Lilac Stride

[peteboss4]

This mare trialed tue 27th Dec ( 8 days ago) & i honestly was supprised to see her in at Menangle on Friday.....I thought something had gone amiss with her as she trialed very ordinary . She dropped out of the trial after doing no work , even after being smacked on a few occasions the rest ran away from her, beaten 28 mtrs & they didnt break any track records . I'M NOT HAVING A GO AT ANYONE JUST SAYING I AM SUPPRISED SHES RACING FRI .

[A BIT DUSTY]

This mare trialed tue 27th Dec ( 8 days ago) & i honestly was supprised to see her in at Menangle on Friday.....I thought something had gone amiss with her as she trialed very ordinary . She dropped out of the trial after doing no work , even after being smacked on a few occasions the rest ran away from her, beaten 28 mtrs & they didnt break any track records . I NOT HAVING A GO AT ANYONE JUST SAYING I AM SUPPRISED SHES RACING FRI .

It will be a good training feat if she can turn that poor trial around.

[mightymo]

It will be a good training feat if she can turn that poor trial around.

Id suggest there was a good reason behind that trial failure - maybe she was in season??

A week earlier she trialled very well being beaten a neck and going 1.54

[triplev123]

It will be a good training feat if she can turn that poor trial around.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMMBdS6WJe0

[Old Frank]

Id suggest there was a good reason behind that trial failure - maybe she was in season??

A week earlier she trialled very well being beaten a neck and going 1.54

Good point Mighty, we all know how mares can be on one day, completely off the next. It was an average trial on face value though.

Maybe she's trained on since then, maybe Luke upped her work and plus the fact that the race is worth $22k and the field is only a fair with respect that McCarthy's expecting improvement.

As you said, the week before she trialled good in .54 so hopefully she's back on the job tomorrow.

[A BIT DUSTY]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMMBdS6WJe0

Dribble Dribble Dribble

So it wouldn't be a good training feat??????????????

[peteboss4]

Id suggest there was a good reason behind that trial failure - maybe she was in season??

A week earlier she trialled very well being beaten a neck and going 1.54

Thats correct in she did trial in 1.54.6 & yes maybe she was in season but on face value (as Nathan said) I would have been disappointed if she went that far backwards , 7 days after the first trial .

[Don Corleone]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMMBdS6WJe0

Well put Triple.

[triplev123]

Once again...Slim Pickens has shown us the way, Don C. ;)

[William]

Perhaps she'll win hard held by eight metres in 1:53.0

[A BIT DUSTY]

Perhaps she'll win hard held by eight metres in 1:53.0

Be careful about having an opinion on here William Some clown might put a childish youtube site up ,to make himself out to be funny
Luckily (going on the amount of private messages I get about him) most of the readers on here see him for what he is and just ignore he's DRIBBLE

[triplev123]

How are your Banjo lessons coming along Denny?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

[A BIT DUSTY]

How are your Banjo lessons coming along Denny?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1tqxzWdKKu8

Wipe your bottom lip Jamie---------- I can see a big dribble running down it.



http://www.dogbreedinfo.com/images15/DroolMonsterBlackTanCoonHoundGrace.JPG

[triplev123]

Wipe your bottom lip Jamie---------- I can see a big dribble running down it.


[VVV] Oh, obviously you're still having a few difficulties with it. Sorry to hit on a sore spot there Denny.
I understand the Banjo can take many years to master.
Why don't you take a shot at playing... the Lagerphone?
http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/101/a12a900f6b1b7c4b8ddc1ff03500ae7e/l.jpg

[A BIT DUSTY]

[VVV] Oh, obviously you're still having a few difficulties with it. Sorry to hit on a sore spot there Denny.
I understand the Banjo can take many years to master.
Why don't you take a shot at playing... the Lagerphone?
http://a3.ec-images.myspacecdn.com/images01/101/a12a900f6b1b7c4b8ddc1ff03500ae7e/l.jpg

NO SECOND PRIZES JAMIE --------------------------- dribble a little bit more so we can all have another laugh !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[A BIT DUSTY]

WOW I can't handle all this fan mail coming in on private messages, can all you guy's slow down and give me a chance to respond to all your congratulations and well wishes.

After all it was only a picture of a dog dribbling

[aussiebreno]

Private massages from your hand dont count Denny...oh did you say messages my bad

[The Form Student]

Why are people denegrating the comments of another member. A question was raised about a form reversal at a trial. There was input, suggesting the mare may have been in season? Well that could be true, whatever the reason, time will tell. Maybe the first trial flattened the horse, or many other reasons. When doing the form for friday, you should only go on the last performance unless you know otherwise? The best advise is to stay out of the race????

[Just Saying]

Private massages from your hand dont count Denny...oh did you say messages my bad
Post of the day!

[peteboss4]

Even Mick Ko'cass in his form analysis on the race said she was a slightly disappointing last to Our Sixpence in the trial..............ANYONE going to BAG him for having an OPINION . He does use the word DISAPPOINTING , and she was .

[triplev123]

The insanity of the inferences from old mate and the rest of the peanut gallery are two-fold.
Firstly, even if her trial was not particularly sparkling, she was in with 2 other very handy Luke McCarthy trained mares, no less than (Our) Sixpence (1:55.5 & a slate of 39-11-5-2 & $161,657 banked) who won it and Lady Euthenia (1:53.3 & a slate of 34-21-4-0 & $449,065 banked) who finished 3rd also in handy enough time. To top that off, Lilac Stride is exactly not some no name mare. Admittedly she will be 1st up from a spell BUT this will be after stringing 5 or 6 impressive wins together at the end of her last prep. when in against her own sex &/or sex & age group including taking out the 4yo+ Mares Breeders Crown in slashing style. It is not as though this is a mare that has done nothing to date. She's got a 1:54.4 mark, a slate of 47-15-12-7 & $245,448 banked. Big surprise if she wins? Some great training effort to do so off the back of one so so trial? Gimme a break.

[peteboss4]

The insanity of the inferences from old mate and the rest of the peanut gallery are two-fold.
Firstly, even if her trial was not particularly sparkling, she was in with 2 other very handy Luke McCarthy trained mares, no less than (Our) Sixpence (1:55.5 & a slate of 39-11-5-2 & $161,657 banked) who won it and Lady Euthenia (1:53.3 & a slate of 34-21-4-0 & $449,065 banked) who finished 3rd also in handy enough time. To top that off, Lilac Stride is exactly not some no name mare. Admittedly she will be 1st up from a spell BUT this will be after stringing 5 or 6 impressive wins together at the end of her last prep. when in against her own sex &/or sex & age group including taking out the 4yo+ Mares Breeders Crown in slashing style. It is not as though this is a mare that has done nothing to date. She's got a 1:54.4 mark, a slate of 47-15-12-7 & $245,448 banked. Big surprise if she wins? Some great training effort to do so off the back of one so so trial? Gimme a break.

I did not refer to any of your above story Jamie , ALL I said was she went ordinary & was disappointing in a trial , big deal . She is a very good mare , would like one like her myself .

[triplev123]

Similarly Peter, I did not include you in the Peanut Gallery.

[HARNESSTRAGIC]

The insanity of the inferences from old mate and the rest of the peanut gallery are two-fold.
Firstly, even if her trial was not particularly sparkling, she was in with 2 other very handy Luke McCarthy trained mares, no less than (Our) Sixpence (1:55.5 & a slate of 39-11-5-2 & $161,657 banked) who won it and Lady Euthenia (1:53.3 & a slate of 34-21-4-0 & $449,065 banked) who finished 3rd also in handy enough time. To top that off, Lilac Stride is exactly not some no name mare. Admittedly she will be 1st up from a spell BUT this will be after stringing 5 or 6 impressive wins together at the end of her last prep. when in against her own sex &/or sex & age group including taking out the 4yo+ Mares Breeders Crown in slashing style. It is not as though this is a mare that has done nothing to date. She's got a 1:54.4 mark, a slate of 47-15-12-7 & $245,448 banked. Big surprise if she wins? Some great training effort to do so off the back of one so so trial? Gimme a break.

I Must say that was a long winded Defensive and sometime arrogant reply to pettbos4 observation that a trial was disappointing , are you always this quick to jump on other members ,if so I don't think I'll bother putting any of my thoughts on here.

[Danno]

I Must say that was a long winded Defensive and sometime arrogant reply to pettbos4 observation that a trial was disappointing , are you always this quick to jump on other members ,if so I don't think I'll bother putting any of my thoughts on here.

Good idea Ron, you've gotta watch the old triple, if you don't agree with him he'll brand you an idiot/straw man/6 fingered banjo player/cello player in a marching band etc. And whatever you do, don't get all riled up and retaliate, that'll just lead to disbarment.

[HARNESSTRAGIC]

Good idea Ron, you've gotta watch the old triple, if you don't agree with him he'll brand you an idiot/straw man/6 fingered banjo player/cello player in a marching band etc. And whatever you do, don't get all riled up and retaliate, that'll just lead to disbarment.

Thanks for the Tip

[HARNESSTRAGIC]

Danno are you any relation to a Brian Gibson that used to bring a little Horse called Sedats boy ,up here to Tamworth many years ago ( probably 20 or so)

I remember he was only a little bugger who went pretty good.

Ron

[Danno]

Danno are you any relation to a Brian Gibson that used to bring a little Horse called Sedats boy ,up here to Tamworth many years ago ( probably 20 or so)

I remember he was only a little bugger who went pretty good.

Ron

Geez Ron you've got a fair memory, I thought we were the only ones to remember the little horse. Brian is my Dad, the horse you are thinking of was Sedate's Pride, a tiny lttle Chestnut stallion who epitomised the old pharse about " it's not the size of the dog in the fight, it's the size of the fight in the dog".

He was a terrific horse to us, won about a dozen races, several of which were at Tamworth on the old circle track. I actually drove my first two winners on the little fella at Tamworth as well, (16yo....man did I think I was a genious! ha ha took me while to work out that it was more the horse than the driver )

Bit like some of the clowns on here, dunno how many of them have ever worked a horse much less actually had a licence, trained and driven half decent winners, very small percentage I think. It often reminds me of that Banjo Patterson poem " riders in the stand"

anyway thats enough of a whinge from me, thanks for remembering the little horse, like I said he was very good to us all those years ago.

Cheers,

Dan

[clumsy]

Sorry Dan I did not realize you had to be a trainer or driver to know anything about the harness racing industry. I am sure the trainers and drivers would survive without the breeders and owners !!!!!!!!!!!!

[Danno]

Sorry Dan I did not realize you had to be a trainer or driver to know anything about the harness racing industry. I am sure the trainers and drivers would survive without the breeders and owners !!!!!!!!!!!!

Sorry Greg, I didn't mean to offend anyone really, just shooting from the hip, as I'm prone to do every now and then. Without breeders and particularly owners we would not have a game full stop. The punters might tell you something similar, but theres a few of us that are mugs enough to still keep racing horses for fun/ribbons as we would be without the punters. There are a couple a very opiniated people on this forum that are a dead set pain if you're not in their camp, and I was more having a bit of a dig at them, not the whole forum community.

Cheers,

Dan

[tiny]

Looks like the knockers got it wrong again Lilac stride home in fine form like the other four McCarthy horses.

Word is VVV life size brass statue of John dumesny is getting melted down and recast into a giant Luke McCarthy.
His team is in beatable.

[HARNESSTRAGIC]

Looks like the knockers got it wrong again Lilac stride home in fine form like the other four McCarthy horses.

Word is VVV life size brass statue of John dumesny is getting melted down and recast into a giant Luke McCarthy.
His team is in beatable.

Quite the contrary

I think that after reading some earlier member's doubts ,it probably reinforces their suspicions
5 races with runners
5 wins including a trifecta, and quinella
Ron

P.S Tiny would that have been unbeatable or are you happy with in beatable?

[triplev123]

Looks like the knockers got it wrong again Lilac stride home in fine form like the other four McCarthy horses.

Word is VVV life size brass statue of John dumesny is getting melted down and recast into a giant Luke McCarthy.
His team is in beatable.


[VVV] Geeze Andy, not only have you gone and dudded Rex out of his life sized image cast in Bronze & placed prominently upon the lawn but you've briefly tagged John with a life sized Brass number, one which has subsequently been melted down and reformed in the image of the Man from Eglington.;) Luke's team went great today. Somewhat of a reckoning occurred out there today when Lilac Stride saluted. Let's hope that Denny had a few dollars on her as I believe he needs some new bottle caps for his Lagerphone. :rolleyes:

[tiny]

Another outstanding performance in Maitland tonight. 3 out 4 winners is not bad. Lettucerockyou played with them in the intercity cup. Luke McCarty you are a champion.

[dubbodoug]

Another outstanding performance in Maitland tonight. 3 out 4 winners is not bad. Lettucerockyou played with them in the intercity cup. Luke McCarty you are a champion.

The Other One Got Knocked Over At The 1st Turn Picked itself up and still almost won 4th what a trainer

Incredible , Tremendous ,Powerfull, Performance

[p plater]

The Other One Got Knocked Over At The 1st Turn Picked itself up and still almost won 4th what a trainer

Incredible , Tremendous ,Powerfull, Performance

Almost too good to be true

[Messenger]

The Other One Got Knocked Over At The 1st Turn Picked itself up and still almost won 4th what a trainer

Incredible , Tremendous ,Powerfull, Performance

CONFUSED! We seem to have Tragic banned for some reason and yet we have people posting without a name!

[Flashing Red]

CONFUSED! We seem to have Tragic banned for some reason and yet we have people posting without a name!

The admin are not here full time, things get done by the next admin to log on!

[teecee]

CONFUSED! We seem to have Tragic banned for some reason and yet we have people posting without a name!

Go read the complaints page.
Confusion may then be not be the problem you have.

[aussiebreno]

The admin are not here full time, things get done by the next admin to log on!

What? You mean the mods have a life away from the forum? :D

[Just Saying]

There's a complaints page?

[Stonie]

Incredible , Tremendous ,Powerfull, Performance

Interesting use of words and the order they are in.......
I agree but many in here think he is fantastic.

[Messenger]

Go read the complaints page.
Confusion may then be not be the problem you have.

For future reference TC - where do we find that ;)

[mango]

At the bottom of the Harness Forum main page.

[Messenger]

The admin are not here full time, things get done by the next admin to log on!

Truely I appreciate the work of Mods (been a long time BFooty participant where anonimity creates a real headache for them) but wondered how post 35 on here does not get deleted? Do you want people to report such posts to make life easier for you?

ps Having found the Complaints thread (thanks Mango) it would seem real names can produce 'unreal' problems too

[aussiebreno]

Truely I appreciate the work of Mods (been a long time BFooty participant where anonimity creates a real headache for them) but wondered how post 35 on here does not get deleted? Do you want people to report such posts to make life easier for you?

ps Having found the Complaints thread (thanks Mango) it would seem real names can produce 'unreal' problems too
Hey Messenger,
Do you mean to say you are the very Messenger who is mod of General Discussion?

[Old Frank]

I thought this mare was a touch stiff tonight (Menangle 28.01.12)

Sat parked for the first three 1/4's (27.6 / 28.4 / 27.8), got a sneaky in behind leader for a furlong before the top of the lane and then still had the audacity to only go down in the shadows of the post (28.2 final for overall 1.52)

Outstanding run in my opinion as the race never backed off and her performance was tip top.

[broncobrad]

I thought this mare was a touch stiff tonight (Menangle 28.01.12)

Sat parked for the first three 1/4's (27.6 / 28.4 / 27.8), got a sneaky in behind leader for a furlong before the top of the lane and then still had the audacity to only go down in the shadows of the post (28.2 final for overall 1.52)

Outstanding run in my opinion as the race never backed off and her performance was tip top.


Last week I was really disappointed in her after being in the one/one trail and couldn't get near Our Torias Secret in1.54.6 much to the delight of a couple of people on the other side of the ditch. Seemed to me she got every chance again tonight especially with the breather she got. Strike Up The Band ran right up to his usual 1.52.0 and Matty Rue steered him faultlessly. Haven't sacked her yet but its getting closer.

[Old Frank]

Last week I was really disappointed in her after being in the one/one trail and couldn't get near Our Torias Secret in1.54.6 much to the delight of a couple of people on the other side of the ditch. Seemed to me she got every chance again tonight especially with the breather she got. Strike Up The Band ran right up to his usual 1.52.0 and Matty Rue steered him faultlessly. Haven't sacked her yet but its getting closer.



Judging by your comments Brad and assessing this weeks fields, you might be then a run closer to sacking Lilac Stride after she drew terrible in 9.

Our Sixpence drew three (3) with the EM if/when comes out so will start from two (2). You'd have to think she'll be the Our Torias Secret of this week.

I still think Lilac Stride went well the other night, those first three (3) quarters sitting parked would have taken some sting off her, hard to do it for four (4) quarters in sub 28.5.

Our Sixpence though this week for mine from the draw and her win the other night was nice. McCarthy punched her out sharp. She'll be good to go for this week in my opinion.

[mightymo]

Judging by your comments Brad and assessing this weeks fields, you might be then a run closer to sacking Lilac Stride after she drew terrible in 9.

Our Sixpence drew three (3) with the EM if/when comes out so will start from two (2). You'd have to think she'll be the Our Torias Secret of this week.

I still think Lilac Stride went well the other night, those first three (3) quarters sitting parked would have taken some sting off her, hard to do it for four (4) quarters in sub 28.5.

Our Sixpence though this week for mine from the draw and her win the other night was nice. McCarthy punched her out sharp. She'll be good to go for this week in my opinion.

I hope you are right Nathan!:):)

[Harold Parker]

Last week I was really disappointed in her after being in the one/one trail and couldn't get near Our Torias Secret in1.54.6 much to the delight of a couple of people on the other side of the ditch. Seemed to me she got every chance again tonight especially with the breather she got. Strike Up The Band ran right up to his usual 1.52.0 and Matty Rue steered him faultlessly. Haven't sacked her yet but its getting closer.

Parked in 56 running the gate, beaten less than 2m going 52 Flat. You're difficult to please. Tremendous effort IMO.

[broncobrad]

Judging by your comments Brad and assessing this weeks fields, you might be then a run closer to sacking Lilac Stride after she drew terrible in 9.

Our Sixpence drew three (3) with the EM if/when comes out so will start from two (2). You'd have to think she'll be the Our Torias Secret of this week.

I still think Lilac Stride went well the other night, those first three (3) quarters sitting parked would have taken some sting off her, hard to do it for four (4) quarters in sub 28.5.

Our Sixpence though this week for mine from the draw and her win the other night was nice. McCarthy punched her out sharp. She'll be good to go for this week in my opinion.

Thanks for the heads up Old Frank, I will be treading very carefully this week.