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Kalgoorlie 14/06/20

West Australian Racing
JellJell    1,202 posts
edited June 2020 West Australian Racing
I rarely bet at this frustrating track but one today caught my eye after watching a few replays.

R6 #8 Explosion 1u/2u

A 24 start maiden until he won two starts ago but it was a good win. He was held up twice in the run losing momentum but still let down to win by almost 2L. Then last start ran 3rd in a blanket finish only going down a nostril after sitting 3 wide the trip.

He only carries 53kg today and looks to be landing midfield with cover. With clear running in the straight he's a chance to strike up his second win but 4+ the place is also very appealing.
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  • ChrisChris    5,734 posts
    Have had Stratocreed black booked for a while, has some handy formlines
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  • ChrisChris    5,734 posts
    Bit of money left in the bag with Bright Glow now
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  • TheSwooperTheSwooper    1,718 posts
    Time to give Stratocreed the flick Chris.

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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    MANY cats race there this is true..and speaking of which King's Authority may well win another one or two there soon..first time beyond 1200 in a while and he ran on quite nicely might be the key 13 or 1400.. :-?

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  • therealkramertherealkramer    8,008 posts
    Concrete Madame cracked like she was owned by gypsy tradies. The winner tho? Good ol' Kal... b-( [-X

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  • JellJell    1,202 posts
    So much for midfield with cover... b-(
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  • curmudgeoncurmudgeon    2,417 posts
    therealkramer said:

    Concrete Madame cracked like she was owned by gypsy tradies. The winner tho? Good ol' Kal... b-( [-X

    Palma Merenti's trainer BD Curtis trained his first winner in 1964 with a horse that I think was called Stadella. He also trained and drove a number of trotting winners on the Golden Mile. Had a very good galloper...possibly horse of the year in Kalgoorlie one or two years in the 70's - Flying Guard.
    Obviously still going ok judged on that win. Great leveler this game ...if you have the best horse in the race you don't have to engage in a footrace with people 50 years your junior to decide the winner.
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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,486 posts
    haven't you so called savvy guys woken up about kal. and gerro?
    only the blessed few know whats going on...

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  • meatpiemeatpie    606 posts
    thefalcon said:

    haven't you so called savvy guys woken up about kal. and gerro?

    only the blessed few know whats going on...
    talking through your ar$e as usual, just wild inane statements without any evidence. So Kal and Ger are both corrupt racing centres but yet scrutinised by the same stewards that control every meeting in WA

    pathetic, childish, vacuous shite

    one day you might be asked to prove it, now that would be fun.
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  • paraleticparaletic    3,750 posts
    $100/1 pops get up every 2nd day now. Happening way more than it used to. Doesn’t mean anything dodgy is happening. Good on the old trainer for getting the horse up, paid $118 top tote. Hope he had a few bob ew.

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  • NgawyniNgawyni    786 posts
    edited June 2020
    I think the trainer’s first name is Brian. Not sure iif he’s related to Barry Curtis who won the Hannans with Stolen Thunder in 1984 and 1986?
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  • therealkramertherealkramer    8,008 posts
    thefalcon said:

    haven't you so called savvy guys woken up about kal. and gerro?

    only the blessed few know whats going on...
    You're starting to sound like a trainspotter now @thefalcon...sometimes you gotta just get on the train or you end up going nowhere :-?? :bz
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  • curmudgeoncurmudgeon    2,417 posts
    Brian Dale (Gogs) Curtis is known by almost every member of the thoroughbred fraternity in Kalgoorlie and by every member of the now defunct GMTC. 
    Training 100/1 winners well into his seventies....you would think that someone in the media would be able to produce a decent story of his lifetime in both codes.
    Julio....give Bob a miss for a week and give us The Life Of Brian.

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  • thefalconthefalcon    20,486 posts
    hold the phone, meatpie there has been much written here on the perceived antics of gerro and kal.
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  • spinkingspinking    4,001 posts
    Cant agree more Curmudgeon. Leave Bob alone for 1 days print and tell us some other racing people's story, and this one would be a great starting point

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  • therealkramertherealkramer    8,008 posts
    curmudgeon said:

    give Bob a miss for a week and give us The Life Of Brian.
    I thought John Cleese was cancelled?  :-@ :)] :-\"

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  • savethegamesavethegame    3,216 posts
    Excellent  Idea ----Gogs would be able to shed some light on some top class horses such as santa brae, special test,---Remmeber asking Brain was he any relation to barry Curtis the trainer of stolen thunder his answer was no but I received one of his bills once.

    Has been mentioned before truck pulled outta Kalgoorlie with four horses heading east----on board was santa brae who won at Flemington, Special Test won the geelong cup---- finished 27th in order for melb.cup.----------- this part is hearsay three horses he beat home at geelong finished up in top seven places in the cup. The two others on the truck were trotters one landed a 40k.plunge at Kilmore trots horse called two wells,the other trotter  didn't do any good.

    Special Test won a kalg.cup Hannans Hcp, Santa Brae won two hannans hcp. Things you remember  Special Test possessed  a set of donkey ears-- stable name was donkey.

     Was told two wells was hit by a truck at ascot getting off  a truck.. The horse mentioned  stolen thunder trained by barry Curtis that won two hannans finished up one of the best show jumpers in the world early nineties can't  remember the exact figure he was sold for six figures.at one part.
     
    Golden years in racing on the goldfields in 70s.------

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  • RexRex    406 posts
    savethegame said:

    Excellent  Idea ----Gogs would be able to shed some light on some top class horses such as santa brae, special test,---Remmeber asking Brain was he any relation to barry Curtis the trainer of stolen thunder his answer was no but I received one of his bills once.

    Has been mentioned before truck pulled outta Kalgoorlie with four horses heading east----on board was santa brae who won at Flemington, Special Test won the geelong cup---- finished 27th in order for melb.cup.----------- this part is hearsay three horses he beat home at geelong finished up in top seven places in the cup. The two others on the truck were trotters one landed a 40k.plunge at Kilmore trots horse called two wells,the other trotter  didn't do any good.

    Special Test won a kalg.cup Hannans Hcp, Santa Brae won two hannans hcp. Things you remember  Special Test possessed  a set of donkey ears-- stable name was donkey.

     Was told two wells was hit by a truck at ascot getting off  a truck.. The horse mentioned  stolen thunder trained by barry Curtis that won two hannans finished up one of the best show jumpers in the world early nineties can't  remember the exact figure he was sold for six figures.at one part.
     
    Golden years in racing on the goldfields in 70s.------

    Special Test and Santa Brae were both trained by Ian Goddard, a very ender rated trainer. Two Wells was trained by the late George James and all 3 were owned by Wally Hannah. They were very special times in racing.

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  • spinkingspinking    4,001 posts
    Was Sky Filou and a couple of other good horses trained by ex jockey Bob Taylor owned by Wally Hannah?. took them to Queensland for the Doomben 10000 and the Stradbroke. I am sure Sky Filou dont know if i have spelled it right and another horse same combination (trainer owner) went up there to contest those races

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  • JayJayJayJay    8,624 posts
    edited June 2020
    The poor underprivileged schools in the PSA Footy competition command the attention of two reporters and a live internet feed of their games and yet the The West makes do with poor old Ernie double dipping across both Thoroughbred and Harness Racing. The chances of anyone doing the "Life Of Brian" are very remote. That is no knock on Ernie, just an illustration of the pathetic chip wrapper that Stokes and DeCeglie have turned our once erstwhile daily into.

    Good old George the Baker, very adept at emptying bookies satchels, especially with Two Wells, a famous plunge.

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  • savethegamesavethegame    3,216 posts
    spinking said:

    Was Sky Filou and a couple of other good horses trained by ex jockey Bob Taylor owned by Wally Hannah?. took them to Queensland for the Doomben 10000 and the Stradbroke. I am sure Sky Filou dont know if i have spelled it right and another horse same combination (trainer owner) went up there to contest those races

    The other top class horse that wally owned that landed a big plunge in Queensland was a top horse Barrosa Boy-- was the main one your thinking of Spinking.?

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  • ManchildManchild    840 posts
    Stolen thunder sold for $1,000,000.00 
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  • ManchildManchild    840 posts
    Billy Slater owned him
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  • savethegamesavethegame    3,216 posts
    Manchild----- thanks for that remember reading a article regards the sale price-- new it was huge was that at 14 or 15.years of age goggled he competed in 1994 world cup show jumping in Holland, was he sold after that---it looks like went there  to compete with a west aussie lady then sold? or sold prior.
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  • spinkingspinking    4,001 posts
    Thats him STG Barrosa boy
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  • ChrisChris    5,734 posts
    Palma Merenti

    When questioned, trainer attributed the apparent improved performance to freshening the gelding up since its last start performance at Kalgoorlie on 7 June 2020.

    Nothing like tipping them out and letting them rediscover themselves :))
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  • H-BOMBERH-BOMBER    10,567 posts
    Haha I came here to post this. Nothing like a 6 day freshen up.

    Why don't they just say I have NFI why it won? Why does there need to be a reason for the stewards? Not saying anything untoward has happened at all, BUT if there was something surely the testing covers that base? It wasn't 100s into 5s :-??

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  • paraleticparaletic    3,750 posts
    I suppose like humans some days they CBF and some days they can

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  • ThunderstruckThunderstruck    7,696 posts
    That's a classic..i agree too or elaborate and say "I dunno mate its class 2 Kalgoorlie country class laden with inconsistent horses, run it ten times maybe get ten different winners and today it was us" :D

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  • RodentRodent    7,470 posts
    Settling last 7 days ago vs settling outside the leader probably had a lot to do with it.
     I backed it. Why? Only because the price was stupid not because I thought it'd win. 4 starts earlier it beat Regal Counsel by 0.2L in a $40,000 64+ at Kal. 14 days after that Regal Counsel was beaten 0.2L by Platoon!
     How can a horse with that form then be >100-1 in a $14,400 58+ at Kal??? Even 2 starts back finished 2.1L behind Concrete Madame and met it 2kg better this time. How can one be odds-on and the other 100-1???

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