LUCKY DEVILS....RACING RAN SECOND THIS TIME..
If TRENT DAWSON (centre) had any doubts about his new job at Albion Park,they would all be gone now....Harnesspix@aol.com or phone 3861 9019.
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May 30, 2007
"ANOTHER JOY" WITH RICKY THURLOW IN THE SULKY..ON HER OWN AT THE END..
ANOTHER JOY snags the big end of $100K in the KAY SEYMOUR NUSERY FINAL.More juvenile dollars for SLOYS Company and trainer Michael Doltoff.....Harnesspix@aol.com or phone 3861 9019.
JULIE AND LOLA ...MISTY PLAINS TAKES THE KEVIN SEYMOUR...OWNED..TRAINED..DRIVEN..WONDERFUL..
Consistency shows out,as the multi-winning MISTY PLAINS ,yet another son of ULTIMATE FALCON,gets home in the KEVIN SEYMOUR NURSERY FINAL.
"JOHNNY'S" LORD MAYOR'S CUP.
BE GOOD JOHNNY (John McCarthy) clearly takes the bikkies in the "BIG GIG'S" Sunday Feature.Not a miracle mile,but enough to let you know he'll be a force on the Grand Circuit for a while yet......Harnesspix@aol.com or phone 3861 9019.
LEIGH SMART COULD ALWAYS GET THEM TO SHOW SPEED...BAR TRICKSTER GRABS THE "THUNDERBOLT"..
The last stride of the "THUNDERBOLT" Final with BAR TRICKSTER getting the nod in an estimated mile rate (extrapolated from the net time for 1119 metres) of 1.54.2....Harnesspix@aol.com or phone 3861 9019.
May 23, 2007
ONE LAP DASHES...A NICE NOVELTY...LET'S KEEP THEM THAT WAY..
It is reported by Queensland Harness Racing Board sources that the heats of the "TRANSLINK EXPRESS"were well supported by the punting public.These particular events were run over the short course of 1119 metres,and,returned spectacular "mile rates".It shows how far from reality we have strayed,when we assign "mile rates" to races run over a distance less than one mile.It is as realistic to claim that a horse which runs a "quarter' in 28 seconds has run the equivalent of a mile in 1.52.Further,to conduct such events,puts us in grave danger of demonstrating that we should bow to SKY CHANNEL pressure to run harness events that last as long as dog races.It is bad enough to have a virtual monopoly putting our product to air,with out encouraging them to dictate to us what our product should be.Denis.
May 21, 2007
THE PASSING OF MERV ADAMS ...1917---2007.
Yet another of the stars of the "GOLDEN AGE" of trotting at Harold Park Sydney (1949---1975) was laid to rest last week.MERV ADAMS was in his 90th year when time,the scourge of us all,declared him out.Trainers and drivers are remembered for the horses that they are associated with,and,if ADAMS is to be remembered for three horses from that fantastic period,then SIBELIA,MINERAL SPRING and the most honest of geldings,LEWS HOPE,will ensure that his memory lives on for those who were introduced into the sport at that time.
It was an era of great horses and great men,and the purple and gold stripes of MERV ADAMS were always to the fore.Denis.