Brown Fox 867 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Boom Chestnut and Lloyd Vivian 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,339 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Stunning win!! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
tim vince 985 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 wow tpo helped but massive Lloyd Vivian 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Huey 2,037 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 What a horse! Lloyd Vivian 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Breeder 607 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Can anyone remember another top sprinter that ran his/her races like --coming from so far back all the time ? Lloyd Vivian 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
N1MUE 1,877 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Mr Tiz gubellini and Lloyd Vivian 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tinkerbelle 79 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Freakish Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 The best Sprinter since Silent Witness Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
mckenzie 607 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Definitely one of the most fun horses to watch. Looking forward to see where he goes next. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,822 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Fantastic performance....great to see the emotion from all concerned. https://www.racing.com/videos/2016-05-01/reactions-to-chautauquas-win Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
hedley 1,900 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 could some kind soul put the race up for all the freeview people who didn't catch it., Thanks in advance Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest 2Admin2 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 http://racing.hkjc.com/racing/video/play.asp?type=replay-full&date=20160501&no=07&lang=eng Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
zelda kratchanova 2 501 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 15 hours ago, rdytdy said: Stunning win!! saw the winnings post at the end of the strait and fainted , n0? lmao Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,339 Report post Posted May 1, 2016 Not at all.. Sprint race Zelda, sprint race and as I said a stunning win (over 1200m.) Three starts past 1200m all at 1400m for one win though. Probably faint if asked to go further, remember he is OZ bred. Ashoka 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spikecity 749 Report post Posted May 2, 2016 To all you Jockeys (and ex jocks) on here - what is your opinion on Neil Callan's riding style? I realize to have a full time contract in HK he must have done well in England and having watched an interview with him he seems like a very nice bloke, but to me his style looks very unbalanced with head down, bum up and arms flaying in all directions. I think he was totally oblivious to the interference he caused in chautauqua's race in which he coped a 3 day suspension and fine HK$60,000 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,822 Report post Posted May 2, 2016 Good to see they have put the horse first, and will not go on to Royal Ascot. Kudos to Team Hawkes and connections for this decision. He has nothing to prove and they will have him back better than ever after a break. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
harewood 477 Report post Posted May 2, 2016 To make the win even more impressive Chautauqua was in a very cantankerous mood and threw a shoe twice just prior to saddling up and entering the mounting yard. Having to be re shod twice before such a race was not ideal. Then at the start he was very restless hence his slow start. T Berry said it was the quickest earlier stages of a race he had been in. How both the jockey and horse managed to compose them selves and then run past the whole field defies belief. What a will to win! Belinda and Ashoka 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoka 1,179 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Ohokaman... I am disappointed by the fact that this tremendous racehorse will not be exposed to racing aficionados in the Northern Hemisphere. I like to see the best race against the best and I see international racing as a possible saviour for the racing industry worldwide. All the best. Ashoka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,339 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 They could always come down to find out if they are good enough Ashoka. It's not a one way street anymore. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 He "was" racing against the best Ashoka. There's no better sprinter in the UK. The best Sprinter in the world was at Shatin and his name is Chautauqua ! Lloyd Vivian and Belinda 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoka 1,179 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 rdytdy... Why waste your time posting the obvious? This horse was mooted as a Royal Ascot prospect. The opportunity of seeing him go up against some of the best in Europe (at least) in one or more time-honoured event is something that I would have enjoyed witnessing. I'm sure that many other lovers of top-class horse racing would be of the same mind as me. That this will not eventuate is a disappointment...that's all. All the best. Ashoka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoka 1,179 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Trump... An arrogant and ignorant comment...shades of the 1991 All Blacks at the World Cup... Regards. Ashoka Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trump 2,741 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 But it's true Ashoka. He is currently ranked No 1 Sprinter in the world! If they want to take him on tell them to go to Australia and race the best sprinters in the world. You'll be able to go see him too! Much cheaper to go to Melb or Sydney! Ashoka 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ashoka 1,179 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Trump... I apologise for the "arrogant and ignorant" comment. I was unaware that Chautauqua was ranked the number one sprinter in the world. Perhaps I could do with a bit of the education that this horse's name is, apparently, a reference to. From Wikipedia: Chautauqua (/ʃəˈtɔːkwə/ shə-TAW-kwə) was an adult education movement in the United States, highly popular in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Chautauqua assemblies expanded and spread throughout rural America until the mid-1920s. The Chautauqua brought entertainment and culture for the whole community, with speakers, teachers, musicians, entertainers, preachers and specialists of the day.[1] Former U.S. President Theodore Roosevelt was quoted as saying that Chautauqua is "the most American thing in America."[2]H.L. Mencken used the word "chautauqua" (lower case) to refer more generally to a herd of clumsy writers: "When they essay to be jocose, the result is usually an elephantine whimsicality, by the chautauqua out of the Atlantic Monthly." [Vintage Mencken, p. 96, ed. Alistair Cooke, 1955] Chautauqua is a town and lake resort community in Chautauqua County, New York, United States. The population was 4,464 at the 2010 census.[1] The town is named after Chautauqua Lake. The traditional meaning remains "bag tied in the middle". The suggested meanings of this Seneca word have become numerous: "the place where one is lost"; "the place of easy death"; "fish taken out"; "foggy place"; "high up"; "two moccasins fastened together"; and "a bag tied in the middle". The town of Chautauqua is in the western part of the county on the northwestern end of Chautauqua Lake. It is northwest of Jamestown. Chautauqua is famous as the home of the Chautauqua Institution, the birthplace in 1875 of the Chautauqua Movement of educational and cultural centers. All the best. Ashoka Gruff and rdytdy 2 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insider 3,932 Report post Posted May 3, 2016 Ashoka, thank you for the origin of the name Chautauqua. It is very interesting and furthered my education as I had never heard of the "Chautauqua Movement". Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
