ngatimaru 51 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 would any of you racecaffers consider buying a yearling or 2 yold that was a windsucker. regardless of breed etc ? Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puha 2,177 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 Yes as long as you were buying for a racing proposition only and you may just get a good one at a reduced price. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insider 3,947 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 This site has a lot of knowledgeable and experienced people on it/contributors. Name the best windsucker that YOU know of. I don’t know of a good one, but I maybe having a memory lapse. Come in P for P as you have more experience than me. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
puha 2,177 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 1 minute ago, Insider said: This site has a lot of knowledgeable and experienced people on it/contributors. Name the best windsucker that YOU know of. I don’t know of a good one, but I maybe having a memory lapse. Come in P for P as you have more experience than me. Our best so far was Intransigent. S.L Belinda 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Belinda 143 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 Wouldnt bother me, Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Patiti 274 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 Gurners Lane??? Still wouldn't touch one with a barge pole. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Insider 3,947 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 Trainers generally hate them. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Berri 2,131 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 Kingston Town Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
rdytdy 5,341 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 Kingston Town was a chronic windsucker. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pickle 35 Report post Posted January 17, 2018 There were a few good ones when you were at Ray Verners if I recall RT. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngatimaru 51 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 I can't place any at Ray Verners when I was there. But I remember Springlo Appollo Eleven & Mandela were. elbow 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess 1,244 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 Personally find the things extremely annoying as an owner ... have been good ones however ... had one which won a few races - better than average but no champ. Jury's out if a mare - whether it "teaches" its foals to do likewise. I had a mare who winduscked - none of the foals I bred from her have ever done it but a couple did like a nibble on a wooden rail ... (like plenty of others). Of course it is considered a vice - needs to be declared if the horse is sold at any stage - and for many it is an absolute no-no and a deal breaker. elbow 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
berzerk 107 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 No impact on performance or ability. The only negatives are on possible re-sale to Asia, and a bit annoying. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
TurnipOrange 148 Report post Posted January 18, 2018 As long as they have good condition no problem, Bahnhof Zoo was a wind sucker! Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
jess 1,244 Report post Posted January 19, 2018 6 hours ago, TurnipOrange said: As long as they have good condition no problem, Bahnhof Zoo was a wind sucker! Good point TurnipO - quite a few owners will report they are hard to keep condition on ... I guess they spend a lot of time hanging off a rail, stable door or trough - whatever they can find. And some will suggest the ingestion of all that air reduces appetite ... and that they have a nervous disposition in any case which is tied up with the habit etc I remember someone telling me about a horse which they were trying to prevent windsucking so they eliminated all the surfaces he could use and then saw the horse latchonto his own knee and start gulping! Have never seen it myself but always remember the tale the odl fella told me ... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngatimaru 51 Report post Posted January 19, 2018 True fact. I have seen it myself. Have also seen a pony windsuck on an Oddfellow peppermint. I think it is like a Person that chews his or her nails. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,554 Report post Posted January 19, 2018 It it similar habit to horses that weave, a friend had a nervy horse, as soon as he was on float be shaking like a leif, by the time you got to the races, he would be a lather of sweat. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngatimaru 51 Report post Posted January 19, 2018 Just wondering....Was Paris Hilton a Windsucker ? She never carried much condition either ? kilcoyne and Insider 1 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ohokaman 5,825 Report post Posted January 19, 2018 49 minutes ago, ngatimaru said: Just wondering....Was Paris Hilton a Windsucker ? She never carried much condition either ? She was certainly a sucker Ngati....not sure there was much wind involved though... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Zip 468 Report post Posted January 20, 2018 Had a lovely big kiwi bred stayer who still holds a track record at a metro track in Australia ...he was the WORST w/s of all time..even off fresh air...but he was all racehorse.... Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjr 43 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 On 17/01/2018 at 7:35 PM, Insider said: This site has a lot of knowledgeable and experienced people on it/contributors. Name the best windsucker that YOU know of. I don’t know of a good one, but I maybe having a memory lapse. Come in P for P as you have more experience than me. We did have a reasonable one many years ago called All in Time, he won a fair numbe of races and was a bastard of a windsucker Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tomjr 43 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 On 19/01/2018 at 5:57 PM, Shad said: It it similar habit to horses that weave, a friend had a nervy horse, as soon as he was on float be shaking like a leif, by the time you got to the races, he would be a lather of sweat. We had a very bad stall weaver, it was 100 percent boredom. A plastic coke bottle hanging from the roof of his box gave him something else to do and he stopped weaving. He won 11 and two of those were Group 1's La Zip 1 Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shad 1,554 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 8 hours ago, Tomjr said: We had a very bad stall weaver, it was 100 percent boredom. A plastic coke bottle hanging from the roof of his box gave him something else to do and he stopped weaving. He won 11 and two of those were Group 1's Thats an amazing achievement. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
La Zip 468 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 10 hours ago, Tomjr said: We had a very bad stall weaver, it was 100 percent boredom. A plastic coke bottle hanging from the roof of his box gave him something else to do and he stopped weaving. He won 11 and two of those were Group 1's Love it...that’s an old bushies trick. They were a lot more inventive back then...(necessity being the mother of invention) Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blue 1,095 Report post Posted January 23, 2018 On 1/18/2018 at 5:34 PM, ngatimaru said: I can't place any at Ray Verners when I was there. But I remember Springlo Appollo Eleven & Mandela were. I have a vague recollection that Commodore Roberts was a windsucker but he definitely had a big wound in his neck where he was staked as a baby. Didn't stop him becoming a handy horse though. Re weavers, a bag of hay like a boxing bag was fairly common many years ago for something to play with to break the boredom that seemed to be the cause of weaving. Don't see many weavers these days. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...