Lightning Blue Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 1 hour ago, Double R said: Terror To ???. Smoken ??. Highview ?? Someone else can complete the names. Yeah he sure is a beauty Robert . 3 Nz Cups wins just like 'False Step' at the beginning of the thread. Can 'Copy That' join them with a 3rd Cup this year? TERROR TO LOVE did start in a 4th Nz Cup too. and ran 4th. Bet you can't name the 3 horses that beat him home. ?? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double R Posted August 28, 2023 Share Posted August 28, 2023 Adore Me. Franco Nelson. For A Reason. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted August 28, 2023 Author Share Posted August 28, 2023 7 minutes ago, Double R said: Adore Me. Franco Nelson. For A Reason. Love your work there Robert. you've nailed 3 more Spring Champions and here they come now charging up the Addington straight ... 5 Champions in a row !! Adore Me (Mark Purdon) on the laft side here in photo out wide on the track and winner by a head from John Dunn who tried to steal it in red colours on the right with Franco Nelson. bad luck John. 2nd beaten by Allstars again. A world record time was run in this race too . In the centre is Luke McCarthy for the Aussies in blue/green colours with For A Reason in 3rd... Terror to Love White Bridle 4th . Behind Adore Me is Christen Me with Dexter Dunn driving a close 5th after missing the start. what a great Finish !!🏆 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happy Sunrise Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 21 hours ago, Lightning Blue said: Franco Nelson. bad luck John. 2nd beaten by Allstars again. I backed Franco Nelson. A gutting memory. 7/7 in the betting. 2014 seems like a lifetime ago. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 And Hans Christian in the background further back for your girl Natalie , Lightning 😊. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted August 29, 2023 Author Share Posted August 29, 2023 2 hours ago, Happy Sunrise said: I backed Franco Nelson. A gutting memory. 7/7 in the betting. 2014 seems like a lifetime ago. oh dear . a narrow loss but went Very close. i was on Christen Me and swore black and blue to always take Allstars thereafter. (of course Christen Me then won the NZ FFA on showday 3 days later defeating Adore Me and Franco Nelson . ) and I didn't back up lol. 31 minutes ago, Blackie said: And Hans Christian in the background further back for your girl Natalie , Lightning 😊. The lovely Queensland lass got me good. The Allstars juggernaut that I swore to not bet against again , and yet 4 years after the Adore Me Cup and Natalie is Knocking off all my nice Aussie runner Tiger Tara for Todd McCarthy at' 9-1 odds multi's to win a fortune' by a head . I'm NOT even going to repeat that horses name as too much swearing now 😂🤣 Got a bit of the punishment Happy Sunrise got dished up with Franco Nelson unfortunately. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted August 29, 2023 Share Posted August 29, 2023 The horse with his head down, The Fixer. Good drive by Nats. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 3, 2023 Author Share Posted September 3, 2023 The Fixer taking the Crown there in the Cup of 2018 . This win drained him a bit. as Never won another race in New Zealand after that. Had NO WINS in his last 2 seasons. Here's a photo of todays Spring Champion (On the Left ) and was The FIXER's last start in a race. A gallant 3rd in the centre in R Todd colours after leading. He (The Fixer) had 2 fellow Bettor's Delight (out of Christian Cullen mares) power past him the last bit. I Love this photo as it looks like Mark is looking across thinking "WTF is this guy actually gunna beat me ? " 😆 (a rare occurance 🤣) 1/ Who are the 2 horses defeating THE Fixer ? and hard question 2/ Why was this a unique 'one and only' win for the Victor ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted September 4, 2023 Share Posted September 4, 2023 Pembrook Playboy as a four yr old. Only race he won at the Met. Never won as a five or six yr old. Second was Self Assured. , 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 4, 2023 Author Share Posted September 4, 2023 10 hours ago, Globederby19 said: Pembrook Playboy as a four yr old. Only race he won at the Met. Never won as a five or six yr old. Second was Self Assured. , That's It . Spot on Rees !!. was surprised to learn that was Pembrook Playboy's only Addington win in that Summer Cup (by 1/2 head). defeating two NewZealand Cup winners in Self Assured and The Fixer. He looks very 'stylish' and looked like he could be a Spring Champion too , but ultimately his other 10 wins were all in Southland/Otago so didn't even earn over $200k in stakes, so a bit of a flopperoonie in the end. The second Placed horse in the photo above, SELF ASSURED going on to win The Race, the last two Auckland Cups , The NZ FFA (current Champion of that race in Cup week) ..... Not Just a Spring Champion , but a dead set champion All year round . today's question then . 1/ Who will beat him this year to win the 2023 Nz Cup and be the ultimate Spring Champion 😉? or will they not be able too ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted September 5, 2023 Share Posted September 5, 2023 They won't. It's his year again. Full stop.... 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 6, 2023 Author Share Posted September 6, 2023 15 hours ago, Globederby19 said: They won't. It's his year again. Full stop.... well that was 2020 mate, a while back now,.......Self Assured racing away from Spankem on that occasion. Since then Self Assured has been well beat by Copy That in the past 2 Cups . Pretty sure you're right that Mark won't let that happen a 3rd time lol. Could be the same Driver's Quinella , seems a safe bet, with Mark jumping on this great horse Akuta. (Nat onto Self Assured) So here's the 2023 New Zealand Cup 🏆 preview PHOTO 😂..... (borrowed from another Group 1 race run a year ago). ( Franco Mac kindly 'subbing in' for Self Assured for dramatic purposes in this preview photo lol ) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted September 6, 2023 Share Posted September 6, 2023 4 hours ago, Lightning Blue said: Pretty sure you're right that Mark won't let that happen a 3rd time lol. I hope so. He is an iron horse and can make his own luck ,and at his age tough as teak.If one watches the last two cups you see Copy That stacked them up for the last sprint. The 2021 Cup , Self Assured was midfield then ground around them when the pace went on and didn't give in to run second. In the 2022 Cup ,Self Assured was at one stage 6 back on the inside. Got out with 3/4 of a lap to go when the pace went on, ran out of room on the turn and bobbled, but powered home for a close 5th. He might not be the fastest horse away from a stand, but for mine given a decent run in transit, wins. 54 from 57 in the money says class and one of the best to race in NZ for a while. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 One feature of the Spring Champions is/ was the ability to Win the New Zealand Cup - NZ Free-For-All double in Cup week. The Double Cup winner Lazarus pulled off the double , as well as winning the 2 Main Spring lead up races of the Canterbury Classic and the Ashburton Flying Stakes as he was that dominant over his rivals in recent years. Previously mentioned Spring Champions of the past Cardigan Bay and Lordship pulled off the Big Cup week double Nz Cup- FFA with champion style. Here's some more then.......... Q1/ Who is this grand performer in this great photo , who pulled off the Cup week double ? Q2/ The year before her great rival also won the double . with this horse in photo below 2nd in both races. Who was it that beat her? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Singing canary Posted September 8, 2023 Share Posted September 8, 2023 4 hours ago, Lightning Blue said: One feature of the Spring Champions is/ was the ability to Win the New Zealand Cup - NZ Free-For-All double in Cup week. The Double Cup winner Lazarus pulled off the double , as well as winning the 2 Main Spring lead up races of the Canterbury Classic and the Ashburton Flying Stakes as he was that dominant over his rivals in recent years. Previously mentioned Spring Champions of the past Cardigan Bay and Lordship pulled off the Big Cup week double Nz Cup- FFA with champion style. Here's some more then.......... Q1/ Who is this grand performer in this great photo , who pulled off the Cup week double ? Q2/ The year before her great rival also won the double . with this horse in photo below 2nd in both races. Who was it that beat her? bonnie’s chance and armalight 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 8, 2023 Author Share Posted September 8, 2023 22 minutes ago, Singing canary said: bonnie’s chance and armalight yep . They ran the Quinella in both races for 2 years Straight !! what a great pair they were. 1981 Nz Cup / Armalight 1st - Bonnies Chance 2nd Quinella $42. (Armalight won by 7 lengths) 1981 Nz FFA/ Armalight 1st - Bonnies Chance 2nd Quinella $9.30 1982 Nz Cup/ Bonnies Chance 1st - Armalight 2nd Quinella $6.25 ( Bonnies Chance won by 7 lengths ) 1982 Nz FFA / Bonnies Chance 1st - Armaight 2nd Quinella $3.20 Not long after they also ran quinella in the Nz Standardbred breeders Stakes too. Quinella $1.40 😆 everyone awake to it by then lol. Armalight going on to win the Auckland Cup soon after. Bonnies Chance pipped into 2nd place by Aussie raider Gammalite the previous year , to just deny the great mares the Complete set of Group 1 Features between them..... . 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 11, 2023 Author Share Posted September 11, 2023 Well we can't let the girls have all the fun. A couple of rivals for Delightful Lady , Armalight and Bonnies Chance were a pair of Addingtons favourite Boys. 1/ Here is one now in a great photo powering to victory on Show Day (to take the BIG Nz Cup -Nz FFA double). Who is this star ? 2/ The Horse inside him there running 2nd also Pulled off the Big Double the year before to be a Spring Champion too > Remember Him ? 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackie Posted September 11, 2023 Share Posted September 11, 2023 Yep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 13, 2023 Author Share Posted September 13, 2023 Well no-one has nailed the great Hands Down with Peter Jones , seen winning the Nz FFA over Lord Module in the photo above ,that was just days after the great win over Delightful Lady in the Cup itself. I thought his famous 'telescopic' blinds would of given it away. Neverthe Less , zip forward a few years and Derek is at it again . Now giving Peter the flick and opting for a grand-son to drive instead. 😁 1/ So who is this taking out the BIG Nz Cup - FFA double ? 2/ Who is the Grandson ? 😉 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Globederby19 Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 Blossom Lady and Anthony Butt. Great horse. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Show Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 5 minutes ago, Globederby19 said: Blossom Lady and Anthony Butt. Great horse. and Derek Jones 🙂 Bless 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dancing Show Posted September 14, 2023 Share Posted September 14, 2023 What an amazing family... We have had many in NZ and whilst some may say it's bad for the sport and families look out for themselves .. I think it shows a real love for standardbreds and the beautifully natured horses they are.. except for a few... Sands A Flyin progeny comes to mind 🙂 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lightning Blue Posted September 17, 2023 Author Share Posted September 17, 2023 How chilled is this bloke ? cool as a cucumber..... todays photo Spring Champion had also taken the Big Cup week Nz Cup and Nz FFA Double just a few weeks prior ,, near asleep in the box and shortly after is 'posing for the camera' , getting strapped in to take out the biggest prize-money race ever run in New Zealand at that stage. (He won it easily by lengths) The old Auckland 'block boxes' they had for years , instead of nice race day stalls or barn. The horses used to paw at the walls constantly and drive you up the wall a lot of the time !! probably where that saying came from lol..😂🤣 Rather annoyingly 🤕 this little bloke had knocked off Lightning Blue in the Harold Park time honoured Miracle Mile just a month before this photo too.😀 1/ Who is this weeks Spring Champion ? (clue = with Blue Spots on his colours you can't see here) 2/ What Mighty winning Feat had he pulled off when he Won the race here at Auckland to bring up a Quaddie . ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ngakonui grass Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 LUXURY LINER ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Double R Posted September 18, 2023 Share Posted September 18, 2023 1. Master Mood. 2. N.Z.Cup, N.Z.Free for All, Miracle Mile, and Auckland Cup, all in the same season. Cheers. Robert. 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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