Видео

As much as I love Chautauqua , saying he is the best sprinter ever to race is a tad colossal. Black Caviar and WInx were better out and out sprinters!

Actually this was her 1st Oakleigh Plate in 1971, not her 2nd one in 1972....Sorry bout that, with Cheers from Damo.

As I wrote recently on another dual choice video, she was by showdown a top class English horse, infact she was in showdowns first crop a truly great sire, although through many unsound horses among them. He stood at stockwell stud diggers rest Victoria for an enormous stud fee for those times.

@@iansmith587 Yeah Ian, Showdown produced Many Champs and some Very Good Gallopers, as well....Tontonan and Toy Show were Champions along with Dual Choice, but Royal Show, Silver Sharpe, Show Ego, The Judge and Ease The Squeeze were Pretty Good, as well...Probably The Last Really Good Horse that Showdown Produced was Love A Show, who won the 1983 Blue Diamond and then ran a close 3rd in The '83 Golden Slipper, when she was on the Melbourne Leg the whole way...She wud have Won, if she cud have changed over to the Sydney Leg....It was Her last Start, as she Injured Herself in the Race, but soundness was a problem for all of Showdown's Progeny, as U said Ian.....Cheers from Damo.

Oops, forgot Leica Show, who was a Champion Mare by Showdown that Won the '74 Wakeful Stks and '74 VRC Oaks...She went on to win Many Sprint Races, such as the '75 William Reid Stks, The '75 Canterbury Stks, The '76 Alister Clark Stks and was narrowly Beaten in the '76 Lightning Stks and '76 Newmarket H'cp.....Cheers from Damo.

Aussie gun race horse

Australia best sprinter to ever race!! CHATAUQUA

U do realise his still learning? They are learning each other? His a horse off the track that didn’t want to be ridden anymore. Fair to say that ur judgment on the rider is is completely wrong. Everything u have tried to run the rider down for will come later on. Taking a horse like this off the track and turning it over to a new discipline AINT no easy task. How’s about some positive vibes

yes, looks great but as a dressage champion. What a wonderful and friendly creature!

@@MollyGrue1 so he is doing dressage not show jumping?

@@dianehenkel9088 what is he doing in the video? Do you see him do one single jump? Did I miss something?

@@MollyGrue1 I thought he was being trained as a show jumper. Other people are saying he is going to trained for dressage so I really don’t know. Dressage is so disciplined with precise movements. Chautauqua has a mind of his own. I think it would be easier to transition into show jumping but who knows.

@@dianehenkel9088 look, classic dressage is just like "tuning" comunication between horse and rider, or gymnastics for the sake of the horse to keep it fit. In fact, even the most famous show jumpers had solid "dressage" training and it did them well. What you see in the world class dressage is just "show" - and often has nothing to do with the classic way of horse training developped by guys like Pluvinel or Guerinière in 17th century france - or based on antique greek Xenophon who was the first to write about it. In the clip, Chautauqua moves easily, without pressure or tight reins. I think he has a beautiful (yet strong) character and responds well to being treated well. He moves like all horses like to do in a natural way. Down on the race track, he just defended himself before being destroyed. Maybe he had a heart-, or lung- or leg-problem nobody knew about, and hurt? Maybe he was just fed up with being whipped during finish while running his butt off anyway? Headstrong horses are quite ok - I had one for 26 years. You have to win them over, to convince them to work for you. Comittment is no one way road. they just turn around if you are not with them a 100% and thats their bl*** right. They risk their bones for us humans.