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    Early 4yo Aveiro's 3rd win at his 17th start was fast for Shep - rating 1.54.5 (the Tk Rec is 1.53.9)
    Placegetters Shark Port and Goes Boom were every bit as good a runs as they did more work

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#SPC20091905
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    Lumineer's 1.56.5 for 2180m at Terang tonight equalled the Tk Rec
    (mind you Maretai's time for 2680m in the cup this year is faster)

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#TEC01101902
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    Deedenuto's 1.55.6 for 2100m at Geelong tonight took 0.5 secs off the Tk Rec

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#GEC31101902

    Extra good when you consider he drew SR5 and spent the first lap 3W
    He got challenged in Q3 and then still found in the home str to hold them off
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    For an early 3yo having his first start
    Born To Be Watched's 1.55.0 at the relatively slow course Cranbourne was a most impressive debut

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#CRC24111907
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    Quote Originally Posted by mightymo View Post
    Size has become less and less relevant, other than in a few peoples heads. As the breed has improved and the times and tracks have got faster, the smaller, more compact horses have come to the fore. The bigger horses simply cant bang out the miles week after week.

    Baby Bling is only small and Bling it on is not much bigger
    I'm NOT QUITE SURE, why, "bigger horses" would be at a disadvantage, "banging out the miles" !!??
    Depending on ANATOMY (hence, length of stride, then, the strides per mile theory) would suggest, a bigger long striding horse would/should beat a smaller horse.....However, as history HAS PROVEN, smaller horses have come home first plenty of times, enough to make the breed evolve faster and faster (Chicken and egg Quandary, again), with more and more 'smaller sized' horses have come to the top...
    Size of Horse, I feel, means Nothing....assuming everything structurally being relative to each other....Size/Frame/stride/bone.....one without the others is useless.
    Before Bettor's Delight blew all the previous "Size Matters" protagonists out of the water, there was Cam himself, most of his sire sons, Good Time ect in USA and in Oz, who can forget Courage under Fire, Sinbad, Quinny, Koala King and so on......If Memory Serves, U.Scott and Light Brigade were only about 15h......but I stress, I am memorizing here...
    Little Horses ARE just "Scarier" to drive Flat out around the smaller bends...they do create a "Buzz".....even for someone like me that has no adrenaline production!....

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    Joe Nien's 1.55.0 for 1755m at Echuca tonight would have to be a Tk Rec

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#ECC12121901
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    Arggghhh's 1.53.7 in the last at Yarra Glen today broke the Tk Rec

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#YGC13121902
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    All 3 track records broken at Elmore yesterday in Races 2,3 & 6

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...s/?mc=EE261219

    And at Ballarat The Storm Inside ran a sensational 1.50.7 to break the Tk Rec

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#BAC26121901
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    I have been told that new Elmore best times will not be recognized as records due to changes to pegs and there has not been an official re-measure
    You would think the measure could be done retrospectively and the times recognized if the measure provides confirmation

    A great call in the Cup by Luke Humphreys and I think Shannon O'Sullivan would have been worried as to whether her salute was a little early

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...19#EEB26121902

    While at Stawell today Marjorie Jean over 1785m and Keayang Blinky over 2180m were only 0.4 and 0.3 off the Tk Records

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...s/?mc=SW271219
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    I sometimes think the improvement in times in Australia in the last decade has been staggering

    I look at Kilmore today, a 3yo having his first start sits in the death and rates 1.55.6
    Kilmore is not a fast track. Bitobliss holds the Tk Rec at 1.53.4

    http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fie...20#KIC02012005
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