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09-19-2018, 04:47 PM
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Originally Posted by toddbowker
Yes.
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One of the most thrilling races I ever witnessed in person was the 1988 Chaucer Cup when Who Doctor Who and Don's Irish Melody hooked up down the lane With Don's Irish Melody winning the photo by a nose. The 1:14.00 still stands as the track record for 61/2 furlongs.
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09-20-2018, 11:11 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rgustafson
One of the most thrilling races I ever witnessed in person was the 1988 Chaucer Cup when Who Doctor Who and Don's Irish Melody hooked up down the lane With Don's Irish Melody winning the photo by a nose. The 1:14.00 still stands as the track record for 61/2 furlongs.
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they were hauling ass that day
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09-20-2018, 11:14 PM
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[QUOTE=toddbowker;2372534]Yes.[/QUOTE. Seems I should know you Todd. You know Stan Bowker?
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09-21-2018, 11:32 AM
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Todd Bowker
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Originally Posted by chadk66
Seems I should know you Todd. You know Stan Bowker?
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Would hope so, he sired me ...
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09-21-2018, 12:40 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rgustafson
One of the most thrilling races I ever witnessed in person was the 1988 Chaucer Cup when Who Doctor Who and Don's Irish Melody hooked up down the lane With Don's Irish Melody winning the photo by a nose. The 1:14.00 still stands as the track record for 61/2 furlongs.
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Who Doctor Who was one BADASS horse too. 33 wins in 64 starts and absolute legend in the Midwest.
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09-21-2018, 01:08 PM
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Originally Posted by toddbowker
Would hope so, he sired me ...
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I kinda thought so
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09-21-2018, 01:10 PM
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The day the mare Hoist Her Flag beat him was a pretty amazing race too
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09-21-2018, 04:10 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by rgustafson
One of the most thrilling races I ever witnessed in person was the 1988 Chaucer Cup when Who Doctor Who and Don's Irish Melody hooked up down the lane With Don's Irish Melody winning the photo by a nose. The 1:14.00 still stands as the track record for 61/2 furlongs.
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Funny to see WDW's name on here. My dad used to run horses at Fonner and Aksarben back in the day and I was sitting at the races with him and his buddies and asked who one of their more memorable horses were from that era they used to watch in person and all of them mentioned this horse. 54 itm finishes in 64 races...impressive.
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09-21-2018, 05:24 PM
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Never got to see Who Doctor Who but remember hearing a lot about him.
Another obscure bred from around that time I did get to see was Little Bro Lantis and im sure he raced at Canterbury.
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09-21-2018, 05:39 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by chadk66
The day the mare Hoist Her Flag beat him was a pretty amazing race too
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She never beat him.
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09-21-2018, 05:47 PM
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09-21-2018, 05:50 PM
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09-21-2018, 07:36 PM
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I'm pretty positive she did. It was a match race I believe. Wasn't bet on. I wonder if that is why it's not in the DRF.
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09-21-2018, 07:41 PM
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Nope I'm wrong she didn't beat him. I could have swore she did. Damn Alzheimers. But it was a match race so I'm not a total loss lol.
https://www.drf.com/news/hoist-her-flag-dead-25
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09-21-2018, 09:10 PM
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I'm 99% certain a match race never occurred between these two. It would have shown up in the PP's. Match races and walkovers are still in the PP's. I followed both of these runners in the '80's and would be shocked if I didn't remember such a race. David Miller misrecalled it. It was a match race with Explosive Girl at AKS.
Last edited by Track Phantom; 09-21-2018 at 09:12 PM.
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