Arrived at Jimmy Takter’s on the 31st
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Arrived at Jimmy Takter’s on the 31st
Safe and sound, I believe. Let's hope he can settle in quickly and resume training pretty soon.
The quarantine period for imports into the US must be pretty short....
Won a qualifier at the Meadowlands in 1:48.3
Oh nice, 25.3 last quarter is flying
I can see why Trump gets upset about Fake News, they are still calling Lazarus the richest of all time from the southern hemisphere. A quick Google of official Australian sites would tell them he is 3rd at present. They just report hearsay as fact without proper research.
Yep, they just keep on writing it and saying it. I have Tweeted several times (as have some other Aussie and Kiwi Tweeters) correcting them and sending a link to the official list showing BAF and ITMQ way ahead of Lazarus in stake money earnings. I even tweeted "Fake News!", but it all seems to fall on deaf ears because nothing has changed (sigh). I even find myself having a smidge of sympathy for President Trump! I think both he USTA and the Canadian equivalent should publish something on heir websites correcting this repeated untruth. What next? Maybe Foiled Again hasn't won his 100th race after all.....or Greyhound was actually a dog....or Adios Butler wore a tuxedo....or Bret Hanover was a mare.... Niatross was a donkey and Somebeachsomewhere only had three legs. You get my drift.
I see you have commented on the Harnesslink article. Good on you.
Forgot to say, Lazarus did look fantastic in the qualifier win. If Takter and Gingras are to be believed (and I think they at least, can be) then Laz is well on track to improve and give the big stakes races an almighty shake and possibly threaten the world mile record of 1:46, currently held by Australian legend and the fastest horse ever, Smoken Up*.
*Only kidding, just thought that perpetrating a mistruth was a current trend. Always B Miki is the world record holder for one mile.
Perhaps we shouldn't be throwing too many stones as there are Australians, including the chairman of HRA, claiming 100% Australian bred for Aldebaran Parks 2yo trotting colt that won a qualifier on the same card as Lazarus.
Australian born absolutely, but the product of frozen semen imported from the U.S. and a mare herself imported from the U.S. Aldebaranwalkabout and his owner Duncan McPherson have my 100% support for their endeavours in the U.S. but leave me out of the 100% Australian bred claims
You are right, Dot. I therefore also cast my stones towards my fellow countrymen who choose to interpret what "Australian bred" means. No doubt they could argue the point by saying where Alderbaranwalkabout was born is enough to claim him as Australian bred.
I am not saying there is any deliberate intent to deceive on the part of the various North American commentators and scribes who state the untruth (I don't even label it a lie) about Lazarus, just that they are wrong in restating what they have been told (and clearly believe it is the truth), and that they should retract their previous incorrect information and replace it with fact.
I think perhaps the U.S. Commentators press release lost a word in translation- "entire" for the other two were altered if I'm not mistaken. However if it's any consolation, probably not, just part of the confusion in switching countries with horses, they can no longer claim Lazarus as the richest entire by Bettors Delight as the official records have changed his earnings to US dollars which puts him behind All Bets Off.
Australian born for Aldebaranwalkabout - 100%, Australian bred by virtue of his place of birth - yes that's acceptable, but the 100% Australian bred will always be a long bow to draw IMO, regardless of what official conventions may apply.
Read that Smoken is the World mile record holder in 1.46
see Lazarus thread Post 47
http://www.harnessracingforum.com/sh...6579#post56579
Don't worry TC - just being silly and will delete/correct soon ;)
I understand SU’s record was set on a half mile track and in a 17 horse field. The official winning margin over the second placed horse, Whataloadabull, was 55 lengths.
In the lead up to the race, there were reports that he was flying
I seriously wonder if we can believe any of the times that come from the US. They treat the truth so loosely. Do they officially measure their tracks ? Are their timers calibrated ? That's the impression sloppy journalism gives me anyway !
We can watch him live on Sky1 at 11.50am on Saturday morning
http://www.harnesslink.com/Australia...atch-live?play
Yes from the visitors draw, outside of the front row!
Don't forget fans - Lazarus at 11.50 AEST tomorrow on Sky 1 (if you don't have Foxtel you can still get it from their website if you have a TAB account to log on with)
http://skyracing.com.au/index.php?co...=content&id=97
WINS the Dan Patch on US debut.
Time nothing special by their standards (1.48.8 our timing) but he had to work from 9 in taking the lead
1:48.8 wire to wire. He's still got it.
Importantly, the opposition never seemed a chance. It's pretty hard to line up the form and abilities of horses from different hemispheres but, on today's race, Laz is King.
Was a bit worried when I saw that the Kiss of Death had tipped Laz but he went real nice
I was a bit worried that we were not going to see the race on Sky1 because of a clash with NZ gallops race at Riccarton!
But the amount of lead in time the race got was equal to an INTER
No doubt had to do with nothing having started in Australian Capital cities at that time
But if Sky stay on board Lazarus in the Northern hemi might do as much for Southern hemi harness as he did down here
Canadian Pacing Derby next
$100 on the nose Rich?
It should not be mind boggling for Lazarus to reach 1.46 ish as My Field Marshall has run 1.46.9 at Menangle
Except for the fact that we know the mile is NOT Lazarus's best distance
Time trial at the Red Mile may be worth some consideration in the future
For sure Jim
Do we Kev? We know Laz wasn't as effective over a mile as he was over a longer journey when he was trained by Mark Purdon for racing under Australian and NZ conditions. And the miracle mile was always at the end of a campaign (which made Soho Tribecas effort even more remarkable because he'd had as tough a season as Laz)
But trained by Takter and driven by Gingras specifically for mile racing and he may be far more adept at a mile now then in the past. Gingras has suggested he's capable of a 1:46 mile but needs the other horses to push him and that might be the problem if this is not a strong crop of open class horses.
More likely to be a race at the red mile they'd target then a time trial I'd think. Dont think time trials are in vogue much anymore, is a galloping pacemaker permitted?
He certainly wont be trained for anything else over there Dot. I could amend my post to - "He wasn't considered exceptional over the mile here"
Canadian Pacing Derby
Post time: 07:10 P.M. Lasix: 02:55 P.M. Horses Entered: 10
1 Split The House(L) B Miller C Oakes
2 Lazarus N Y Gingras J Takter
3 Mcwicked(L) D Miller C Coleman
4 Rockin Ron(L) L Roy R Burke
5 Filibuster Hanover Y Gingras R Burke
6 All Bets Off(L) M Kakaley R Burke
7 Nirvana Seelster(L) Trev Henry W Budd
8 Sintra(L) J Jamieson D Menary
9 Dr J Hanover(L) B Miller T Alagna
10 Western Fame To Be Announced J Takter
Race 1 - Retention Barn - All horses
Interesting. 70% of the field racing on Lasix.
It must be like taking vitamins for insurance over there Trevor. I clicked on the fields for their 10 race program today - every single horse listed as being on Lasix
https://woodbine.com/mohawk/race/#!/WOH/All/2018-08-28
Here is the link for the free program for the meeting (Lazarus R8) BUT it does not state the race times!
It would appear that the meeting begins at 7.10pm (post time) and with Toronto 14hrs behind us that would be 9.10am Sunday AEST here with Lazarus's race closer to midday I guess
https://woodbine.com/wp-content/uplo...2018-09-01.pdf
Details of the Lazarus start times:
"...With improved fitness and a far better barrier (gate two) against a similar field, Lazarus is TAB’s $1.45 favourite to repeat the dose at 11.45am AEST Sunday.
Such was the buzz created by Lazarus’ debut US win, Sky Racing 1 has cleared a 30-minute window to take the Canadian showcase coverage of the Derby from 11.30am...."
Thanks Steve
They are saying disappointing - it is most disappointing for the sport downunder if the bubble has burst