Quote Originally Posted by Old Frank View Post
Maori's, c'mon mate, your nuthugging for this horse has gone too far and your not even making correct statements.

The FFA I assume your referring was the 2009 edition (I was there)

Awesome Armbro WAS NOT a stablemate of Monkey King, it was in fact a stablemate of Changeover. Both were driven by the brothers, Butcher (David and Phillip) and both were trained by Geoff Small.

The caller did say at the 600mtrs that the race was being set up for Monkey (1 out/2back) however he was stating in the context due to such a hot speed which in turn would suit a horse like Monkey (coming off his NZ Cup win a couple of days prior).

It was quite clearly obvious that Small and the Butchers were working to bring Reactor undone for Changeover (1 out/1 back) however Monkey didn't follow their script and wrote his own and raced pass the lot of them.

If your going to charge in here defending Reactor and trying to bag Monkey, at least have your facts right as you look the right dick making clear accusations yet you can't even quote the right horse or stable!

Final Placings / Driver / Trainer -

Monkey King - R.May / B.Hill
Nearea Franco - C D Thornley / S.M. McRae
Changeover - D Butcher / G C Small
Mr Feelgood - A Butt / Butt & Anderson
Auckland Reactor - M Purdon / M Purdon & G R Payne
Awesome Armbro - P A Butcher / G C Small
Yeah I rightly buggered that up don't have a problem with publicly admitting when I make a mistake.
Was somewhat rushing to reply to Harold re that race and when I was writing something seemed not quite right but I knew the essence of my story was correct re team driving trying to bring down the Reactor. No big deal for me Nate.

And by the way I did not "charge in here" defending Reactor, I'm participating in a forum so settle down on the dramatics.

And lastly I haven't attempted to "bag" Monkey in any statement, I have simply pointed out the 7/11 winning stat Reactor has over him. That's a stat Nathan not an opinion. My opinion of the Monkey is that he is a Champ. He's done fantastic things no doubt, u can't deny facts of what he has done.
Shame u can't accept Reactor is better than what u give him credit for. But we are all welcome to our opinions and that's what this forum is all about.
Who cares how much the media pumped him up years ago, personally Nathan I make my own opinion of how good a horse is by what I see them do on the track, I don't make my decision by what I read in the paper, so I don't understand why people get upset with the HORSE, get upset with the over exaggerating over hyping media.