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Kalgoorlie has them now
West Australian Racing
therealkramer
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For fans of The Hangover franchise, they might be familiar with the line from the 2nd instalment, "Bangkok has him now". I think a similar line can be used for Kalgoorlie, with horses sucked into the vortex and seemingly lost to the vagaries of the sport. Unable to even break their maiden status. What is it about the place, the famed dog-legged turns that the Damien 'The Great' Lane couldn't even master, @thefalcon? Are the running rails haunted by thoroughbreds past? Does the place need some horse whisperer/exorcist?
I nominate Valfreyja(18:0:0:4), Regal Weapon(11:0:3:2) as recent prominent 'victims' although I am sure there are others. In fact in Regal Weapon's race yesterday the following horses had still not broken their maiden status despite numerous chances: Hell Of A Fella(28:0:4:6), Black Heart(20:0:0:3).
Also racing yesterday in race 3, Street Bandit(24:0:9:4) sure picked the wrong place to attempt to break though after many teasing runs in town, alas it rolled snake eyes and found one better, in the form of former eastern states galloper, Hockney.
I nominate Valfreyja(18:0:0:4), Regal Weapon(11:0:3:2) as recent prominent 'victims' although I am sure there are others. In fact in Regal Weapon's race yesterday the following horses had still not broken their maiden status despite numerous chances: Hell Of A Fella(28:0:4:6), Black Heart(20:0:0:3).
Also racing yesterday in race 3, Street Bandit(24:0:9:4) sure picked the wrong place to attempt to break though after many teasing runs in town, alas it rolled snake eyes and found one better, in the form of former eastern states galloper, Hockney.
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What about old mate Golden Monarch - took till start 35 to break his maiden, and ended up winning 6 . . .
http://www.rwwa.com.au/cris/horse.aspx?horse=43430&max=250
contested a lot of good races as a maiden...name started with "O" I think....took ages to break the maiden...or did she not break it?
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trained by a greek fellow, I think.
that 127 start maiden must be a record.
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you guys are a wealth of knowledge......thanks....now the rider..... ;)
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The horse may well end up with over $100,000 in the kitty by the time he retires and that's a lot better than a poke in the eye with a sharp stick (or any stick for that matter) ;)
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“Good afternoon, I'm the Duke of Norfolk and chairman of the Horse Racing Authority and I'm doing a spot-check to ensure no funny business is going on at these races. I saw you administer something to your mount a minute ago and I'd like an explanation.”
The trainer dragged out a couple of sugar lumps from his pocket “Do you mean these, your Grace? These are sugar lumps so they are. The horse has a sweet tooth and it calms his nerves. Look, you are welcome to try one and sure and I'll have the other one. There you go.”
Both men chewed for a minute on the sugar lumps.
The Duke was finally happy to announce “Mmn- Well, that seems perfectly in order. You do understand that I have to check these things?”
The trainer replied “To be sure and we welcome it your Grace, what with the cricket and all.”
The Duke nodded and said “Quite. Well I bid you good day.” and off he went.
The trainer turned back to the jockey and said “Now where were we? Ah yes, just hold him back until you get to the final furlong, have you got that? At the final furlong give the horse his head. Let him GO! No-one is going to pass you, unless it's me or the Duke of Norfolk.
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