Saturday Racing

Merry xmas to all Clansmen.
I have had the best days punting for months,started off bad and then i had the last 6,yes 6 winners at Turfontein.
Thanks GB,you started me off with Bezant

Well done DtF - Merry Christmas everyone:)

soodum Wrote:

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> Anybody besides me who thinks potala palace is the
> most over hyped horse in history ?watta flop
You have obviously not heard of the earlier Potala Palace - "MR HAWAII" - this champ "talked" twice as fast as he could run -

mr hawaii Wrote:

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> > Anybody besides me who thinks potala palace is
> the
> > most over hyped horse in history ?watta flop
> You have obviously not heard of the earlier Potala
> Palace - "MR HAWAII" - this champ "talked" twice
> as fast as he could run -

Im confused ,i know george azzie trained hawai who went on to bigger things in the states

MR HAWAII was a talking horse that cost big bucks as a yearling - was hyped up and turned out to be a huge dud - same yard about 1987 i think - best run was a fourth in the nursery i think

Yes, Martin Locke was the syndicate nominee. I think he went for 550k as a yearling.I remember he made the 8pm SABC news the day he won his maiden first time out. I was only 14 at the time and already a veteran !

yes i think the year of mr hawaii was 1988. i were offered a share of 50 thousand for 8 percent if i remember. michael azzie was trainer and every year he get the horse that win wins everything. he dont learn in this game you talk with the results not the bullshit

I wouldn't dismiss Potala Palace until he goes 2000m.

As for Mr Hawaii, I remember Basil Marcus riding him at least once and telling me that he felt like a really good horse. The ability was probably there, but for whatever reason (and it happens often enough) it never came to the surface. That's the game, but it takes every kind of character to make life interesting and you can't fault Mike Azzie for being passionate. He's willing to take the risk that he will end up with egg on his face, but you need people who see the glass as half full just as you have to have those who prefer to see it as half empty.

Harris Wrote:

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> Yes, Martin Locke was the syndicate nominee. I
> think he went for 550k as a yearling.I remember he
> made the 8pm SABC news the day he won his maiden
> first time out. I was only 14 at the time and
> already a veteran !


i was at Varsity and skipped out at lectures to back him at the old JHB tats in the CBD when he won on debut- I've said this before and will say it again - this horse taught me a very important lessons about racing - Never listen to trainers/owners/jockeys unless you see the proof with your own eyes - A horse does not know his sales price - A bookmaker that takes your money with a smile on the Fav knows more than you do so look again if you can(Len Smart took my bet when I backed Azzie's horse for the Nursery) - Overpaying for horses at sales proves you have more money than sense

Georgie the Greek and myself bought a wee filly at the same time as the Hawaii syndicate named Breathless for 2 grand and in the same style as the syndicate took a luxury bus from Pretoria to the big T full of family and friends when she won her maiden, potentially the best day of my life? When we woke up on the Sunday morning got the Sunday times to find a full page article from Francois Wolfhart " a Scot gets lucky" does not get any better

went to turfontein yesterday and noticed that after pp run the only person who was in the third box waiting for him to come back was azzies son the rest of the owners and mike azzie didnt even bother to come down to the 3rd box...very poor display imo

scotia i see another horse now is called breathless, this is not a good thing