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The ride of the day at Trentham
Leggy and 6 others reacted to High Sparrow for a topic
Chris Johnson's daring ride on Camino Rocoso takes the biscuit as the best ride yesterday for me. The horse was pulling from barrier rise and the Magic Man sure had a handful of horse before electing to take up the running and make his own rules. It was a masterful ride because settling a horse sufficiently to get that pace judgement just right in those circumstances is an art form. How many times do you see a rider fighting the horse and the horse has run its race before the turn? Johnson's magic was evident yesterday in that he acted boldly, controlled the pace to his own tempo, gave the horse a wee rest across the top and let the others work to start bridging the gap before having a couple of sneaky peeks between his legs and then nursing the gelding away when the others had their bats out. Then in typical Magic Man fashion he only asked the horse for his best when the post was in sight. Brilliant ride. I doubt that horse would have won for anyone else. He is such a balanced rider and so kind to horses that they respond for him. You never see Chris knocking horses about and good on him for that because he understands the old racing adage: "If you are kind to horses they will be kind to you." A wonderful training effort by the Parsons too and credit where credit is due there for another successful southern raid at the champagne turf though I thought Karen was a bit on the defensive side in the post-race interview when she said: "When we come up here you always rubbish us". I think most in the racing game realise what fine trainers they are, so I'm not sure who she was referring to there but someone had obviously put a bee in her bonnet. Anyway, full credit to all involved. The tactics reminded me a little of Whiti Te Ra's win in the St Leger about 50 years ago when John Harris sent him out to a 25 length lead, allowed the field to get up to him on the turn and then kicked clear again. Another great ride. As classmates at college, Robert Dunn (harness racing trainer), Keiron McCauley (Ashburton galloping trainer) and the late Steve Edwards (Turf Digest) and I had pooled our resources to have a small bet on Whiti Te Ra and Keiron was listening to the race on a transistor with an earpiece in Science class. He was giving us whispered updates every furlong and when White Te Ra won he forgot where he was, leapt to his feet and said "White Te Ra just won the St Leger!" The game was up. Brother McDermott, the Science teacher, confiscated the transistor and we all got six with the cane as a result. It was worth it - the horse returned big odds.7 points -
Totally agree. You only have to look at HK/ Singapore/Japan, it's almost one barrier assistant per horse.2 points
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Dexter won 7 of 1st 9 races at Meadowlands
Iraklis and one other reacted to TimTimTimbo for a topic
The record is 8. There were 14 races. He won 1st 2 then 5 in a row from the 5th onward. On fire!!!!!!!!!!!!!2 points -
Splitting Races
hedley reacted to Pam Robson for a topic
Maybe there is the notion that if the day is poorly attended wrt horses and public, the club will take its bat and ball and give up, thereby justifying the decision to disallow racing on its own track.1 point -
The ride of the day at Trentham
JJ Flash reacted to scooby3051 for a topic
And he only had one eyebrow.......the other went missing on the trip up!!!!1 point -
Trevor ( Gripper) Harrison
Baz (NZ) reacted to Ponderosa8 for a topic
Agree 100% on the number of resources. Look at OZ and particularly HK, they seem to have 1 barrier attendant for each horse.1 point -
Mick G was on Trackside this morning talking about the select committee process for the race fields legislation which gets underway in a few weeks. Hopefully HRNZ are making submissions beneficial to Harness Racing especially in regards to the formula for distribution of funds. It would be good if we had some communication from The HRNZ board as to where they are at in promoting Harness racing’s interest in this matter.1 point
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If they do, they should be replaced post haste. It was so loud I had to turn the volume down......1 point
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Remarkable. Brings back memories of Douglas Clifford Watts and his 7 in a row (of 8 races) at Reefton back in the day,1 point
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There's enough there for 8 races Tuesday , split the 1500 rating 65 . Gives jocks another ride . Probably get 2 x 10 runners , both would be decent betting races .1 point
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Trump written off
Ohokaman reacted to crustyngrizzly for a topic
Just imagine the number of protests that would be in the USA,if the general population took to the streets every time an American Politician(present lot included) was found to be lying.1 point -
Will the world soon learn about the secret, direct contact between Obama and Soleimani? The alternative media knows and soon the presstitutes and propagandists will have to MEET THE TRUTH.1 point
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AWT Cambridge
Pam Robson reacted to Leggy for a topic
No corners either so easy on joints and bones and you can choose the degree of firmness or softness that you want to work on and cool the limbs off immediately afterwards.1 point -
AWT Cambridge
shaneMcAlister reacted to Red Rum for a topic
Dundalk would be a good track to nose around and chat to few people when you up there . Poly been in about 10 years , it looks a very nice venue but there's a few grumbles now about the track surface as its coming to a point it needs re doing . That being said trainers were pissed off other week because they wanted more meetings and races .A few trainers have yard basically full with horses to race at Dundalk and doing very well . In handicaps, auction restricted and claimers they also avoid the big yards horses as well.1 point -
AWT Cambridge
shaneMcAlister reacted to Leggy for a topic
Hope to be there in September. Been a while!1 point -
AWT Cambridge
shaneMcAlister reacted to Red Rum for a topic
Laytown , always the same going every year bar the odd puddle here and there . Jamie Osbourne takes a huge string over every year for the day .1 point -
Whangarei Race Track
GOM reacted to My Two Cents for a topic
Even if they were granted 20 races I doubt they could of carded that many, not without 10 c1 races.1 point -
Kumara
Lynne Corbett reacted to Pam Robson for a topic
I'm guessing because Kumara are NOT holding the meeting...i.e. it isn't Kumara at Omoto, it's Greymouth J.C at Omoto. Kumara has pulled out of the day completely...so, no Nuggets. Well done to the G.J.C for stepping up, although if the weather gods don't smile, poor old Westland will cop the worst track. If things stay fine however, all should be well. Not so good for Winston's/Messara's Coast vision......1 point -
Kumara
Lynne Corbett reacted to Red Rum for a topic
Well done Greymouth JC for keeping show on road , well done Reefton offering up facilities too some top can do attitude appreciated by a many iam sure .Hopefully Kumara are back on line in 2021, get the mad butcher in to sort the pig issue , he will do the biz on the porkies . Roll on Wednesday , Saturday and Tuesday week. Love nutting out Coast form through the circuit .1 point -
Good to see that Tennis NZ is keeping step with NZTR re prizemoney! Serena Williams wins and gets $NZ68k for winning. Woopeedodee!! How long before a rival tournament decimates NZ? What about the Venue!!0 points