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4 minutes ago, Lightning Blue said:

Well it after that great tussle (lol) , time for a 'T' for Teerrific Pacer.?

This guy set history alight !! and blazed a trail for many more to follow .............

Who is he ? and what was that history making Achievement ?

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Tactician. The first horse trained at Methven to win a Interdominion final.

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Great work there with spotting up TACTICIAN and he did win a 2mile Interdominion at Auckland off 18yards, defeating the mighty Johnny Globe off his huge 48yard handicap.

At Addington 1957, TACTICIAN was the first horse in Nz or Aus to Win a registered Race breaking the 2.00 minute Mile . (quite a few more followed lol)  a tremendous honour for him .   

They had some sort of run-up start  !!!!  lol.. Tactician beat False Step by a nose in 1.59.8  

The seven horses that had broken 2.00 mile previously to that day, were ALL in Time Trials. They were Highland Fling, Haughty, Gold Bar, Ribands, Johnny Globe , Avian Derby who was the first in Oz, and Lawn Derby (the first 2.00 min horse in Nz .) 

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Well to 'T' out for the day, was great to see Robert had nominated TACTILE ,a rival of Cardigan Bay all over Nz and Oz , and able to take home a total of 5 Derbies for Robert Cameron.

And some great NZ Cup winners too like Trusty Scot, True Averil and throw in THUNDER for Cecil Devine , a member of his Grand 6 Cup wins, and Thunder beat champ 'Caduceus' in the Cup by 6 lengths too , so that is a pretty Big Win ? 

The TERROR loved by everyone with his 3 NZ Cup wins , so nice to finish with a nice photo of the little champ .

Terror To Love.

Song penned for Terror to Love | Stuff.co.nz

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