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Messenger
06-05-2021, 09:56 PM
How did Torrid Saint keep R4 when he galloped over the line - the answer is that the slow mo showed he was NOT galloping over the line
We thought this rule applied

Look at the replay

http://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=MX050621#MXM05062103
Messenger
06-05-2021, 10:56 PM
Fantastic to see Chairman of Stewards, Brett Day, come on Trots Vision and explain/show why All Clear was given
Showgrounds
06-06-2021, 12:09 AM
Just watched the replay. Winner appeared to put in two or three roughies before the line but didn't break until after it. All clear in my book.

Unlike trotters any pacer that gains ground by galloping face plate the track.
Messenger
06-06-2021, 12:12 AM
And yet, the rule is for both gaits Trev, so if he had been galloping (and even losing ground) he would have lost the race if the 2nd placegetter was within a body length
Showgrounds
06-06-2021, 05:00 AM
And yet, the rule is for both gaits Trev, so if he had been galloping (and even losing ground) he would have lost the race if the 2nd placegetter was within a body length

For sure, but only a trotter can gain ground. From memory, the rule was altered several years ago and "gaining ground" was dropped so horses of either gate would be disqualified if they gallop across the line.

I remember their was quite a stink at Moonee Valley way back, late 70's or early 80's, when a good trotter galloped for about the last 100 metres and won. It kept the race, courtesy of the stewards. The horse may have been Amazon, can't be sure.
Messenger
06-06-2021, 12:04 PM
Right. Why do they use a galloping pacemaker for exhibition trials?
I remember Amazon but looking him up I didn't remember that he didn't race until he was a 7yo
Showgrounds
06-06-2021, 03:54 PM
Right. Why do they use a galloping pacemaker for exhibition trials?
I remember Amazon but looking him up I didn't remember that he didn't race until he was a 7yo

Gordon Rothacker bred him but couldn't get him right. Bob Conroy took him on and he started racing as an 8 year old racing though to almost 13. 25 wins, his 1:57.7 time trial was the Australian record. Had speed to burn. His most prominent feature was the Murphy blind he wore that was quite prominent outside his left eye.