BLACKS A FAKE
2008 Australian Harness Horse of the YearThe
mighty Queensland pacer Blacks A Fake, winner of the past three Inter
Dominion Pacing Championships, is the Australian Harness Horse of the Year.
Blacks A Fake, trained and driven by Natalie Rasmussen, was a clear winner
of the Horse of the Year title in the Australian Harness Racing Awards for
the 2007/2008 Season, voted by media representatives.
It
was a memorable season for the brilliant gelding. A highlight was a record
breaking win in the Group One Hunter Cup at Moonee Valley in early February,
but this was bettered at the same track four weeks later when Blacks A Fake
took out his third Inter Dominion final.
It is
the second successive Australian Harness Horse of the Year Award for Blacks
A Fake. He has also clinched his third straight Aged Pacer and Aged
Horse/Gelding Pacer of the Year awards. |
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Blacks A Fake and Natalie Rasmussen win the
2008 Hunter Cup at Moonee Valley
photo copyright Gary Wild and used with permission |
Congratulations to Natalie Rasmussen and the owners – Cheryl Rasmussen,
Helen Pointer and Trevor Titcomb - of Blacks A Fake, which is now being set
for a tilt at an unprecedented fourth Inter Dominion at the Gold Coast in
March 2009.
Some
of the highlights of Blacks A Fake’s season, disrupted by the outbreak of
equine influenza, are listed below.
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2008
Watpac Inter Dominion Pacing Championship $750,000 - G1 (Natalie C
Rasmussen)Moonee Valley,Vic |
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2008
Hankook Tyres Hunter Cup $400,000 - G1 (Natalie C Rasmussen) Moonee
Valley, Vic |
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2008
Watpac Inter Dominion Pacing Semi Final $75,000 - G2 (Natalie C
Rasmussen) Moonee Valley, Vic |
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2008
Moonee Valley Cup $50,000 - G2 (Natalie C Rasmussen) Moonee Valley, Vic |
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2008 Sky
Channel Free For All $20,000 - Listed (Natalie C Rasmussen) Geelong, Vic |
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Performances 2007/2008: 10
starts 8 wins 2 Seconds 0 Thirds $836,376 1:55.0MS |
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For further information on
Blacks A
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Lookin Girl has won the Aged Mare Pacer of the Year Award, Maffioso and
Ananz the 3 and 2 year old categories and Sundons Gift the Trotter of the
Year Award.
Congratulations to the connections of all winners.
Geoff Want
Chairman
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