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Blitzed them today. Now they might sit up and take notice and stop regarding her as only a Southland grade horse. And equalled the NZ mares record as well. If only she had gotten away in the Dominion safely.

1979 Cup.

No . Being an owner now has kept the flame burning but the halcyon days are long gone. Sadly.

Yep and he only had one lead in race before that Auckland Cup where he ran second to Trevira way up north . A truly astonishing run in such exalted company, which kinda said it all to his ability. One of my most endearing memories of harness racing.

In fact in any other era Hi Foyle would have been top dog. He was unlucky to race at the same time as Young Quinn and to a lesser degree Robalan who was on the wane by then although still a beautiful horse.

Yeah lol alright. Second only behind the incomparable Cardy. Forget the other two. I followed this horse right from his first start in 1972 when his trainer thought he was a runners chance but showed the grit he was to show over and over again to get up and beat Marc Bohan, with a shit load of my money on him. Slightly down on form as a 4yr old , he exploded with either 19 or 21 wins (I think) in one season as a 5yr old. Saw him win at Hutt Park for fun that year. Nicknamed Garbage because of his propensity for eating everything he was given, he had a small blemish on his nose that glowed pink when he was on song and in the zone, which he was that year. Went to the States and mixed it up with their best FF allers . A truly great horse was Quinny, and my all time favorite. As an aside I saw Cardigan Bay at Hutt park when he was paraded around various tracks after coming home. Man he looked good and would have probably beaten most of those on track that night had he been given a chance. Long in body he was a machine ,even allowing for the accident to his hip during an Interdom trip in WA.

Sorry Neil, yes it was Brad.

No far from it. He is far more tractable the Alex Park way round, way better than Addington actually. We trailed Winterfell up to the passing lane entrance and for some unknown reason (he had never done it before) he lugged out and it took Matty a hell of a time to get him up the inner and just missed. He really had it shot to bits , and its not sour grapes as we are blessed to have such a consistently good Trotter, but Winterfell again?. Urrgghh.lol.

I would put money on that not happening. BD Joe in the Allabar is something else. He has beaten American Ideal and it took All about Faith to just run him down. If the Roll with Joes are going to be this good then Sweet Lou has some serious opposition.

Only because Majestic Man refused to take the passing lane until it was to late, He had it shot to bits. If you wanted to see a shattered trainer , the sight of Phil slumped over the rail inside the stabling yard said it all. I think you have seen the last of Winterfell, whereas MM just keeps on going. Im not biased of course. Probably because they don't have anything to win it with.

Yes, Melbourne Showgrounds and that classic saucer ,Wayville. Those horses trained on the track had a permanent lean to the left so it was said. The thing not mentioned was the smashes they used to have on those small tight turning tracks. I was present at the Melbourne track as a teenager when a pile up occurred. Sulky shafts flying everywhere and zipping past us standing at the rail. Terrible .

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Far to much company and the lunatic fringe is growing. Scary stuff.

Well ,correct in that it does affect everyone's life , not correct in assuming we are able to do anything about it. We float about the cosmos on board a self regulating organism. It is living in fantasy land to think WE 1. Have created the conditions we see 2. Can halt it. Its the biggest political hoax in human history. Period. But hey you swan about in your Electric car , use a recyclable bag for your grocery's and virtue signal to the world all the while thinking you are saving the planet and feeling good about yourself. PPhhhtttt.

Available yes but not affordable for the less fiscally able. Its not a level playing field JJ, and HRNZ know it. Leave it there.