Shad

He certainly had a good record with the cups, Sea Swift, Samasam,soundaration, think Mercator won as well, not to mention his record with jumpers ampac winning a grand national, decoy lad, Woodbine Blue Chip, be plenty more I cant remember not doubt

Were they the colours of mercator , if so didn't he place in a Melbourne cup, many years ago.

Yes apparently this was the case, terrible luck on all fronts.

If it was rusty strut should of failed, like your car, can fail for surface rust on your tow ball these days, retraining for the issuer.

I know a few years back, the sulkies needed a warrant of fitness, not sure wether it was every year, or 2 years, maybe it doesn't apply thes day, if it still applies, someone has got it wrong.

Haven't followed him all the way through, to be honest, was looking at fields at lunchtime at work, seen him in eyes lite up at the odds, grass track, so took my chances, wiser for the experience, upside he might pay more next time, probably when I don't see him in,

Been a while between drinks, for the horse and me, go to keep the faith.

Put a few dollars on him today, at 60s plus, was rubbing my hands when he took the lead with a big run from the back, alas was short lived, hit the wall, next time maybe.

Need to dump a truck load of horse gold over the crossing, aroma be familiar as to the texture, then be good excuse if ya runner goes like shit.

A horse I was following could have done with a 40m improvement, but at last look has been exported to China, do they have harness racing over there, or any other reason why they go there, transportation wouldn't be cheap, most seem to go to Australia.

Add another one of the many fallen sires to paddock injury, bloody shame but happens more often than ya think, you won't get any comments from the anti racing crowd, as they only like to emphasize the racing injuries on the track for all to see.

Freddie Tibbles the ole Kumara icon, certainly a blast from the past, must have lived to a ripe old age.

Another old favorite of mine from that era was no response, his storming finishes always a highlight, remember one race where he weaved his way through most of the field, may have been interdominon, we had some top liners back in the day, remember joyboy starting off a 120m mark in a Westport cup back in the day, was 3rd from memory, Trevor Thomas was his driver.

The memories flood back, certainly was a great era of racing, from memory starships started off a long mark on the grass at Westport before heading to Auckland, being placed in the cup, Basisl Dean was one of my favorite trotters, how good was he.

I thought 3k but could be totally wrong, by blarney kiss I think, what a bargin either way, great to see his colours still going around with Snows granddaughter Jamie Lee, lostcause was my tip for the nz cup, but pulled out before final field, shame as would have relished those conditions, nice mare bit unlucky in last years nz an Auckland cup, bad draws an tough runs.