Borana….

[Brodie]

Colin McLachlan had one or two shoe shops in ChCh for many many years and worked in them till a ripe old age I believe.

He trained many winners over the years  as mentioned and often drove them himself although couldnt really say that he was overly gifted in the cart.

He is not to be confused with the other Colin McLaughlin who was a top trainer  of open class horses in the mid 1970’s and dominated many races during that time.

They were often bracketed and msny times 3 in the bracket.

He had numerous open class horses namely Allakasam, Manawaru, Royal Ascot and one of the ugliest but gifted Manaroa!

believe they were driven mostly by someone A Harrison and Felix Newfield, the heavy handed left hander!

Edited 3 hours ago by Brodie

[Newmarket]

12 hours ago, Blackie said:

Dead right there Newmarket.

It was run on Ash Wednesday 16th Feb 1983. Below is the article from The Hall of Fame.

1983 NZ DERBY

The season's leading driver, Bob Cameron, took advantage of a dream run behind the pacemaker Borana to land Mighty Me home an upset winner of the $60,000 NZ Derby.

While Cameron and Mighty Me were receiving a run drivers dream of, warm favourite Lyndon Robert and his driver, Robert Dunn, were in all sorts of bother and eventually wound up fourth. Mighty Me, whose lead-up form had been disappointing, was given a mixed reception by the small crowd on his return to the birdcage, but this was not enough to dim the delight of owners Colin and Sylvia McLachlan and Bob Cameron.

For the season's premier three-year-old classic, the race could only be described as tame, with the nine contestants dawdling along for most of the journey and only sprinting home the last 800 metres. Mighty Me's winning time of 3:25.6 for the 2600 metres was a slow one considering the ideal conditions, though he paced his last 800 metres in slightly better than 58.8.

Purchased two years ago by Mrs McLachlan at the National Yearling Sales for only $2,300, the Out To Win-Believe Me (by Fallacy) gelding has now won $62,090, the result of seven wins and four placings from only 20 starts. 

Cameron described Mighty Me's run throughout as "perfect" and added he was travelling so well at the 800 metres, he was confident of getting some of the money. He did not have to cover an inch of extra ground as pacemaker Borana eased off the fence under pressure in the run home, and it was this that helped Mighty Me hold out the fast finishing Glamour Chief by half a neck. Glamour Chief was three back on the rails for most of the way and sprinted home well to push Mighty Me to a close decision, with less than a length to tough stayer Borana who made a game attempt to lead all the way. 

Up until the 400 metres, Robert Dunn had driven a copybook race on the favourite, easing him off the fence after 400 metres to enjoy a perfect trail on the outer behind Dunhill. But things went wrong approaching the 400 metres when Braedoon swept forward and trapped Lyndon Robert in a pocket - a pocket Dunn was unable to clear in spite of some desperate efforts. Lyndon Robert clipped the wheel of the tiring Dunhill approaching the straight entrance and broke, checking Steady Edition in the process and dropping back to last. Once balanced again, he came home strongly for fourth, but his chance was gone. Dunn was later suspended for careless driving. 

Credit: NZ Trotting Calendar
 

I thought i remember booing after the race, thanks for info