Talk about over use of the wipe by Clark! The best stayer won, he didn't sit and sprint like most sitting behind the leader, Clark applied pressure on Vinny from the 600, what a gutsy tough horse!
Commentator: 'This was an absolutely superb performance by this horse. He was under pressure and still ran on too quickly'. Gammalite to a tee. His finest hour.
Gammalite seemed to thrive away from home especially in N.Z, maybe in hindsight Vinny made a rare tactical error and went for home a little too early making it into a staying event which played into the hands of Gammalite who sat on his back for most of the trip, if you notice Vinny took a look over both shoulders on the home turn and Gammalite was only a length behind, normally Popular Alm would be 5 lengths in front, Vinny knew then he was in trouble, Gammalite just had a softer than normal run and he was just a little too good on the night. What an awesome field, with Delightful Lady and Armalight 3rd and 4th and also Bonnie's Chance and Wondai's Mate, still can't understand the Kiwi's having Armalight as the Fav.....
@@marknorris1381 You'd never have to say " Halwes went too early" . It just wouldn't matter with Halwes because a. nothing could pass him. and b.he never ever weakened on a run. His trainer Kevin Newman, was in my view a sloppy driver too, he relied on the horse for everything ... so yes Halwes got beaten, but it was never because h9e wasn't good enough.
Yeah, he seemed to do that. Remember his drive on Bag Limit in the '86 Interdominion final, one of the worst drive's I've ever seen in a major race in Australia. That was the difference in this race, Clarke drove superbly, didn't try and pull any heroics when he had the trail plus Popular Alm probably didn't handle the clockwise racing that well.
What a great field of pacers. Best horse won on the night. Thanks for sharing.
Talk about over use of the wipe by Clark! The best stayer won, he didn't sit and sprint like most sitting behind the leader, Clark applied pressure on Vinny from the 600, what a gutsy tough horse!
Probably the greatest field ever assembled in NZ
Commentator: 'This was an absolutely superb performance by this horse. He was under pressure and still ran on too quickly'. Gammalite to a tee. His finest hour.
Gammalite seemed to thrive away from home especially in N.Z, maybe in hindsight Vinny made a rare tactical error and went for home a little too early making it into a staying event which played into the hands of Gammalite who sat on his back for most of the trip, if you notice Vinny took a look over both shoulders on the home turn and Gammalite was only a length behind, normally Popular Alm would be 5 lengths in front, Vinny knew then he was in trouble, Gammalite just had a softer than normal run and he was just a little too good on the night.
What an awesome field, with Delightful Lady and Armalight 3rd and 4th and also Bonnie's Chance and Wondai's Mate, still can't understand the Kiwi's having Armalight as the Fav.....
@@marknorris1381 You'd never have to say " Halwes went too early" . It just wouldn't matter with Halwes because a. nothing could pass him. and b.he never ever weakened on a run. His trainer Kevin Newman, was in my view a sloppy driver too, he relied on the horse for everything ... so yes Halwes got beaten, but it was never because h9e wasn't good enough.
Vinny just had to rate Poppy and Gammalite wouldn't have run him down. Too overconfident.
Yeah, he seemed to do that. Remember his drive on Bag Limit in the '86 Interdominion final, one of the worst drive's I've ever seen in a major race in Australia. That was the difference in this race, Clarke drove superbly, didn't try and pull any heroics when he had the trail plus Popular Alm probably didn't handle the clockwise racing that well.