In The Sulky Forum
General Category => General Harness Racing Discussion => Topic started by: Headpole Dave on July 15, 2012, 07:41:11 PM
-
Anyone happen to catch this race? WOW, what a horse race! One of the absolute best stretch drives I've seen in a VERY long time. Foiled Again went an amazing mile and came first over against the best free for all pacer that's been rolling. I watched the slow motion replay and I wasn't able to pick it out... Betterthancheddar edged him out and just missed setting a Canadian and Track record by a fifth of a second. I thought it was a dead heat to be honest.... Fantastic horse race, and one of the few where I didn't mind losing money. Great race... Should never have counted old Foiled Again, the horse is an absolute warrior.
As Brennan said: "I thought I had Foiled Again put away after coming first over around the last turn, but the horse has won 4 million dollars and he's a classy animal, but my horse battled to the end. It was close." (Paraphrased, not word for word).
-
Sounded like a good one!
Know where we can find a replay? Can't find one on TwinSpires. slaphead
-
Found it!
http://rcentertainmentcentre.ca/rcn_stream.html
-
Great race!
Dave, had you not mentioned who won, I would've thought that Foiled Again got up. It was that close!
-
Highway robbery! Photo below was taken with my cell phone camera of my laptop screen. FA is #7.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x167/tonyb147/horses/2012-07-15213620a.jpg)
-
Sheer Canadian buggery!
-
Highway robbery! Photo below was taken with my cell phone camera of my laptop screen. FA is #7.
(http://i183.photobucket.com/albums/x167/tonyb147/horses/2012-07-15213620a.jpg)
Boycott Molson Ale!
-
Mount a Mountie!
-
Our beer is much better than your American swill rflmao1
After watching the replay multiple times, I still don't see any difference at the wire. I thought it was a dead heat last night and I think its a dead heat today. That photo at the wire (what did you take the picture with a toaster?) all but confirms it IMO. I don't think Foiled Again got by Betterthancheddar... But he damned well finished exactly with him...
Still one of the best stretch drives/races that I've watched in a long time. Both of those horses went huge miles.
-
Another reason every track should have shutter cam like Los Al
Watching the replay, I thought cheddar won the race looking at the video in the upper right, the other one looked like Foiled if one finished above the other.
-
Looks to me that Better got him by a whisker.
-
Both Horses raced amazing but Cheddar won
(http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/files/2012DesSmithPhoto.jpg)
-
thumbsup
That is the most clear cut picture I've seen.
Would be considered the "finished print"?
-
thumbsup
Would be considered the "finished print"?
From: http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/news/7-15-12/betterthancheddar-wins-thriller-des-smith-classic.html (http://www.standardbredcanada.ca/news/7-15-12/betterthancheddar-wins-thriller-des-smith-classic.html)
-
That was a horse race.....none any gamer than Foiled!
-
That print is the first one I have seen that even looked like Cheddar won the race. That has to be the print! If so, I hereby apologize to the judges at Rideau Carlton, but they do need to fix that wire so it's at a decent angle.
slaphead.
-
(what did you take the picture with a toaster?)
I don't care who you are: That right there's funny! rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1
-
I don't care who you are: That right there's funny! rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1
rflmao1 rflmao1 rflmao1