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How I loved that horse...

Better Loosen Up, Sydeston and Super Impose were starting to emerge early 1990...All went on to bigger and better things..Vo was outstanding in the autumn esp in the Australian Cup..two wins and two seconds..Couldn't win a cox plate and only a solitary win in syd ..Great horse on his day but no match for Blu in 1991

Vo Rogue was better than better loosen up

never good sitting parked out swap the runs around different result

Back when harness racing was a real event !

RIP David Morrow 😮

Doreimus can win The Cup on that run...😊

I was at Caulfield that day to witness this magnificent chestnut win the Futurity. The image of seeing Redelva up close after the race will always be one of my fondest racing memories.

If you ever had the pleasure of seeing this big, beautiful chestnut up close, you will never, ever forget him.

Wow - what names running in that race!!!

Il Vicolo was a funny horse. He was very good but not great. He did sire the very impressive 'Jack Cade', but was a flop at stud.

Same ol Aussies... always cheating.

They were hanging from the rafters that night, took me 3 hours to get home to Bondi.

Wonderful call, remember him displaying similar skill when he called CC to win the Miracle Mile.

This is the G1 field that Better Loosen Up defeated in this race - Horlicks 6 G1 Super Impose 10 G1 Vo Rogue 11 G1 Sydeston 4 G1 Dr. Grace 4 G1 Riverina Charm 4 G1 Kings High 2 G1 Interstellar 1 G1 These horses won 42 G1 including reigning Japan Cup champion Horlicks who held the world record time of 2:22.2 for the benchmark distance of mile and a half. Then of course Australia's greatest achievement in international racing when BLU defeated an international field of 14 other runners when he won the Japan Cup (the long time world championship of horse racing showdown invitational of the world's best) that included 10 other G1 winners that won G1 races in Japan, UK, Ireland, Germany, Italy, Australia, USA and Canada. No other Australian horse has faced and defeated the quality of horses that Better Loosen Up has done.

V. Knight couldn't drive an Inter Dominion winner because he drove like a complete moron every time a perfect example right here wasn't happy behind Village Kid

I met rancho at arrow fields stud in the hunter valley…beautiful laid back horse who loved musk lifesavers😅

Durbridge was a brilliant racehorse......shouldve won a Cox Plate !!!!

Mmm

A double double that will never be seen again

Poetry in motion

What a field of Champions.

BLU the🐐

waitaki warrior double

Must’ve missed this race at the time. I worked for the guy who trained this, just before he turned up. Seems like a life time ago.

Crazy to think that a horse like Schillaci, had the OFHA existed in it's current form, would have struggled to better 117 - 118 in their ratings. Of course, since Choisir cut a swathe through Royal Ascot in 2002 Australian sprinters are held in much higher regard. Although I still think they are somewhat under-rated. The obvious example is Nature Strip, who was assessed to have run 2lb higher at Royal Ascot than in any race he contested in Australia. But I guess it's easier to do that than to have to go back and reassess the likes of Eduardo, Bivouac, Masked Crusader or Classique Legend.

The Sunday news said there the next day ? COX IN THE BOX

I have seen some monster horses race here in the US, Niatross, Niahlator in the 80's, this Courage Under Fire just loves to win, at the top of the stretch his nostrils flare, and he juts his head out, and he is Gone!!

Had to watch again, what a strong little horse, you can see he loves to run!!

Two champs. Both exciting race horses in their own right.

Just watched it again. Couldn't resist it. So memorable. What a champ.

A true champion indeed when you see how he treated another future champion Shakamaka .

My GOAT. 100%.

B. Markovic...champion caller

Finally if u ever come to NZ & talk the crap u have about Sunline u wouldn’t get out the Country alive!

Was just looking at the Australian Thoroughbred Website guess what I found there Hall of Fame Horses there was Happy Clapper Humidor Hartnell & Criterion in there sorry they ain’t & never will be u need to inform them how wrong they r not to have these 4 horses in there u know they won 25% or less of their starts every race they ran in was a Group 1 wasn’t u tell them because u know it all! Then I saw some cat named Sunline 3x Australian Horse of the Year Top rated Turf Mare in the World she was in the Hall of Fame ! Also that other cat Tie the Knot guess what he’s in the Hall of Fame too u know why because they won 13 Group 1 Races each ! Also that Other Kiwi u have never heard or Balmerino is in the Hall of Fame too! So everyone is wrong but u r right please tell everyone your opinion besides myself so we can all laugh at u & your timeform ratings!Mean everything to u! When is a World Record not a World Record apparently when it is achieved by a Kiwi Horse named Horlicks that run is even faster than the Great Secretariet when it won the Belmont! Your Analysis is such crap Usain Bolt sets a World Record in the 100m but no it doesn’t count because the field was weak according to the Timeform Rating sorry a World Record is a World Record that means u went faster than anyone or in particular a Horse over that distance in History so get over it! Broardcast your opinion to everyone let’s all laugh at your statistics! Also u weren’t the best Winx because u never raced the best ! To b the best u have to beat the best she never did beat them in Hong Kong Europe or especially Japan

U still never back up your figures those 4 top line opponents won 41 races in their entire careers that ain’t good enough in anyone’s book 193 Races between them facts no Champions sorry just above average! No reply to why Winx never went overseas? The Diva in Japan your great 3x Cup Winner who Freedman had the Audacity to say was better than Phar Lap now that’s funny!

U still haven’t mentioned the Race records of your Horses sorry Humidor 9 wins 50 Starts Criterion 7 out of 37 Happy Clapper 12 of 48 Hartnell 13 of 58 bro that’s laughable u say they were great what r u smoking none of them won even 30% of their starts in their whole careers all Sunline could do was beat what’s in front of u & she did! Winx overseas not racing why didn’t they u know why they didn’t want to lose the undefeated streak not the other crap they said at the time! The Diva I can’t hear u the 3x Cup Winner smashed in Japan ! Horlicks World Record u know it was 2:22 for 2400m right! Something Winx never did race overseas anywhere & win ! U know the Tennis Analogy is I win the Australian Open Tennis every year but I don’t take on the best in the World namely French Open Us Open Wimbledon also I call myself the best in the World beating a couple of Aussies every year with a couple of overseas players turning up ! Was she a Frankel do u rate him no! Your 4 horses 193 Combined Starts 41 wins I do facts not opinions like u their records r crap go on tell how they were great horses with records like that u can’t & thats why u haven’t! She was great but we don’t know how good she was because she never not once left Australia those Owners did a great disservice to The Australian Thoroughbred Industry! By the Way Horlicks still holds the Record for Tokyo as the course was changed in later years ! Did u know another NZer called Balmerino got 2nd in the Arc which is a higher placing than any Australian horse ever did also probably should of won had a European Jockey on Her & he let her get to far back if it was the Regular Jockey Maurice Campbell he would of had her handier & the Arc was stolen by the Greatest Jockey ever Lester Piggot

So who was the opposition she beat in 4x Cox Plates I’m waiting for u to name any potential Champions or Group 1 Winners she beat in those 4 races plus any other Group 1 Winners of consequence?Sunline Won the Doncaster x2 3year old $2 Favourite & 5year old with a bigger Weight than your Winx had !Here is who she beat in the Cox Plate Bro Tessa Rossa 6x Group 1 Show a Heart 4x Group 1 Sky Heights 4x Group 1 Shogun Lodge 3x Group1 12 x Runner up Group1s oooh & some nobody named Tie the Knot 13x Group 1 Winner in the same race Bro! Still waiting for all the Champions that Winx beat oooh that’s right only Sdyney & Melbourne but a World beater in your own backyard! Please list her opponents & how many Group 1s they all won so U can prove me wrong but I think not that’s why u haven’t in your little rant!

That 1999 Cox Plate Field have a look at it Tie the Knot Shogun Lodge Tessa Rossa Show a Heart Sky Heights did the Great Winx ever I say ever race a Field of that calibre? The Answer is no u know it everyone knows it except the Stupid Aussie Public who think she was the best she was against rubbish in her own backyard! Like your Gold Medals at the Olympics Australia u thought u did well u did but 18 sorry u have 5x the Population of NZ we won 10 bro so u have to equate that to 5x our 10 which puts u at 50 gold Medals so u r way inferior to the Best Summer Olympic Nation in the World New Zealand for the Last 2 Olympic don’t feel inferior we beat everyone convincingly America 70x the Population had to win 700 Gold Medals alas like Australia we kicked your arse

That’s 5 Group 1s in Australia & NZ bro which was good enough to b Australian Horse of the Year Venandercross a fact Fact 2 who was No 1 in the 2002 Doncaster u guessed it Sunline equal top weight as a Mare! U haven’t mentioned about the Champ Winx never won a Handicap Race?Right silence is deafening & where did she race again oooh that’s right Victoria & Sdyney they don’t race thoroughbred horses anywhere else but there ! Wasn’t Sunline the highest rated Mare in the World & 3 x Australian Horse of the Year & had the Prizemoney record those r facts bro not opinions & they way u r rubbishing NZ horses pull your head in Rising Fast onwards NZ used to dominate your Melbourne Cup either NZ owned or bred horses won that race for 40 years bro go back & have a look like u did with Sunline No1 2002 Doncaster oooh Tie the Knot Shogun Lodge that’s right they only won like 13 Group 1s between them have a look at the fields she beat than look at the Champions Winx beat I can’t remember 1 yes A Group 1 horse that Winx beat that won more than say 5 Group 1s no they were all crap small fields she never had to worry about getting into trouble because they were inferior & there was only 6-8 of them it’s hilarious actually

Was the Horse of the Year 92/93 Bro not a Journey Man U know how much prizemoney that journey man won exactly?The Group 1s no u do your History bro U don’t win the Australian Horse of the Year if u r a Journeyman plus he then was injured a lot he was horse of the year when he was 4

Overrated, but a very handsome looking dude.

Alby Gain, I still believe he is the better caller than those we have.

What a little champ so good to be able to go back and watch his,and his half Brother's racing Christian Cullen was another awesome Kiwi Champ,loved them both, actually glad they never raced each other, Because I loved them both equally, RIP Both champions, always a pleasure to look back and know the, enjoyment you both brought us 💯👍🇳🇿🇳🇿🇳🇿

Commentator thought Surprise Package "can't go on".

Well done Hilton Donaldson - great call. We need you back in the seat fella.

Al those zabeels were gorgeous

Absolute brilliance- a large number of that lot would win the plate these days. Great footage, great call, great horses

Wow I tipped suprise package that night from memory he payed $34 I never had a cent on him.