second, giving Caress her second straight victory in this event. Just a Game Stakes The Just A Game Stakes is an American Thoroughbred horse race run annually in early June at Belmont Park in Elmont, New York. Open to fillies and mares age four and up, it is contested on turf over a distance of one mile (8 furlongs). A Grade I event since 2008, it offered a purse of $750,000 in 2014.