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How quick was Regional out of the stalls. He was a length up in a few strides but watched it in ultra slow motion and the gates opened the same but his head was out before all the others.
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That was a lightning start. Hadn’t seen a horse start that fast since a sprinter called Brondesbury in the early 80s.
Ghost of Rob v , bang on the mark with Brondesbury , one of fastest horses ive seen , over 3 furlongs just burned the track . Saw him the other night when I was you tubing old Temple Stakes when it was at Sandown . The 1983 King George is a good one to re watch , he blazes a trail , then Soba goes on to win. Added bonus is the great Jimmy Lindley talking beforehand . Takes me right back hearing his voice .
I wonder how Brondesbury times over first 2 stack up with a US quarter horse .Spot on – I remember Brondesbury well.
He flew out the gates in the Norfolk, but it’s a stiff five at Ascot and he only just hung on: https://youtu.be/cIIKu-W5NvY
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It's the "Millwall FC" of Point broadcasts: "No One Likes Us - We Don't Care"Brondesbury was sent to stud in OZ , no champions I can find in his offspring but he produced a tough horse called Toybury , ran from 92 to 99 , 58 runs for 16 wins and 13 seconds . Mainly ran at provincials in Victoria and city class Adelaide . Won from 5 furlongs up , somehow they stretched him out to win at 10 furlongs at Morpheteville one day . Staying power from dams side is my gut feeling .
Kachy would be a recent example of a horse that bolted out of the gates regularly
I remember he was drawn widest of all at Chester in a 5f sprint, didn’t matter he was in front after 50 yards and race was over.
I doubt anything has been as quickly out of the traps as Man Of Cash was in the Greyhound Derby Quarter Final in 2003.
“I wonder how Brondesbury times over first 2 stack up with a US quarter horse”
When Brondesbury won the Great Surrey Stakes on Derby Day in 1982, he crushed Dorset Eagle by 10 lengths in a scorching time of 55.42 seconds.
I cannot find it on googling but iam sure in 80s a QH either raced a TB at Epsom as a gimmick or it was on its own trying to break the land speed record . Iam sure I saw it as a bit on LWT news or BBC London .
Stone of Folca ran 53.69
From what I can make out the QH record over 440 yards is 20.274 , the 1100 yard trip seems a rarity but at Sam Houston the record is 58.34 . Dirt v downhill grass I know .I vaguely recall some woman trainer (in the ’80s) bragging that a horse she had named Klute could run 44mph…
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