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Originally Posted by _ed_
This one's pretty legendary - Kotare Chief's Auckland Cup in 1987. 2 miles? No sweat. Leads by 25-30 at one point, and not only holds on but breaks the track record. And I may be wrong, but I think that 3:16.63 has only been beaten once since.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxvnSpVDJdY
Hardly 'contested', admittedly... |
I got quite a laugh from the announcer. With a 1000 meters to go he says "now they're starting to panic these blokes, and they should be". Or how about " he can almost lie down and have a rip". What is a rip? A stiff drink?