Greatest or your favourite sprinter of all time

Talking about J J i made the trip to the track on tuesday just to see him and wow he's impressive, two grooms to hold him, bucking like a bronco when going from the parade ring to the grass, just so keen and imposing, from his demeanor you can see that he means business, felt very sorry when he fell out of the gate onto the wrong leg, but he'll be back im sure

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> > Nobody rate Glory Be ? My favourite Pretty
> > Border... won the SA Oaks and a couple of weeks
> > later won a feature sprint over the Turffontein
> > 1200m's. (tu) ....
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> Magi you just gave your age away, I remember Glory
> Be, think he won 11 in a row. Beaten by Port
> Pegasus, who had bad legs,was it,


Nope he got beat by Pyrmont when going for 11 in the Castrol National Sprint. He was 1/10 on and Pyrmont 33/1. ( I think at the time that was Home Guards unbeaten record)

I'm impressed Magi, learn something new everyday ...

JJ Allways for me

Is there a reason why Striker was taken off after Great wins

Marcus really messed up on Tuesday after coming from Natal for only two rides he did
beat DWTD next race but with that wobble at the start should have won

Great horses in the Computaform but as from the very beginning my money on the Jetplane

@Titch

MG's wins also included a graded race.
some of her races...from last at 400m to getting up on the line, and at long odds.

Magi Wrote:

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Magi you are right just couldn't remember Pyrmont's name, See the Alzheimers hasn't got to you yet.
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> > Be, think he won 11 in a row. Beaten by Port
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> the Castrol National Sprint. He was 1/10 on and
> Pyrmont 33/1. ( I think at the time that was Home
> Guards unbeaten record)

I think blaming Anton for JJ's loss is wrong. Even if he had won by half a length it would still not have been the old JJ. Three quarters well he would have taken that field and spat it out. More to it then meets the eye I am sure.

In Zim 2 horses stand out for me , Cool Gambler and Hachiman.

In SA , so many to name would be a pity to leave some out but my favourites were, Divine Act, Knife Edge, Golden Loom, Overdog, War Horse,Senor Santa, Val de Ra, What a Winter and Tracy's Element.

Yeah Craig you are propably right

I still love JJ and even at seven maybe something left

Golden loom went forever but too many class sprinters now

War Horse? the same War Horse that just beat Mogoks Desire?

Nah Hibs, another one , ran in the days of Smiley Moosa commentating and remember him getting so excited calling one it's races and getting totally muddled up . Something like the Horse War horse is a horse War Horse blah blah blah

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> Has sugababe got Tommy now? thought he was with
> Ruby Clip?
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> got sent this on twitter
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> @SAFBETTINGCLAN Sunera (GB) was the best sprinter
> I've ever seen. I saw her win a B Div in heavy
> going on debut and an A div weeks later. The only
> time she got beat, was by Lord Randolph and he was
> backed like the result was known. She beat him
> hands down after that. I've never seen a filly
> that could run like she could. Phemonenal speed
> and a kick 2 furlongs out. She died in training
> from colic, trained by the maestro Terrence
> Millard. The closest to her would be Val De Ra.


Spot on Hibs, still with Ruby. I got a little confused between the two lasses