Your favorite race distance

They have those sort of sprints in QLD, especially at the bush meets a fair bit. There is one next Saturday at Tower Hill. Have a look at the prizemoney... $700 with $350 to the winner. 27 horses nominated!


Race 4 - AMBO Open Trophy Race (800 METRES)
Of $700. 1st $350, 2nd $210, 3rd $140
Open Trophy Race, Set Weights, No age restriction, No sex restriction
Apprentices can claim.

Lord Hybrow wrote: ChrisB wrote: Lord Hybrow wrote: A shame Coffs Harbour is abandon today. Sprint racing fans would have been super excited by Race 4 over 810m Is that the shortest race distance in Australia for thoroughbreds? Trying to think of a horse that would be best at that distance? I am Invincible was a bullet that ran out of gas very quickly Who remembers the Qld speedster STAR OF FLORIDA? He still holds the 800m track record at Dalby, clocking a blistering 43:87 set in 2003. Went on to win heaps of 1000m races in Sydney & Brisbane. All up 11 career wins between 800m-1110m range.

Star Of Florida sure was fast! Had a really limited distance range though and fell in a heap at the end of anything beyond it. Always struck me as a horse that could have won a group 1 if he had have had a better trainer. Did like him though.

My range is 1000m to 2000m .     I couldn't warm to 800m racing and beyond 2000m   the sit , canter , sprint is usually unpredictable.

   The Newmarket , TJ, Okleigh Plate, Blue Diamond , Slipper ,   . It never ends , The great races in those distance ranges.

maccamax wrote: My range is 1000m to 2000m .     I couldn't warm to 800m racing and beyond 2000m   the sit , canter , sprint is usually unpredictable.    The Newmarket , TJ, Okleigh Plate, Blue Diamond , Slipper ,   . It never ends , The great races in those distance ranges.

That's interesting as I'd say the longer it goes the more predictable it is.