Some say it was the ride of the decade

Bob Brogan wrote: Strydom and his very best, what a ride!

Thanks to Andrew Bon for uploading

.....best ride ever!... nevermaaind the decade!

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bayern wrote: Seem to think the winner went off at huge odds.

Tudor Rullah 20/1, Overdog 4/10

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Chris van Buuren wrote: What made this the ride of the decade?
The front horse wad stopping to nothing so the amount of ground made up is exaggerated.

Strydom did exactly what he was supposed to. Ride the horse to the line.
If the other one held on, everyone would have said Strydom left it too late lol.

Still, one of my favorite jocks ever!

Did all the horses stopped?
Striker came from stone last going through the 400, had to make up 5 lenghts and pass 5 horses in the final 100...
Nothing exaggerated about that!

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The Saint wrote:

Chris van Buuren wrote: What made this the ride of the decade?
The front horse wad stopping to nothing so the amount of ground made up is exaggerated.

Strydom did exactly what he was supposed to. Ride the horse to the line.
If the other one held on, everyone would have said Strydom left it too late lol.

Still, one of my favorite jocks ever!

Did all the horses stopped?
Striker came from stone last going through the 400, had to make up 5 lenghts and pass 5 horses in the final 100...
Nothing exaggerated about that!

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Maybe it would be of more help if we could see what all the horses' 400 to finish and 200 to finish was.
Stryker on London news was a way better ride, imo.

for me still Jeff Lloyd on Main Man in the 1800 Mainstay best ride i can remember.

Sylvester wrote: for me still Jeff Lloyd on Main Man in the 1800 Mainstay best ride i can remember.

Yes, good.


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Who trained the winner?

There will always be speculation on , best horse, best trainer, best finish etc

Let’s just appreciate that this is one of the greatest I certainly have seen.

The late Jean Heming

Ma Heming trained Tudor Rullah.

I had confirmed the ride on Overdog for Piere. Scratchings were on Tuesday.

On the Saturday before scratchings, Piere got beat on a horse which was going for 3 or 4 in a row. Piere had won the previous races on the horse.

After the final Sprint up for that race, Piere's feedback was that the horse was well, but not really "firing" . The stories grew and grew and by the time Saturday came, the story was going around that Piere was no good on the horse. Piere ran a good 2nd, riding for his life. In fact, a very good run at the weights.

Come Tuesday, before scratchings closed, we found that Piere was jocked off Overdog and that Dougie Whyte was on.

Ma Heming came through to scratchings and decided to declare Tudor Rullah as a runner, as it was a Feature and a small field. She asked Gary Daly which jocks were available. When she heard that Piere was available she called me and I took the ride. This was 30 years ago and we were going for the Championship. Better to have a ride than to sit in the jockey room.

Piere grumbled a bit about the ride, but in those days, I made the call and he found out what he was riding when fields came out. This way, we kept him out of the bad books when we were offered more than one horse in a race and decisions had to be made. He could easily blame me.

Tudor Rullah was a horse that was outpaced in a Turffontein 1200. So, in a Germiston 1000, the fastest 1000m race in SA , he would he hopelessly outpaced. This was why, even with Piere up, he was at such long odds.

Obviously, Piere felt hard done by for being jocked off. Also, those were the days when the pace was really hot, in all races. And Piere rode the race of his life.

Even if he ran 3rd or 4th, it would have been a cracking run over the Germiston 1000, for the friendless in the betting, 1200m horse, Tudor Rullah.

Most jocks would have settled for that, going through the 200m mark. But, that legendary balance , weightless rhythm and trademark "squeeze" from Piere, put Tudor Rullah's nose in front, at the line.

My phone ran off the hook whenever noms came out after that and the job of getting rides was much easier and the Championship became a reality.

Chris van Buuren wrote:

The Saint wrote:

Chris van Buuren wrote: What made this the ride of the decade?
The front horse wad stopping to nothing so the amount of ground made up is exaggerated.

Strydom did exactly what he was supposed to. Ride the horse to the line.
If the other one held on, everyone would have said Strydom left it too late lol.

Still, one of my favorite jocks ever!

Did all the horses stopped?
Striker came from stone last going through the 400, had to make up 5 lenghts and pass 5 horses in the final 100...
Nothing exaggerated about that!

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Maybe it would be of more help if we could see what all the horses' 400 to finish and 200 to finish was.
Stryker on London news was a way better ride, imo.

Nobody finished faster that Tudor Rullah 400/200/100 to the finish as he was last starting his run, finishing to win... Striker at the 400 watched Overdog hitting the 200meter mark already...

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Chris van Buuren wrote:

The Saint wrote:

Chris van Buuren wrote: What made this the ride of the decade?
The front horse wad stopping to nothing so the amount of ground made up is exaggerated.

Strydom did exactly what he was supposed to. Ride the horse to the line.
If the other one held on, everyone would have said Strydom left it too late lol.

Still, one of my favorite jocks ever!

Did all the horses stopped?
Striker came from stone last going through the 400, had to make up 5 lenghts and pass 5 horses in the final 100...
Nothing exaggerated about that!

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Maybe it would be of more help if we could see what all the horses' 400 to finish and 200 to finish was.
Stryker on London news was a way better ride, imo.

Both brilliant rides, 1996 London News July 2200 meter Striker from the worst draw took London News to the front and held on, this time around he came from stone last over a 1000 won going away...
Master of pace.

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Dave Scott wrote: Who trained the winner?

There will always be speculation on , best horse, best trainer, best finish etc

Let’s just appreciate that this is one of the greatest I certainly have seen.

Mrs Hemming trained Tudor Rullah, The Azzie's trained Overdog.

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