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Fuguzzi

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1968 Hambletonian
« on: August 17, 2023, 03:48:20 PM »
Mile track at Duquoin   Nevele pride and Stanley Dancer    28.1 pushing the car out of the way from the rail goes wire to wire and nobody pulls ever until the top of the stretch when he is ahead by 9 lengths

28.1  1.00   1.30.4  1.59.2    I understand the era, but a middle half in almost 1.03 and the field lost contact

Just felt like contributing this considering he trotted in a mind boggling 1.56.4 on the relatively "slow" half mile track at Saratoga

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #1 on: August 17, 2023, 04:06:43 PM »
Here's a link for both heats for that Hambletonian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmsF1WPXM4I

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #2 on: August 17, 2023, 04:49:36 PM »
Here's a link for both heats for that Hambletonian

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JmsF1WPXM4I

 ngc3 Stanley wins the Hambletonian and doesn't even climb of the bike in the winners circle

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #3 on: August 17, 2023, 05:12:24 PM »
ngc3 Stanley wins the Hambletonian and doesn't even climb of the bike in the winners circle
Stanley had severe back pain all his life.
If you look close, he is wearing a back brace.
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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #4 on: August 17, 2023, 05:22:29 PM »
Here is some Hambo trivia for ya.
What driver won the Hambo with is foot in a cast?
I am just an old horse trainer still going around in circles. Sometimes Fast. Sometimes Half-Fast.

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #5 on: August 17, 2023, 05:37:49 PM »
Stanley had severe back pain all his life.
If you look close, he is wearing a back brace.

I remember hearing that a long ago. Gee, now I feel like an asshole. Sorry Stanley, in case you're reading the plop from the great beyond

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #6 on: August 17, 2023, 05:42:56 PM »
Here is some Hambo trivia for ya.
What driver won the Hambo with is foot in a cast?
John Campbell?

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #7 on: August 17, 2023, 07:00:03 PM »
John Campbell?
Maybe, but not the one I am thinking of.
Hint,
The one I am thinking of was also in the race with Nevele Pride.
This old man stayed sitting in the bike in the winners circle too.
His crutches were left in the paddock.
I am just an old horse trainer still going around in circles. Sometimes Fast. Sometimes Half-Fast.

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #8 on: August 17, 2023, 08:00:14 PM »
Here is some Hambo trivia for ya.
What driver won the Hambo with is foot in a cast?

Sanders Russell…… A C’s Viking

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #9 on: August 17, 2023, 08:04:13 PM »
Sanders Russell…… A C’s Viking
Right you are my friend!
I am just an old horse trainer still going around in circles. Sometimes Fast. Sometimes Half-Fast.

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #10 on: August 17, 2023, 08:19:26 PM »
Sanders Russell…… A C’s Viking

A C's Viking was a WAR HORSE!
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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #11 on: August 18, 2023, 01:59:31 AM »
Mile track at Duquoin   Nevele pride and Stanley Dancer    28.1 pushing the car out of the way from the rail goes wire to wire and nobody pulls ever until the top of the stretch when he is ahead by 9 lengths

28.1  1.00   1.30.4  1.59.2    I understand the era, but a middle half in almost 1.03 and the field lost contact

Just felt like contributing this considering he trotted in a mind boggling 1.56.4 on the relatively "slow" half mile track at Saratoga
Dancer wa a known juicer. He was a chemist ahead of his time
Johnny Johnson fucked up Chicago harness racing. I hope you die !!!!

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #12 on: August 18, 2023, 04:36:27 AM »
Right you are my friend!

What many people don't know about Sanders Russell is that he "found" Hal Tryax (spelling may be off), and bought him for around $1500.  Raced him and sold him to New Zealand interests, and that horse became a key part of the "backbone" for Down Under breeding, becoming the sire of Robin Dundee, Cardigan Bay and so on.

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Re: 1968 Hambletonian
« Reply #13 on: August 18, 2023, 01:16:22 PM »
Damn y’all are old. Lol

 

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