majestic man

[the galah]

Well done to the connections of majestic man,from the owners to the williamsons,they have always placed a high priority on the horses well being and they have decided now is the time to retire him.

Having been such a talented horse,he had 24 wins and earned $855,545. . Thats a lot of money.

as the write up on his retirement noted, he "was a noted short course specialist with devastaing gate speed and was a multiple group 1 winner across the tasman".

Even the best horses are not machines and sometimes very hard racing takes a toll on their bodies.

At one point majestic man had a bleed when in australia and no doubt that would have been in the back of connections minds when considering whats best for majestic man.

They say he will now live out his days on a property just out of oamaru.

Horses like majestic man are once in a lifetime type horses and the fact that he got to show that for his connections and to punters was a great thing.

Edited April 17 by the galah

[Gammalite]

1 hour ago, the galah said:

Horses like majestic man are once in a lifetime type horses and the fact that he got to show that for his connections and to punters was a great thing.

And here he is in Full stride for NZ , the great Majestic Man ( and seen here racing past the Double Interdominion Champ Just Believe down there on the inside ) to One of his Great Victories about a year ago . 

Proving on his day he could go toe to toe with the Best Horses there is going around. 

Congratulations to All the owners , Trainer and Drivers that always did NZ harness racing proud.  

 

[the galah]

Just read on the hrnz that Allamericanlover has also been retired to stud.

A top mare who the Telfer stable got the best results possible from.

Majestic man had 105 starts over 8 years of racing.

allamericanlover had 35 starts over 4 years.

Both top horses,and both able to achieve the results their ability allowed.

Allamericanlover i had thought for a year or so now seemed to be troubled by soreness somewhere if you observed her gait,so she did very well to win what she did.

Both the horses mentioned epitomize the courage of the horse.

An element of drawing out that quality is  not only them wanting to win for themselves,but also wanting to win for the people who care for them each day. 

theres nothing worse than having a horse and thinking, what might have been if only that didn't happen, sort of thing,so its always good to see it can happen,even if it be to others.

Edited April 18 by the galah