All Time Favourite Harness Horse
 

Who is your all time favourite harness horse and why?

For me it's hard to split. Blacks a Fake, Elsu and Golden Reign are 3 that spring to mind. If pressured for one i'd have to say Blacks a Fake. Until last season l probably would have said Elsu but winning 3 interdoms in a row and the way he won the Hunter this year were breathtaking wins.

I'd be interested to hear other peoples opinions.

My recent favourite harness horse is Robin Hood. Big Heart and great racer. My all time favorite would be Westburn Grant saw him race in the flesh at Gloucester Park in 1991 Benson and Hedges Cup beating Village Kid, Sinbad Bay, Thorate, It's Motor Power...etc.

I've got to agree with you on Robin Hood, he's all heart. Peter Tonkin did an amazing job to rehabilitate him after all the injuries he had as a young horse and the troubles he had with quarter cracks leading up to his best win (in my opinion) the 2007 Victoria Cup beating Smokin Up and Sting Lika Bee. Imagine if he had have stayed injury free he could have been anything.

As for Westburn Grand i'm sad to say l didn't start following harness until 1993 when l was 15 so l can't comment on him and others of his time unfortunately. It's a shame because l missed a great era of harness racing and l would have loved to have seen horses the calibre of him, Poppy and Maori's Idol in the flesh.

Must say My fav would have to be 'Blacks a Fake'. Such a tough horse!!

But i do really like 'Flashing Red'...tons of talent and guts to match!!

And a couple of others i really like are Sting Lika Bee and recently Lombo Pocket Watch.

Lombo Pocket Watch is in the top 2 three year olds l have ever seen the other one being Courage Under Fire. Very hard to split the two although l would say the opposition CUF beat l rate higher than the opposition LPW had to contend with.

SLB and Flashing Red, two super horses who just got better with age. Numerous Group 1's between the two of them. My favourite wins of the two would be Flashing Red's NZ Cup where he lead for most of the race, Winforu took the lead off him with 400 to go and he came off the inside and ground Winforu into the ground in a 55 last half.

As for the Bee you couldn't go past his Hunter Cup win in 07. Coming from near last of the back of the train and storming down the straight to win, one of the great Hunter Cup moments.

My current fav...Lombo Pocket Watch...
My past fav...Paleface Adios...
240 Starts:
108 Wins
43 Seconds
26 Thirds

My fav "local" horse..."The Dopey Prince "

My fav sire...STRAPHANGER USA


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Spent a lot of my youth over on the "ledger" at Harold Park, saw a few Miracle Miles and an Interdominian there. Favourites for memory, I saw the beautiful brown "Gammalite", Koala King, Gundary Flyer, Garry's Advice, Popular Alm, the old veteran "Double Agent", thers a few more but the memory is fading. Shame as the trots have lost it aura now.

My favourite was the Victorian "Gammalite", always honest and tough.

great stuff zoe,
i my self use to watch them from the top of the hill near the police boys club until i won my price for a hot dog as a youngster.

my favs were Village kid,bag limit,goldrush girl,rowleyella,thorate

I've never been right into the trots, but I remember years ago when the ABC televised the legs of the double from Harold Park on a Friday night. I used to have a bet for an interest so I could watch them go around. I would have to say my favourite was Friendly Footman as I was on him when he won the Miracle Mile (I think) at around 10-1.

You can't beat a really good night like Victoria Cup night at the Valley. Hunter Cup during the day just doesn't have the same feeling about it as it did when it was held at night.