The arrogance of PV is there for all to see in this documentary. Nothing has changed 27 years later.

Unbelievable. I loved Maori's Idol when I was growing up. He was a freak. There was no doubt he was the best in the world. Also loved Gammalite. I loved Vo Rogue, and I loved Kingston Town. Loving Pride of Jenni's wins.

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Saw him race once. It was at Brandywine Raceway in Wilmington, Delaware, late 60s. He came in 2nd. Don't recall the name of the horse who beat him.

Perhaps the only positive to take from the shock loss by the greatest trotter ever in Australia and probably the world , is that it meant that the wonderful Lucky Creed still jointly retained that magnificent record of 24 straight wins together with Maori’s Idol - two truly marvellous Standardbreds .

A Gem!!!!

Simply the best

A famous night. The crowd still holds the record for the largest crowd ever at moonee valley. So many household names in this race, let alone the many champions that were around at the time. The trots at the valley was awesome

the legondary vin knight the sport needs another one like him atm to catch the publics imagination again .....

Just so you are aware Wayne Wilson was the caller here. In the preamble they say Sporting Son was the local hope. Debatable, he was brought up from Melbourne for this campaign and although prepared by Kevin Thomas (a Queenslander) for the series I see Sporting Son as a Victorian horse.

Worse drive in the history of Harness Racing. Maori’s Idol the greatest Australian Trotter.

Cocky Raider was famous for flying home at the very last moment and winning . I remember one night at the Melbourne Showgrounds, which was about the same set up as Harold Park , as the horses came into the straight the last time , famous racecaller Bill Collins ( known as The Accurate One ) said of Cocky Raider who was a long way back “ well , Cocky Raider can’t win tonight “ and you guessed it , he absolutely flew home and won . He had an amazing burst of speed at the end of his races .and was a great horse - as so many of them were in those days , and unfortunately a big percentage of them ended up in America .

A wonder the connections of the second horse didn’t put in a protest . Either way , even though we only saw a lap looked like a big run from a future champion - a great horse who went on to capture a huge following.

Four Great Pacers

Congratulations to The Conroys - once again this win shows the beauty of harness racing where no matter how big or small the Stable , how flashy or down to earth , everyone can succeed, and over the years Bob Conroy did a marvellous job , which is now being done by family members . A great win by Amazon who didn’t even need a tap with the whip !!!!

Watched this champion at Harold Park as a youngster

Vinny butchered that one the unicorn got lost

Rex Hocking realised he had gone too slow in the 1972 Miracle Mile and gave Bay Foyle a chance to out sprint him in the last furlong. Hocking made amends next year and gave nothing else a chance after leading and using the horse’s natural brilliance. I got 9/2 about Reichman in 1973 and it never looked like a losing bet!

Isnt this just chariot racing?

My grandad Peter Triggs and his mother Ruby owned Cardinal Garrison they travelled all over with him. He was a great horse

A huge run by the South Australian champion Gramel . From my knowledge both the Race Caller and Voice Over pronounced her name incorrectly- the word is basically split into two and pronounced “ Gra Mel “ but written as Gramel . On another note , who would have thought that one of the field would go on and produce arguably the greatest trotter in the world - Maori’s Idol , I doubt there will ever be a horse to take his crown , certainly here in Australia

A fit Maori’s Idol would have beaten this lot easy. Healy drove him like he was injured. If you don’t believe that check out his other drives & you will see the difference.

There was a race at cranbourne when the caller said Gammalite can’t win but he got up

maoris idol came from Marnoo vic trained & driven by mr healy & son..I played footy at marnoo..premiers 66 & 67...tim doueal😅

A yr b4 i was born, love the look of those days. ❤

What horse is that

Observations - poor drive by Kevin Robinson on Frosty Imp. Not a lead the field horse, had to have the trail. Had he waited in the death for a short period he would have had the trail on Pure Steel that he needed and the race could have turned out differently for both of them, with Steelo a big chance of winning this race from the death or Frosty Imp a chance from a trail with his whirlwind finish. Have to say the run of the race was Pure Steel.

Has anyone got the Gloucester Park win ? from nowhere "Beefy T from the clouds"

ANOTHER GREAT TRACK IN SYDNEY GONE FOREVER.

1977 i was 10yo oh, gosh how i miss those yrs, watched it a bit on tv back in those days, Wonderful childhood memories, miss & loved the 70's 😢

Great race, Cardinal Garrison came to the US and was a very solid pacer here

None of us were aware of course , what tussles these two champions would have over the next few years - two absolutely marvellous pacers , the likes of which are few and far between .

2024 drivers have the audacity to just stop driving. Going to run 2nd don't count on it 4th now. Not to mention the usual. Break up at the start. Break up at the start break gear. Break up in the race. Go and stay on the fence. Favourite claim the death. Favourite claim the death and put pressure on 2nd favourite leading (there's a special on it at the moment). Favourite in the lead runs too faster rate then needed. And on and on Go on form, think like a crook, really think like a crook. You might not be thinking crooked enough.

I think the fact Ray Hadley calls this race shows anyone can pick up a microphone,open their mouth and bingo your a commentator.

Gamma kept givin. Was there

On course caller Ray Hadley.

Wonderful call by Ray. Great memories. Thanks for posting.

Same thing with the Melbourne Showgrounds- the horses were virtually in your lap . Huge crowds , lots of noise and great excitement- my treasured memories of The Trots during the late 1960s

What an arsehole he was

Such wonderful memories thank you so much for sharing.

Was a little girl he was behind the park where I enjoyed my childhood privileges of solitude best thing as I was to grow up in sydney

The Accurate ONE !!! ❤️🐎🐎

Disgraceful drive by hoy (lone boy).must have been driving to get pure steel beaten !

The music on the replay 😂

The Fords had some very smart performers over the years - three that I had money on during the 1960s were Honest Reward , Stormy Lodge and Bar Adios . Stormy Lodge was most promising as a youngster but suddenly disappeared off the scene and I assume he got sold to America as around 1967 / 68 it seemed every second horse headed over there unfortunately. The Fords came from Campbells Creek just out of Castlemaine and had a lot of success .

Highlight of colin watts career. But what about gramels run. Mighty effort.

Mighty effort by diminutive kiwi mare robin dundee off 24 yards on that bog track.

Great field & great race. Terrific to see the little kiwi champ win but thought fettle was outstanding. No cover last mile.

Sectionals very important to viewer or listener.

W.A horses at Harold Park.It seemed they weren't with the program.Drive like a mug to get the lead ,at all cost.Only chance of winning.Same for Melbourne.Gammalite deserved an easy one.