Swayzee

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He deserves his own thread.
I am just catching up
Drawn 14 he toys with them in a sensational Tk Rec on Boxing Day

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=BH261224#BHC26122401

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Grimson and owner Mick Boots opted to skip the Inter Dominion and stay focused on landing the $1 million bonus for winning all five legs of the NSW Carnival of Cups.

Swayzee won the first two at Parkes (September 20) and Young (November 8) and now heads to Tamworth on January 17.

Victory at Tamworth would secure Swayzee at least a $250,000 bonus. That doubles to $500,000 if he can win Tamworth and add Albury on February 14.

All going well, the rising seven-year-old would then be racing for the $1 million bonus at Penrith on March 15.


https://www.harness.org.au/media-room/news-article/?news_id=67929

An old link but so that you remember the important dates

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Swayzee has scared them all off and there is no real opposition for the Tam Cup

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It would seem that I need to become more of a facebooker.
I was wondering where is all the promotion for Swayzee going for $250k worth of bonus at Tamworth tonight
I found it on the HRNSW fb page

https://www.facebook.com/HRNSW

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Well if he is prepared to go around to all these tracks in an effort to win a million bucks , good luck to him.
So if he wins tonight & gets $250,000 he has done his job & honestly only bad luck can beat him tonight.

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The first bonus installment is in the bank.
It could have been interesting if Master Catch had not chopped in front of Cya Art down the back as Cya was making ground very quickly before he did

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=TA170125#TAC17012501

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Just watched the replay .
I think Cameron had to wake him up & he did it easy in the end. He could have gone another lap IMO.

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I think he might be better over another lap :D

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Swayzee To Head West To Tackle The Nullarbor

https://www.harness.org.au/media-room/news-article/?news_id=68270 2536m race

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Swayzee's next challenge for SERIOUS bonus money

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=AL140225#ALC14022501

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Western Sonador scratched so one less to go around. A win tonight guarantees half the Million bonus

It defies belief that this story is nowhere to be seen on HRA's homepage

https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sport/horse-racing/superstar-pacer-swayzee-continues-his-hunt-for-a-1m-bonus-when-he-to-the-border-to-tackle-the-albury-murray-cup/news-story/30f3abe5adcdc1f07665d0b43219704c

Field

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=AL140225#ALC14022501

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https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/sp...65d0b43219704c ..........It defies belief that this story is nowhere to be seen on HRA's homepage

Seriously , what did you expect.


He has some challenges tonight & they will drive to beat him.
Still 10 , the reserve gets a run

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Now 9 with another scratching.

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Catalpa would not have appreciated the Em getting a run
I gave Catalpa a sneaky place chance

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It will be interesting who gets to the front 1st to take the sit on Swayzee.
If Hammer does then he would get a great trip & will be sweating on a run. Cameron is a smart driver , he thinks , so he may not get a run if in fact it is him on his back.

Dropped into Albury once to have a look at the track. Its small with a 180 mtr straight.
Sprint lane???

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No sprint lane so handing up may not be the norm however $10k for second is going to appeal to many

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Half an hour till the Albury Cup
(61 minutes between races suggests there must be quite some show going on)

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Well I did not see that happening. Top drive.

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Not the sort of protest they would uphold but the winner definitely made Swayzee cover over a metre of extra ground by running out throughout the race
Two VERY TOUGH horses

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Will he still be racing for the $500k bonus (instead of the $250k he is already assured) if he wins a 4th cup at Penrith in 4 weeks time

Whatever, David Moran has denied them a shot at a million

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Not the sort of protest they would uphold but the winner definitely made Swayzee cover over a metre of extra ground by running out throughout the race
Two VERY TOUGH horses


500 thousand reasons not to uphold if he protested . Nothing worse than having to cover extra ground by a horse hanging out.

IMO , I think there could have been grounds for one.

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Will he still be racing for the $500k bonus (instead of the $250k he is already assured) if he wins a 4th cup at Penrith in 4 weeks time

Whatever, David Moran has denied them a shot at a million


Not sure , but harness racing NSW might be happy he was beaten do you think?

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Swayzee is in the Renshaw Cup at Penrith on Saturday night
I am assuming that his Bonus will go up from $250k to $500k if he wins it

https://www.harness.org.au/racing/fields/race-fields/?mc=PE150325#PEM15032501

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https://harnesslink.com/australia/hart-has-a-point-to-prove-with-swayzee/


He sure is a good horse now. I would love to see the MM run again with him sitting outside DH.

Lets hope the draw favors him in WA.

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How can a horse race at the absolute top level with rarely an easy run and be contemplating extending his current 6mth campaign to 7 or 8 months?

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How can a horse race at the absolute top level with rarely an easy run and be contemplating extending his current 6mth campaign to 7 or 8 months?



Just a Remarkable trainer Kev.

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:D

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You would think the scratching of no.7 has to make Captain Hammerhead's task much harder and Swayzee's much easier

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You would think the scratching of no.7 has to make Captain Hammerhead's task much harder and Swayzee's much easier


100% agree. If Swayzee can get to the front , it could be all over.

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Wow!!!

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Captain Hammerhead may have cost him getting double the bonus but $½M isn't bad (and going on tonight the Captain will never beat him again)
Cam Hart may have been worried for a second there but he was determined to get in front of him tonight

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Wow!!!

Yes, he nearly took a whole second off Tiger Tara's Tk Rec MR for the distance

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I liked Cya Art for the place (has been running really well of late) - the Quinella paid well