Lyell Creek
Lyell Creek | |
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Breed | 2000, 2001 Vic Dullard Cup 2000 Vic Millennium Mile 2000, 2001, 2004 Rowe Cup 2001 Vic Bill Collins Trotters Mile 2004 NZ Trotting FFA |
Awards | |
2000, 2001, 2005 Grand Circuit Champion | |
Honours | |
2000 Harness Horse of the Year (NZ) 2000, 2001 NZ Trotter of the Year 2000, 2001 Australian Trotter of the Year New Zealand Trotters Mile Record | |
Last updated on: 26 August 2011. |
Lyell Creek (foaled 30 November 1993) is one of New Zealand's best
On 1 October 2000 he became the first horse to win consecutive Banks Peninsula Trotting Cups. In the 2000 edition he started off 30 metres but won by 4+1⁄4 lengths over Jay Bee Ar with the same distance back to One Kenny.[7]
He also raced in Europe and campaigned extensively in North America and raced against some of the best trotters in the world including Sweden's Victory Tilly.[8] Highlights of his North American racing included a win in the Su Mac Lad, a close second in the Titan Cup and a second in the Classic Series Final[9] and in Europe he finished third in the Copenhagen Cup.[2] He started in the Elitloppet in 2001 but did not advance to the final won by Varenne.[10]
A notable achievement of Lyell Creek was that he won 34 of his 37 starts before his extensive Northern Hemisphere campaign, with his only defeats being his debut (over a year before his second start), when pulled-up at his fourth start and when running third in the 2000 NZ Trotting Free-For-All.
After returning to New Zealand Lyell Creek won his third Rowe Cup winning by 7 3/4 lengths.[11] Then aged 11 he won the New Zealand Trotting Free For All at Addington in November 2004 setting a national record for 2600 metres[12] and the Dominion Handicap.[13] He last raced in 2005.[14]
See also
Reference list
- ^ Lyell Creek at the Inter Dominions
- ^ a b c d Premier Stables - Tim Butt Racing Archived 2009-09-07 at the Wayback Machine, Retrieved 7 February 2016
- ^ 2000 Trotters Series, Harness Racing Australia, Retrieved 7 February 2016
- New Zealand Herald, 17 November 2000, Retrieved 7 February 2016
- ^ Idol's Special Send Off, Sunday Star Times, 1 April 2001
- ^ Creek flows away, Herald Sun, 9 April 2001
- ^ "When Lyell Creek came and conquered Motukarara". 21 September 2021.
- New Zealand Herald, 4 August 2002, Retrieved 7 February 2016
- New Zealand Herald, 10 June 2002
- New Zealand Herald, 30 July 2001, Retrieved 7 February 2016
- New Zealand Herald, 30 April 2004, Retrieved 7 February 2016
- ^ Lyell still reign supreme, The Press, 13 November 2014
- ^ A night up the creeks, The Press, 20 November 2015
- ^ Lyell Creek farewell feature, www.harnesslink.com