OK, here's a race from NZ, watch the 4th horse (13) in the stretch and see

[TimTimTimbo]

if you think the Superfecta was well planned or was because he was unable to drive him out.


First off, the Winner is by far the best horse in the race and is going to end up being one of the best in the country. Trained by Nathan Williamson, son of Phil who trained the 3rd horse driven by another son Matthew and the 4th horse Rydgemont Son trained and driven by the 3rd son Brad Williamson. So 4 Williamsons involved with 3 of the top 4 finishers.

Check out the 4th horse down the stretch and ask yourself, could this horse had beaten his father's horse into 3rd.  The SFTA paid just over 400.00 and the 3rd and 4th horses were paying the same price in the betting. The Favorites ran 1st and 2nd.  Now the 4th horse started from 20 meter handicap because he was 1 class higher than the winner who started from 10 meters.  Also check out the start where the winner on 10 meter handicap is turning around on the outside fence as they are let go. They do this to get the horse to trot off the mark that is unruly. Horses that have bad habits at the start are often designated unruly and have to start out wide.

Here is what the Judges wrote in their report after the race about the 4th horse

RYDGEMONT SON - lay inwards in the home straight and was unable to be fully driven out over the concluding stages

https://harness.hrnz.co.nz/gws/ws/r/infohorsews/wsd06x?Arg=hrnzg-Ptype&Arg=RaceVideo&Arg=hrnzg-RacehdrID&Arg=277454&Arg=hrnzg-rSite&Arg=TRUE

[Superfecta]

It was like Mohawk, the 4th horse didn't tip and wasn't asked to run until it was too late. The (9) was great coming 1st over from 7th. He will win next start at this level.

[TimTimTimbo]

It was like Mohawk, the 4th horse didn't tip and wasn't asked to run until it was too late. The (9) was great coming 1st over from 7th. He will win next start at this level.

Yeah, the 9 is fairly highly regarded and that trainer is great with trotters, they train at the beach in the surf