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Who was right?
Jim C or The Kook?

OK OK - I'm going with people - I appreciate your help

In greek mythology, Atalanta was a swift huntress who was unfairly beaten in a race when her opponent, Milanion, distracted her by rolling three golden apples, one by one, whenever she looked like winning.
The golden apples are associated with Atalanta's race but I can't think of an 8 letter answer to your clue.

The Garden of the Hesperides
The Garden of the Hesperides is Hera's orchard in the west, where either a single tree or a grove of immortality-giving golden apples grew. The apples were planted from the fruited branches that Gaia gave to her as a wedding gift when Hera accepted Zeus. The Hesperides were given the task of tending to the grove, but occasionally plucked from it themselves. Not trusting them, Hera also placed in the garden a never-sleeping, hundred-headed dragon named Ladon as an additional safeguard.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hesperides

thanks for all the help with the apples - the problem is, I can't find an answer which exactly fits the clue - what were the apples...

see what u mean Bruno - closest I can find are Ambrosia or panacean