emiliana 11 Report post Posted October 22, 2011 .... the saddle trot held tonight at Ballarat, The Choice Hotels Monte Trotters Cup? What a fantastic concept!! I only caught the last 600m from the stabling area at Alex Park, does anyone know if this is a once off or if they intend on making this a regluar event? Nice to see Chris Lang as enthusiastic riding out a horse as he is driving one out! No one could say he wasn't trying on the fav Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
showusyourtips 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2011 .... the saddle trot held tonight at Ballarat, The Choice Hotels Monte Trotters Cup? What a fantastic concept!! I only caught the last 600m from the stabling area at Alex Park, does anyone know if this is a once off or if they intend on making this a regluar event? Nice to see Chris Lang as enthusiastic riding out a horse as he is driving one out! No one could say he wasn't trying on the fav ] Ive been told it happens everyyear at there trotter cup event Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redasurc 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2011 Interesting that the horses may have been handicapped in 2 different ways yet only one set of handicaps were published as far as i can see. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
4bettor-orworse 21 Report post Posted October 22, 2011 I understand that it is an annual event there. There was a saddle trot race held at Alexandra Park last year. Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
yajyaj 0 Report post Posted October 22, 2011 And it was fabulous to watch, actually I think they had 2 last year Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
emiliana 11 Report post Posted October 22, 2011 Yes they had a couple at Auckland but it was a 1200m novelty sort of thing, run in between races. What struck me as interesting about the race last night was that it was an official race that they took bets on! A proper monte race if you will Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepawish 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2011 to when I use to ride the pacers in the saddle doing fast work with the trotters. And that was at Claudelands. LOL Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
redasurc 0 Report post Posted October 27, 2011 to when I use to ride the pacers in the saddle doing fast work with the trotters. And that was at Claudelands. LOL Terry Yule, Murry Burns, 800m track 175m straight ? Watched Trots Greys and Speedway there Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...
It Is Me 0 Report post Posted October 28, 2011 It was the first one at Ballarat for many many years. There is an annual monte event at Globe Derby in South Australia. It went over very well and may well become a feature in Victoria in future Quote Share this post Link to post Share on other sites More sharing options...