Nifty is doing the right thing by the horse though, traveling 300 miles to talk to owner about her
https://www.harnessracingupdate.com/pdf/hru/hru071223.pdfAlso the Aussies think they have the best pacer in the world. (No surprise an Aussie would think that, they are not short of hyping things up including their rugby team which we beat 9 times out of 10)
Anyway, looks like a really good horse and they may we be right
Wins and accolades
continue to mount for
Australia’s Leap To Fame
Those in the know think he’s currently the top
pacer in the world.
by Adam Hamilton
Is young Aussie star Leap To Fame the best pacer in the world?
That’s the question being thrown around in Australia after the stellar
start to his career and mind-blowing win in the $350,000 Group
1 Rising Sun at Brisbane’s Albion Park last Saturday night (July
.
Many have had their say on where he stands on a global stage
since, but few are as well credentialled as champion driver
Anthony Butt, who has driven in major races in North America
and Europe, along with his Hall of Fame career in New Zealand
and Australia.
Butt also passionately follows the North American scene and
has many friends in the game over there.
“You’d have to say he’s in that discussion [as one of the best in
the world],” Butt said. “Since the retirement of Bulldog Hanover,To Fame is certainly the next big thing Down Under.
What he did at both Redcliffe two starts back [in the Patrons Purse] and
then last Saturday night was out of this world.
Horses can’t do what he did, I’ve said that to everyone. He’s got it all. He’s so fast,
but when it turns into a dogfight, he’s the first one up for it, too.
“He equaled the track record [1:52 mile rate for 2,138m] the
other night, but was three-wide for the first part of it until he
found the front, then he ran his last mile in 1:49.5 without
being extended. Look at the hold Grant [Dixon, trainer/driver]
had on him. It’s crazy to think he can pull away from a field like
that under a hold. He’s got all the makings of a superstar. The
ability, the looks, the presence and the gait… he just does it all
so easily. He doesn’t take anything out of himself.”
Even Dixon, who is renowned for his subdued nature, was
buzzing after the latest win.
“The best part was how easily he did it after the [race] he had and
the times he [posted],” Dixon said. “He felt so strong on the line.”
Leap To Fame’s win was the biggest of his career so far, although
he did win Australia’s three major Derbys (Victoria, NSW and
Queensland) last year. He’s raced just 27 times for 21 wins, four
seconds, a third and a fourth.
