2017 Darley TJ Smith Stakes - Chautauqua

Chautauqua returns to the winners circle winning his 3rd TJ Smith in a tremendous run.

[@reichman73]

I've watched that race half a dozen times, and I still can't believe what I'm seeing. One of the most incredible runs I've seen in 40 years.

[@pw9258]

I backed him in the race and I still watch this replay thinking he's not going to get there! Impossible.

[@YesNoMaybeIDntKnwDoU]

@@pw9258 Hahaha. I love it. How good was it aye.

[@JC_Edits_Official]

Yep

[@michelled107]

A brilliant finish . Love the call absolutely one of the best !

[@fourwingsweepa1705]

Masked crusader nearly did it in the everest

[@bennymcslats]

This is one of the most emotion invoking replays and calls I can recall. Flindell just nails it, and it's a beautiful thing

[@og7311]

I love flindell. What a man

[@jamessquire1]

Has to be one of the greatest performances ever in Australian racing.

[@thailanduncensored2669]

35yrs watching racing and that is the best win i have ever seen followed closely by Lonhro's Australian Cup win in 2004. Stunning

[@alistairmccooke820]

Nick yeah, but Lonhro would have won by two lengths if it wasn’t for a spud ride from Beadman. The Grey Flash has 1 go and one go only, cold ride and a late run. Unreal performance!

[@metminco]

@@alistairmccooke820It’s a bit stiff to blame Beadman. I disagree with the margin as well. Unhindered, Lonhro wins by 5+ lengths untouched.

[@shannonoverson939]

I would have watch this replay at least 1000 times now, gives me goosebumps every time, unbelievable ride by Tommy Berry too. Once he pulls out left and finds that gap he only uses the whip 4 times and at the 100m knew exactly what he had under him and just held on for dear life. I don't think I have ever seen such a acceleration over the last 100m and probably never will. What a champion Chautaqua

[@davidwharehinga5948]

Chautauqua He had a V12 engine ... and a heart of a Lion ... what CHAMP... Simply Sensational ...

[@0077725]

Making up 8 lengths in 200m shows insane turn of foot. I think all regular racegoers knew Chautauqua had some really good acceleration, but that was insane. At the 200m I was thinking "they must have made an error in the video title" LOL

[@ashleyjatoonah5415]

0077725 n you are not the only one my dear friend...awesome

[@lonhro12]

Online bookies doing bets in running had him at 800/1 on the home turn and I thought they were being stingy.

[@petertyson2964]

I watch this every few months - each time I can't believe he'll get up!

[@MrWalto69]

Any comments insulting horses will be deleted. Appreciate these magnificent champions past and present.

[@anneshaw9681]

All comments heaping unjustified praise on overrated one trick ponies are an absolute insult to the great champions of the past and should be banned. Better than Frankel,better than Pharlap say the twenty year old journalists. Absolute insult . It isn't how many races you win. Possibly the greatest performance by an Australian horse post war was by Crisp. Crisp lost the race. Take note Black Caviar.It is called guts. like Ken Callender said " the best sprinter he has seen is Vain. By a long way" I love the "by a long way" What a good judge.

[@MrWalto69]

Anne Shaw Again, If you don't think a particular horse is as good as most people say, thats ok, but insults and abusing the horse is not going to achieve anything. You can state your opinion of why the horse is not as good as people say without name calling.

[@wasslic]

Each to their own I guess. I have never had a high opinion of Ken Callender's judgement over the years.

[@anneshaw9681]

Better judge than you Wally

[@anneshaw9681]

So who are you . the You tube police

[@Lmclean89]

One of the most incredible runs of all time

[@callumwilson5067]

I watch this every Saturday morning to get me going, wakes me up better than a coffee

[@user-nm1mq9yp7b]

And do the form

[@roaming_kangaroo]

The more you watch it the better it gets. What a run, what a call too!

[@deanstankovski8643]

I don't think I've seen a better win from a horse then that... It was absolutely amazing 🐴🐴🐴👏👏👏

[@1975tbm]

What a call by Flindell

[@sickcunt1097]

Don't think I will ever get tired watching this

[@peterharvey4151]

I have been going to the races for 48 years..How he won from that hopeless position is one of the greatest things I have ever seen on a racetrack..will never forget it

[@lpmusonut]

The 4 dislikes must have backed English.

[@nedpoines8104]

No, mate. They are English.

[@wayneo1269]

lol

[@Racing194]

Haha 😂

[@helixcheerleader]

And just as I'm thinking Arrogate's DWC would be the most amazing stretch run I've seen, here comes Chautauqua. Still looking for my jaw.

[@bgardiner3354]

helixcheerleader That's been his racing style... but on a heavy 8 with the track playing the way it was he should just never have won. Great way to cap a phenomenal career... unless of course he wins it again in the autumn.

[@anneshaw9681]

Reminds me of Galilee the way he holds his head. Great to see horses smash fields and win from impossible positions. Always the sign of a great horse

[@Paul-mc4xy]

Sprouts wings is an understatement, what a turn of foot by a champion horse, unbelievable

[@geeclatters6121]

My favourite horse of all time. Did that time and time again then when he'd had enough, he said I'm done.

[@timeconstrained2400]

Me and my mate used to watch PURPLE PATCH do this in 70's - a Jack Denham trained horse, and a contemporary of the great IMAGELE. BUT Purple Patch couldn't hold a candle to the great Chautauqua - this guy is in a league of his own with that finishing speed.

[@npg68]

There's a blast from the past!

[@Pegasus4213]

Wow; that is impressive by any standards!!! (U.K. viewer)

[@leahnelegado2305]

chautauqua, the grey flash- one of my favorite horses 🐎. ❤

[@davidwharehinga5948]

Chautauqua He had a V12 engine ... and a heart of a Lion ... WHATA CHAMP Simply Sensational ...

[@Daniel-bs1zx]

Surely one of the fastest last 200 ever ran?

[@alexh2585]

always get excited when his racing. you know youll see a grey horse storming home out wide and whether he will get there or not is exciting as hell.

[@rachelalexandra3052]

Unbelievable win!!! Incredible call!! Amazing,just amazing!!⚡⚡

[@oldmanww]

Greatest thing I've ever seen

[@steveneville7394]

The greatest win you will ever see

[@comesahorseman]

From out of the clouds, good God....

[@GosperTYVS]

A spine tingling finish from one of best “ CHAUTAUQUA “ !!! 🔥🔥🔥❤️😎👌🏼🇦🇺👍🏼

[@nedpoines8104]

Doesn't Chautauqua look magnificent when Berry takes him up the back straight after winning this race - one of the most physically impressive horses I've seen!

[@levenscott645]

Out of the ruck and over the top: one of horse racing's great finishes.

[@rachelalexandra3052]

Wow,what an unbelievable win!! ....Great,great call👍👍👍

[@griff8578]

If you like sport that’s one of the best things you’ll ever see. Flindell’s call also brilliant

[@metminco]

That win was insane. He was too far back at the 200m mark and could only run a place at the 100m. How many times can he do that. Exhilarating.

[@boganrecords9102]

This is the greatest win of all time. Amazing to watch.

[@CStayNZ]

Race callers add so much to the excitement. I’ve watched this video a few times now. Hopefully he makes another start. Think we’ll get a good price for him

[@MJK471]

I'm a relatively new comer to racing but I believe that was the best win I will ever see. Backed it the place....... hmmm

[@JGL20]

Imagine having a horse underneath you where you can be 7-8 lengths back and still only need to have found a gap by the 200 to get home. Ridiculous turn of speed

[@cathyclarke9010]

That is so unbelievable,Right up there with Kiwi’s 1983 Melbourne Cup and Super Impose’s unreal 4 Metropolitan/Epsom wins.Great racecalling a big part of the thrill.Ive shown mates this and point out where Chat.is in the run.Nearly all say “no way,no chance or your kidding me !Thier reaction is priceless !

[@edwindavis4078]

doncaster/ epsom

[@flickyflicky007]

I have never EVER in my life seen a horse run down a field like that with 100 metres to go.

[@j4zmine]

Breath taking 😍😍😍

[@dallashorsfall278]

he needed to say boom again.

[@timeconstrained2400]

Agree - Chautauqua - BOOM!!!

[@timeconstrained2400]

Yeah Dallas, BOOM BOOM BOOM - 3 on the trot.

[@matthewnorton8957]

The best race ever

[@AnotherFastnet70]

Another awesome win by the champ. Against the pattern and from a seemingly hopeless position as they topped the rise, he takes the gap and sprouts wings the last bit.

[@postcardterry]

Hardly a champ Mr Fastnet ! You tipped him twice and both times the horse lost. You are an expert after the event it would seem. What happened to the horse ten days ago when you he was a cert ?? Or when he was coming to Ascot in May 2016 and was going to "kick ass". Well, when are you going to get something right Mr Fastnet ?? Have you paid Jimmy the money you lost to him ?? You are a fuckwhit !

[@tdunster2011]

Chautauqua is never a certainty because of the way he races. On ability alone he's one of the best - but a bit of traffic or a horse dropping back always makes him susceptible to missing out on a direct path to the post. When it comes to BC though we are taking about a horse that covered the furlong in 10.04 seconds. No other Thoroughbred in history has come close to that figure. She was and still is the fastest Thoroughbred to have ever stepped onto a turf racetrack anywhere in the world.

[@postcardterry]

Chatauqua was a cert two weeks ago because AnotherFastnet70 said so ! Mind you AnotherFastnet70 also said that Caravaggio was a cert two months ago too. Two favs, one odds on and both lost. Little Limato gave Caravaggio six pounds and a beating !

[@leedelaney70]

Wow I might be replying to a dead man but geez you just couldn't help your compulsive lying. I tipped Chautauqua in this race and the 2 years prior when he won AND when he went to Hong Kong and won. I've never backed Caravaggio in my life and I asked you multiple times to provide proof of where I said I tipped him and of course you failed to provide any. Sadly you died a compulsive liar.

[@edwindavis4078]

@@tdunster2011 prefer to watch Chautauqua race any day than a boring BC

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

It was astonishing. I gave him no hope at the 300m mark. On a very heavy track he ran the final 400m in 23.58 secs, the final 600m in 35.05 secs, and the last 200m in 11.95. Given the wide run on the turn, he may have actually run a little further than 400m. He appeared to be impeded between the 400 and 300m. It further consolidates Winx's claim to greatness as well.

[@lukeking7487]

Greatest run of all time

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

It would be great to see this champion win The Everest, but they can't go on forever. It is such a wonderful collection of sprinters that a bunch of them could win it. I cannot fault Redzel. He is well drawn, can be held behind the speed, and his final sectionals have been very fast. We forget that She Will Reign is a 3yo filly, and 3yos don't win too many G1 6f races at Randwick. Fell Swoop at 60/1 is good place value.

[@victorrowe9834]

Most amazing win ever

[@cathyclarke9010]

Correction:Epsom and Doncasters for Super Impose if memory serves me correctly.

[@tacocity1639]

Horses just weren’t making up ground that day either. Incredible win.

[@adriankelly350]

Hes flyyyyying....yessss, great call

[@OfficialMuffiin]

What a beautiful horse

[@lpmusonut]

The funniest part of the live broadcast of the race was when the camera was on Gai Waterhouse, she was yelling Go English Go English then you can read her lips, Fucking Chautauqhua.

[@angelobonanno2065]

what a freak that was absolute speacial . his turn of foot is sensational his the king of 1200 meter his one of my favourites. i love winx but his explosive reminds me alot of lonhro and the big o and all to hard but i love him absolute supetstar

[@JGL20]

After 5 years I still don’t understand. You cannot come from there at the 200 🤯

[@gregorykillen4564]

Shame he ended his career due to not jumping!!!!!! Saw this boy win a big sprint in Melbourne, at the valley in a similar fashion!!!!!! Guy was just pure speed but the way he would finish of 1200 metres...... I think he could've gotten a touch further!!!!!! You'll be sorely missed "TAC" but what a performer you were!!!!! 👌👌👌

[@wayneo1269]

That was quite incredible

[@sisenorrr]

Unbelievable!!

[@npg68]

This........this is a great race call.

[@superbuddyfranklin]

If you saw that in a movie you would call bullshit. Unbefuckinglievable.

[@trentdiaz8197]

*_This is the race that made English's trainer (Gai Waterhouse) bite her hand whilst watching from the stands!!_*

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

Her is another thing to contemplate.I have crudely measured Chautauqua's stride in the race, where the track was very heavy, and get 23.5ft. It was 25.3' (300m) and 24.4' (200m) last year in the TJ, on a soft track. In the Chairman's at Sha Tin it was 23' 10" (200m), on a good, but Strathayr. According to sources, Secretariat had a stride of 23.8' and Black Caviar 26.25'. Obviously stride changes with going and surface, and race pressure.

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

At about 24 ft, you wouldn't say that Chautauqua is not a big strider, so his great finishing ability probably comes from a huge ticker and the power he drives through his frame. At about 1100lb in weight, he is not exceptionally large for a stallion. For example, Silent Witness weighed in at just under 1300 lb at the end of his career, and Hay List was apparently about 1440lb.

[@bgardiner3354]

Three outstanding geldings ;) Tony Cruz was in the press just recently saying that he thought that Silent Witness would have had the measure of Black Caviar. I'm not so sure that Silent Witness ever beat a horse anywhere near as good as Hay List during his career. What a great race though that would have been. Black Caviar running away from Silent Witness and Hay List, both trying to hold out a flying Chautauqua for second. It reminds me of a good Donald Bradman story.

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

I'm not so sure that Silent witness was the best horse to race In Hong Kong. Sacred Kingdom Lord Kanaloa were mighty sprinters. The unfortunately named Fairy King Prawn was another we remember with great affection.

[@bgardiner3354]

I absolutely agree. Sacred Kingdom was a great horse. Here's a comment from our old friend BalmainBucko Sven I thought you might appreciate. "I had a look at his [Phar Lap's]sectionals in the AJC plate B.Gardiner he ran through the first half mile in 49 seconds..he was 1.24 at the 7 furlongs which is cruising from the 2nd to 7F on AVE under 12 seconds, no wonder he was in front by 30L at the 8f..he ran through the 10f in 2.01 of which is outstanding only 5L of todays TR and was 3.20 at the 2 mile..the current record is 3.19..this was a horse out in front on his own with steel hoofs on 3rd up in one week with nothing to prove against the clock running some unbelievable sectionals , it was IMO the best ever single performance on a track by any horse of all time it's a shame we have no footage of it."

[@svendbosanvovski4241]

Like the great Secretariat, he was beaten at set weights. Only three horses beat Phar Lap at set weights and they were all champions or near champions: Mollison, Amounis (twice), and Waterline. Amounis is a Hall of Famer inductee. They were early in campaigns and over 8 or 9f. He had his revenge against Amounis and Mollison. As you know BG, Back then, horses got to peak form by racing.

[@michaelhenderson3202]

No matter how many times I watch this , show me a better sprinter

[@tomc9543]

This last 100m was ridiculous.

[@ayhanakdag2911]

i watched this race so many time. i never forget this race bet $50 melbourne tab pay $11 last 4 metre i throw way my ticket garbage 20 munites to find my ticket i love this horse

[@Alfredromeothatsme]

Incredible finish!

[@nedpoines8104]

What a champion!

[@riffmeister76]

Ned Poines nah just good on some days. More often than not it got rolled

[@angebonanno85]

This is my favourite racing moment. Hope tommy berry wins the tj on pierata and the derby on Madison county

[@fizzonmyjayce6144]

was even dipping down the back straight amazing win

[@lewdubspersonalbest9070]

I think the champ only noticed the finish line was so close when he got clear running space.

[@perryduval5112]

Tommy Berry knew how to handle this champion

[@Kevjohno]

That's as good as dancing brave ...

[@myfrobert]

I'm just wondering what happened during this Grey Flash's later career when he simply refused to start and stood still in the stoll, and he did this so many times. I'm not insulting anyone, but it was just unbelievable for me, just the same as his awesome performances before his miserable fortune eventually came. Every horse would retire one day, but surely not in this way.

[@pw9258]

Disagree. Almost seems like he knew how good he was and treated very good race horses with contempt. Had nothing left to prove and decided not to run.. As if to say 'maybe you lot can win one if I just stand still'

[@belindaringstad4470]

WOW!!!!!!!

[@swailesluke]

unreal!

[@lonhro12]

What a performance. What a fucking performance. (talking about Chautauqua, not Gai. Although I guess it applies to her as well.

[@angelobonanno2065]

and people were saying he cant win your kiding

[@toby772]

It's a damn shame chautauqua is a gelding. Would have been a terrific sire imo. Unbelievable sprinter and very intelligent race horse.

[@myfrobert]

I think he would have been retired much earlier instead of competing till the moment of the race shown here if he had been a stallion.

[@jhunter2662]

anyone who knew chautauqua knew this is how she runs. id be worried if he wasnt last. i do remember listening to this call, goosebumps.

[@bgardiner3354]

Jesse Hunter He's a sit and suffer horse. His racing style can get him beaten from time to time. He's reliant on the pace being strong enough through the first part of the race to set him up. The reason his performance in this race was so good was because a. The pace for the first 3F of this race wasn't that fast, predictably on the ground. b. The track bias on the day meant that nothing was making ground from the back all day. He just should not have won it.

[@gregmn]

wow,the only to say

[@renaissanceherbal1013]

Was on English.. i was counting my money at the 200

[@pw9258]

Was on the champ.. Was tearing up my ticket at the 200. And the 100. Lost plenty of hard earned over the decades in this game but this is the reason why I love it.

[@hus390]

Chautauqua? That's a town in NY state!!🙄

[@letslearntv2692]

My god what a run

[@letter1-_770]

Would have got 4 on the trot if he would flip the lids

[@bencreteadelaide7011]

Mate

[@rayeason5379]

Not possible!!!

[@anneshaw9681]

Why the hell isn't this horse racing over longer distances

[@myfrobert]

Chautauqua is a sprinter, not a stayer. Every horse has his or her suitable distance. Just like you cannot ask Usain Bolt to run marathon, you cannot ask him to run over one mile or even longer distance.