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Which range hood style looks better? Any other ideas?
I'm down to the last minute and still trying to choose between two styles of range hood enclosure.
Already have the Tradewind insert (kudos to Trailrunner for the tip) so just the outside is in question.
9ft ceilings. Space between the openings is 40" + the 3 1/2" trim.
I could use the storage in the cabinet style even though it would have the pipe up the middle... every inch counts in my little kitchen.
But, is it too much, too imposing, too heavy looking up there or no? I don't want to detract from my nifty feature tile behind the stove.
Sorry for the cartoon images.
Here is the wall in question:
Here are the two choices that I can think of
(anyone have a different idea?)
Thoughts, opinions, suggestions for something completely different? Thanks!
leela: I love peanut's hood. I just afraid with all the 'clowns' that I already have in this kitchen that it might be too much. But yeah, it would be neat. Maybe some combination of wood and tile since we're working the rustic angle? Worth thinking about, thank you.
sayde: I did consider one of those a while back... I think they'd be out of our budget at this point, though. I love your copper hood, so graceful.
I think the hood would be a great place to continue your gently Craftsman/Arts and Crafts look. I agree with no cabinet, way too heavy, and the modern metal seems like a lost opportunity on display.
Craftsman showcased structural materials and the structure, and hand craftsmanship, right? So
Earthy tile that you already know where to look for would further the look. Like circuspeanut's.
A warm metal with a hand crafted, naturally aged look.
You could have stripping added to a standard unit, and even hand hammer it if you wished.
Wood of course, showing itself off, but much lighter scale as it rises than a cabinet would be.
It could have plaster/wallboard for the upper part, with wood, metal, or tile below
Extremely heavy, but it shows the wall material continued across the top of the hood.
Sorry for the decision fatigue, but I think this particular decision needs you to whomp up a bit more of that great creative enthusiasm. :)
Number one looks great. I don't think the hood is too contemporary, at all. To me, it just looks simple and utilitarian, which is ideal for your space considering the other stuff going on. Clowns, as you said. How many times have we all referenced those clowns?!!
The light fixtures over the pass-through openings are going to be a very prominent and important element in the design. Are the ones you have drawn in the actual style, or just design place-holders?
Rosie: thank you for those pics, all beautiful...a simple one like the two that you showed might be good. Not sure how to get a copper hood out of our budget now, though. Copper paint?
Thank you everyone for taking the time to help me with this. Absolutely agree with everyone that the cabinet over head is too heavy. Pretty much ruled that out now.
I think what is bothering me about the first one is that it's not graceful... very angular and between the rectangular pass throughs it just seems like it's too 'stick-ey', too many strong verticals or something.
Shainghaimom: this is all your fault with the awesome pass through idea! J/K, I love the pass throughs (how does one make that into a plural without an apostrophe?) but they do present some challenges. Yours are deep enough that you could put a light up into them, right or no, you had the lights under the cabs that are over the pass throughs... that's it. In my kitchen the light had to be mounted on the wall over them and because of the header required, they are a bit higher than I'd like but it's done now. I may have made an error in my choice of lighting overall in this kitchen. Not a disaster but may have to have a separate thread for that one....
Gina and all who say "keep it simple". Agreed and I like the hood you posted Gina. I wonder how it would look hanging on it's own without the cabinets flanking it?
Okay, here is the second pic that rosie posted and ctycdm likes... I like it, too. It seems the curves kind of soften the angular-ness of that wall AND echo the curves on big girl... that stove doesn't have one hard corner... all rounded.
Seriously doubt that a copper hood is in the budget at all right now. What about a style like this but made out of something else and painted a copper color? Maybe with a touch of tile on the fascia board... like just a little?
How would one go about making that curved one out of.. what? Drywall or plywood or what would one use other than expensive metal?
Trying to whomp it up!
Deedles, my time in hood hell (ok, ok, that is overstating...but purgatory for sure!) is recent enough that I still feel residual angst about the process, but not the result.
Houzz was super helpful, I made a whole idea book for the hood choice and spent a lot of time trying to see what worked and why. I explored copper, contrasting wood, and giving the hood empty space on either side. Ultimately, I went back to my original plan for the hood not to be a focal point.
Can you get a cabinet hood in the style posted by Gina, perhaps with tapered sides like these, with wood that matches your cabinets?
Traditional Kitchen by Bethesda Kitchen & Bath Designers Aidan Design
Contemporary Kitchen by Birmingham General Contractors Structures, Inc.
I think this lovely copper hood works in this kitchen, but you have a lot more going on with big girl and your fabulous tile.
Traditional Kitchen by Merritt Kitchen & Bath Designers Mill Creek Mfg ltd
I love this one, and I think it could be paint, but that it could be too much given the other gorgeous elements you are using.
Contemporary Kitchen by Alexandria Architects & Designers Moore Architects, PC
kksmama: I like that last one, too. The angled sides appeal to me more than straight up and down sides. This kitchen and specifically the side of that range hood will be completely visible from the living room which is why the thought of a "box" up there with flat sides seems clumsy. This angled one is a nice compromise between completely flat and expensively curved.
thank you for that pic... I'm going to try to search out some more examples of that one.
ineffablespace: I love those big chill items and sent for color samples of their mint green... almost a match to my stove but not quite. If this kitchen hadn't taken a decided turn to rustic/artsy-craftsy/woodsy, those hoods would have definitely been on the short list. Thank you for the input, I do appreciate the time that everyone takes trying to help with this.
What would I do without GW to turn to? Someone should make a country song out of that sentence.
If I were you, and I was at one time, I'd plan on getting just what I want, and save money, by bypassing the kitchen industry to go custom with the guys working on your house anyway. They can frame up just the size and shape you want (you tell the carpenter, he puts it together. Perhaps covers it too depending on what you want. You could also save money by using expensive materials only on the lower portion.
You're obviously right on keeping it pretty simple, and curved lines work better than I realized, not having the stove image in mind. A couple of people have suggested a convex curve, which seems like it would go really well too, especially as it's a rather "old-fashioned" look in sympathy with your stove.
In any case, the reason I pasted those two with plaster tops is that that would be a means of adding in the richness of decorative trim without clutter, keeping the finish of the wall flowing uninterrupted (if you wished). When you look at that wall, you're going to see not only what's in front of it but all the detail of your living room and view beyond. It'd also allow more money for more expensive trim materials (have you considered bronze too?)
Whatever material(s) you use, though, by designing it yourself the upper portion could step back and in from the sides (I did this, creating a flat shelf), slant back, have a recessed panel or panels on whatever surfaces you wanted, curve out or in on front and/or sides, etc., to echo the stove curves, echo the tile shape or design, add mass, take it away, etc., etc. You could also echo some detail in the living room, ceiling, whatever, to pull it all together.
So, my suggestion is that you starting by deciding on the shape and size you want up there first. Draw various designs until you find something that really looks good to you, and then start considering how to dress it.
What rosie suggests is a great idea. I went as far as building a couple different 1/8" plywood scale size mock ups and hung them from the ceiling for a few days to get the right size, shape, and height above the range before committing to an expensive custom hood.
Your range and custom backsplash are so beautiful, I'd really make an attempt to quietly draw the eye there with some clean lines on a hood that blends, and doesn't detract from the your focal point. I think a copper hood with banding, etc, might verge on gilding the lily - you've already have two wonderfully complementary elements for a focal point. If it were me I really wouldn't want the third to draw "wow, look at that spectacular hood" comments on it's own, but to quietly complement what you've already put together so well. I like the simple one - I think it was the second pic - that kksmama posted. Maybe something in wood or framed out and painted the same as your wall color or a slightly lighter shade of your range color with a single horizontal band, trim or plate shelf painted or stained to tie it in with the backsplash? Just my two cents. Good luck! I love what you have so far.
Okay, up at 4am and here is my 'slept on it' range hood idea.
Just modified the upside down 'T' hood in my first image to be a wider face with a heavily rounded top edge... sort of echoing the rounded-ness of the top of the stove back splash.
The stove backsplash is about 16" high, so I figure maybe 2/3's of that for the height of the hood box... 10-ish inches tall or so.
Thought there could be two simple trim strips going around the bottom part and I could have just a touch of the backsplash tile sandwiched in between. The dark strips on either side of the chimney are my attempt to portray shadow-lines. (I know, I won't quit my day job)
Also identified part of the problem with that stove space: the trim around the openings was right smack next to the stove and it seems better to narrow up each opening just a couple inches so a little bit of the dark back splash behind the stove is visible and so the edges of the hood aren't touching the trim, either. A bit of breathing room, so to speak.
Okay rosie, I whomped it up and this is what I came up with.
Love the shape! I still think the color of your hood should blend into the background and be as non-attention seeking as possible but I'm undoubtedly biased by my own kitchen. I just really want to stare at that beautiful range and the tile above it, and not be distracted by the backsplash tile or anything else (except the view out the windows).
Deedles- I like everything about your last picture....except the tile on the hood. I think it looks too matchy-matchy (is that a term?) with your backsplash. The rest of the kitchen feels so eclectic and unique...I would do all wood, or maybe a stainless steel or copper band, where you have the tile.
Don't get burned out...because your kitchen is going to be unbelievably beautiful, when you're done :)
kksmama: So, like painted in the wall color, is that what you mean? Okay, just darkened the wall color a touch and I think you might be on to something. I still like the wood trim with a teeny stripe of the tile... kind of a pretty cap for the feature tile area.
Lav, I read your post before I got this one done. Now what about the tile staying if the hood was painted? Here is the other thing... the matchy part. I'm thinking I could do away with the 6" back splash tile under those openings and either have all wood or run the counter top stuff back there. Does this help minimize some visual clutter?
almost seems the 6" counter material kind of leads the eye to the stove?
Thank you, deedles. No I haven't done a reveal yet. Still waiting on a light fixture, so probably will do this in a couple of weeks. I love the colorful chambers, but stayed with white because of the vent hood! The dials are red.
I love the shape of the hood in the last pic. It looks awesome.
Have you cooked on a chambers before? I had not until the remodel was done last month. Just love it...so efficient, and fun to cook on. Biscuits in thermowell turned out great!
This post was edited by tamileeb on Mon, Nov 11, 13 at 11:38
tamileeb: I've had mine for about 3 years now and I do like cooking on it. The only thing I didn't like was how those daisy burners concentrated the heat in the center of the pan, but I got a 20$ cast iron enameled heat diffuser ring from Amazon and that solved the problem.
If you do a turkey for Thanksgiving, you should try it with the gas turned off. Preheat @ 500 for 20 mins, then turkey in and leave the gas on for about 15 more minutes (going from memory here) shut it down and let 'er go. I think I had to re-fire it after 3 hrs for about 10 minutes or so but I figure I cooked a 20# turkey with about 45 minutes of gas. Pretty amazing stuff.
I'm liking the shape of that last hood, too. Think it's getting close!
Oh good, it's on the right track judging from the comments. Yay!
haha linelle, those are supposed to be my lights over the pass-throughs. I don't know if that style of range hood speaks to me in this kitchen for some reason. I love tamileebs but she has cabs above it and I don't so them I'm back to the stove pipe situation. AND, what if my big girl goes irretrievably to pot someday and then I've this expensive green range hood? Not sure I want to get that item specific with the $$ involved.
hi deedles,
didn't you do a kitchen once before? or maybe it wasn't you.
All I'm going to say here is this:
that beautiful range needs to have some quiet around it so it can sing properly.
There are too many details. I would place it on a stark canvas.
What is the tile around the pretty tile? Could the hood be the same color? I think you need some consultation with the cabinet maker and/or a metal shop re the design/cost of the hood. In general, I think designs can be "edited down" by reducing/repeating colors, finishes, materials, shapes. They can be amped up with contrasting those things. How to get in the sweet spot between bland and busy would be a good thread.


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The Group 2 Flying Stakes at tonights harness racing meeting at Addington may have been short on numbers but every runner was a quality three year old. The All Star barn seem to have frightened a lot of smart three year olds into hiding if the five who lined up in the Flying Stakes tonight is any guide. Hug The Wind with Natalie Rasmussen in the bike flew the gate from barrier one but was immediately challenged by Art Union and Dexter Dunn. They flew the first 200 metres before Dexter eased Art Union into the trail with the other three runners in single file. With 1200 metres to go Tim Williams eased Have Faith In Me out into the death seat outside Hug The Wind and Follow The Stars and Mark Purdon immediately hopped onto his back in the one by one. The tempo increased down the back straight and as they passed the 400 metres mark they really sprinted. Hug The WInd led for home but was quickly grabbed by Have Faith In Me and he was immediately challenged by Follow The Stars who had the last shot at his stablemate but came up a half a head short. Hug The Wind held on for third in front of Brilliant Strike but they were over three lengths behind the first two. Have Faith In Me paced the 1950 metres in 2:21.4, a mile rate of 1:56.6 with the last 800 metre in a very quick 54.8 and the 400 metres in a sizzling 26.7 which considering the strong wind they ran into twice was a great effort. Tim Williams was all smiles post race. " He just continues to get better and better with every race" " I came out and sat parked because he is such a laid back horse I was confident he would relax out there and he did." " He can muster high speed really quickly when you ask him and that's what got him home tonight," Tim said. Mark Purdon was philosophical about Follow The Stars suffering another defeat. " He has gone huge but the other horse just keeps improving." " I am really pleased with how Follow The Stars is going but I think a couple have caught up to him at three." " He is still a big chance in the Derby the way he is going," Mark said. Natalie Rasmussen was pleased with the run of Hug The Wind. " That was his first run for three weeks and he will derive a lot of benefit from it." " He is probably a touch behind the other two but with the right run he could be right there in the Derby, "Natalie said. The way the All Stars barn runners went in the Flying Stakes it is hard to see the winner coming from outside their three runners tonight. Harnesslink Media
Most harness racing pundits previewing this afternoons New South Wales Derby saw it as a two horse war with Hug The Wind from barrier one preferred over Ideal For Real who had landed the dreaded barrier of nine. The early races had the All Star barn runners on fire with Fight For Glory and Adore Me both being brilliant winners and punters thought the streak would continue in the Derby making Hug The Wind a clear favourite. Sporty Spook flew the gate as he can and grabbed the early lead while Natalie Rasmussen let Hug The Wind find his feet early before sending him forward to the lead. Gavin Lang on Ideal For Real settled second last in the running line early while the other well supported runner in Art Union with Dexter Dunn in the bike was parked outside the leader. With just over a lap to go Gavin Lang sent Ideal For Real around the field and he landed in the death seat outside Hug The Wind with 1100 metres to go. Natalie held the leader back to the field in the quarter down the back in 28.1 before going for broke as they turned for home. Gavin Lang never panicked and slowly but surely got to Hug The Wind with Ideal For Real nailing him by half a head in the last stride. What made the victory even meritorious was the last quarter was cut out in a blistering 25.8 Sporty Spooky fought on for third just in front of Art Union. The Emma Stewart trained colt is an all American bred being by American Ideal from the imported Real Desire mare in Tamara Hall. Noted previously for his high speed off a sit, Ideal For Real showed today that he has developed an all round game as the season has progressed. Harnesslink Media
The first of the features on harness racings big day at Menangle today was the New South Wales Oaks and all week it was touted as a two horse war between Delight Me and Fight For Glory. Both of these runners had been super impressive in the heats last week but the draw had treated Delight Me really well with her drawing barrier one where as Fight For Glory had been given the visitors draw of eleven. The pair were even money earlier in the week but as we got closer to the race the money continued to come for Fight For Glory and she started the favourite today. As expected Delightful Lana and Dexter Dunn flew the gate and grabbed an early lead from barrier nine with Makes Every Scents and Luke McCarthy settling into the trail. Delight Me and Gavin Lang were slow out from barrier one while Fight For Glory and Natalie Rasmussen came out fast and ended up in the death seat early with Delight Me getting onto her back. After 600 metres Natalie pushed the go button and surged to the front but not before Dexter made her work for it. That left Delight Me parked and Natalie kept Fight For Glory running making Delight Me's job even harder. Passing the 800 metres mark Natalie gave Fight For Glory her head and she roared down the back in 27.2 with Delight Me and Delightful Lana starting to feel the pinch a bit. Just when you would think Fight For Glory would be vulnerable she paced away from her competition with another quarter of 27.2 to win with a breathtaking performance. Delight Me fought on gamely for second with Delightful Lana fighting just as strongly for third with Smooth Showgirl finishing on late for fourth. Not only was the performance of Fight For Glory to win from barrier nine super impressive but her overall time of 2:50.3 was a new race record to boot. Fight For Glory is a daughter of Art Major from the former New Zealand record holder Breath Of Life 1:56.9 ($109,034) and has hit a purple patch of form with todays victory her fourth in a row. Harnesslink Media
The final heat for the two year old fillies in harness racing's Young Gun Series was held tonight at Alexandra Park and it was no surprise when the two fillies from the All Star barn fought out a close finish with the resulted evenly shared. Dream About Me and Arden's Choice ran the quinella in the $25,000 Sires Stakes heat at Timaru when they were both on debut and they did it again tonight with Dream About Me again grabbing the win although the margin over Arden's Choice was only a nose this time. The race turned into a bit of a melee early when both the well supported Nek Time and Goodlookingbabe galloped when disputing the lead after 300 metres which resulted in quite a few of the runners being checked. When the dust settled Gamma Lady and Josh Dickie were left in front with Dream About Me with Tim Williams in the bike parked on her wheel. Natalie Rasmussen set Arden's Choice alight at the 900 metres mark and she quickly made it to the death seat giving Dream About Me a lovely sit in the one by one. Those three went clear at the 400 metres and as they turned for home Ardens Choice worked to the front but was immediately challenged by Dream About Me who had cut the corner and snuck up the passing lane to save ground. There was nothing between them all the way up the straight but at the line Dream About Me was a nose to the good of Arden's Choice with a further 2 3/4 lengths back to Gamma Lady in third. The 1700 metres was cut out in 2:05, a mile rate of 1:58.3 with closing sectionals of 57.4 and 27.6 The runs of the first two were both full of merit and which ever one draws better in the $80,000 Final of the Young Guns next week probably deserves favouritism. Dream About Me did get her head around several times during the running and will benefit next week after her first run right handed. Dream About Me is an out and out "blue blood' being a Bettor's Delight half sister to the champion Christen Me. Her dam of course is a half sister to Adore Me so it just doesn't get any better than that. Driver Tim Williams was happy enough with the run of Dream About Me. " She is still very green and has a lot to learn." " It was her first run right handed and she should benefit immensely from the experience." " Taking the passing lane helped her round the last bend and I was just lucky it worked out," Tim said. The All Stars pair look a class above the fillies to have raced in the series to date and appear the logical quinella in next weeks final. Harnesslink Media
Harness racing two year olds are only a week away from the first of this seasons Group 1 races with the the finals of the Young Guns series and Chase The Dream sent all the other two year olds involved in the colts section a clear message that he is the horse to beat next week with an emphatic victory at Alexandra Park tonight. Stable mate Lazarus has looked very professional in two earlier wins in the Young Guns series late last year but Chase The Dream was every bit as impressive tonight at Alexandra Park. Driver Natalie Rasmussen dropped him off the gate from barrier eight and Chase The Dream ended up last and fifteen lengths off the lead after 400 metres. Natalie then gave him his head and in the next 600 metres he went from last to first as he swept to the lead over last start winner Walkinshaw. Held back to the field down the back straight, Chase The Dream shot away at the point of the turn and gave nothing else a look in as he cruised home by 2 3/4 lengths. What made the run even more impressive was the 1700 metres was cut out in a quick 2:04.1, a mile rate of 1:57.3 with closing sectionals of 59 and 28.3 Chase The Dream won his debut run left handed when taking out the Sapling Stakes at Ashburton in 1:54.9 but Natalie was confident of his chances tonight right handed. " He actually goes better this way round at home," Natalie told Trackside prior to the race. A son of champion sire Bettor's Delight, Chase The Dream is from a Christian Cullen daughter of the former star two and three year old Western Dream 1:56.3 ($327,137) and was brought out of last years Premier Sale at Christchurch by long time All Star client, Jean Feiss of Melbourne for $52,500. Natalie was suitably impressed. " He is a very versatile little horse." " I think he is as quick as he is strong so you have options with him" " He felt really great out there tonight." " He is pretty green so it was good to give him a really good look at the track this week," Natalie said. The manner of Chase The Dream's victory tonight will have shaken the confidence of all of his opponents including Lazarus leading into next weeks $100,000 Young Guns Final. Harnesslink Media
We continue our previews of harness racings big day at Menangle Inter Dominion day on Sunday and this time the focus is on the three year olds in the New South Wales Derby. New South Wales Derby 1) Hug The Wind - Starts 12 - Wins 5 - Seconds 5 - Thirds 1 - Stakes $202,234 One real classy three year old who has the draw to dominate this race. Won his heat from the death seat in what was his first run for seven weeks so natural improvement makes him very hard to beat. Has real gate speed as he showed at Auckland on New Year's eve and the all round game to take advantage of his draw. Natalie is driving in super touch at the moment so this combination looks terribly hard to beat. 2) Kilcullen - Starts 10 - Wins 4 - Seconds 1 - Thirds 0 - Stakes $48,173 Kilcullen has been disappointing in the main when lined up against the better three year olds. Kilcullen was poor in his heat of the Victorian Derby from barrier two and although he death seated for the last round in his Derby heat last Saturday, the first three got away on him the last bit. Doesn't look to get off the gate at all in his races so two draw is not a big positive Not for us. 3) Art Union - Starts 21 - Wins 12 - Seconds 5 - Thirds 1 - Stakes $130,555 Was a touch down on his best in his heat last week in our opinion. At his best he would have won that heat from in front but was under pressure a fair way out. Does have an all round game and great trainer/driver combination in his corner so can turn it around. Hard to see him beating Hug The Wind but big chance to run the quinella and a must have for trifecta and first four takers. 4) Burnaholeinmypocket - Starts 9 - Wins 4 - Seconds 1 - Thirds 1 - Stakes $29,252 (2nd Emerg) He had only had one run this season leading into his heat last Saturday night and he didn't do himself any favours by over racing badly through the first 800 metres. Never left the inner in getting home well for sixth in a fast run last quarter and hard to see how he could improve enough to be a player in this even if he made it back into the field from the ballot. Not for us. 5) Sluggem - Starts 6 - Wins 2 - Seconds 1 - Thirds - Stakes $15,898 Very inexperienced horse but does have a big future. Settled last in his heat and made ground stylishly late in the piece. Formerly with the All Star barn in New Zealand and showed plenty of ticker when winning for them at Auckland at Xmas time. Hasn't got the all round game yet to challenge a few here but will be running on. Outside first four player for us. 6) Lets Cut Loose - Starts 11 - Wins 2 - Seconds 4 - Thirds 2 - Stakes $18,854 He had nine starts in New Zealand before coming to Australia and none of them were in top three year old company which raises questions for us. He had the run of the race last week on Hug The Wind's back but couldn't stay with him in the straight after drawing barrier one which doesn't instill confidence either. Harder draw and field this week in the Derby means we struggle to see him as a major player. Not for us 7) Corporal Luna - Starts 15 - Wins 6 - Seconds 1 - Thirds 2 - Stakes $34,582 Built up a strong record in Queensland but was only ok in his Derby heat last Saturday night at Menangle. Didn't take advantage of his barrier draw of two and ended up four back on the inner and even though he ran home well in a quick last quarter, he was still a fair way from the winner. Stronger field and worst draw makes it mission impossible in our view. Not for us 8) Sporty Spook - Starts 17 - Wins 9 - Seconds 4 - Thirds 2 - Stakes $83,050 Showed blinding gate speed to lead from barrier nine last week but did badly check a horse coming across which the driver copped three weeks for. Fought on well when clear so plenty of merit in the run for us. Plenty of gate speed inside him in the Derby so not sure same strategy of burning the gate will work this week. First four chance if driven a bit more conservatively this week in our view. 9) Padrisimo - Starts 10 - Wins 6 - Seconds 2 - Thirds 0 - Stakes $75,505 High class colt who has not had the ideal preparation for a gruelling 2400 metres. His run in the heats last Saturday night was his first for nine weeks and only his third in eleven months which makes it very hard to see him being a major player here. Should have improved bigtime with the run but too many questions remain in our view. Not for us 10) Ideal For Real - Starts 9 - Wins 4 - Seconds 1 - Thirds 2 - Stakes $52,185 Not the draw his connections would have been hoping for. Does pocess blinding speed if held up for one run as he showed in his Derby heat last Saturday night and in his heat of the Victorian Derby before that. Gavin Lang is just the man to get this American bred colt the run he needs but he is going to need Hug The Wind to have a run from hell to get him home over the top of that horse from barrier nine in our opinion. A winning chance and a must for quinella, trifecta and first four takers. 11) Aztec Bromac - Starts 8 - Wins 4 - Seconds 1 - Thirds 1 - Stakes If this horse had drawn better he would be a huge trifecta and first four player. Won his Victoria Derby heat beating Ideal For Real before being flattened in the final. Pushed Hug The Wind for a long way in his heat and was well clear of the pack in second. Draw makes it hard but we have a lot of time for this horse. Definite trifecta and first four player even from the draw. 12) Spare Me Days - Starts 14 - Wins 6 - Seconds 0 - Thirds 5 - Stakes $98,940 (1st Emerg) Picked a bad time in his Derby heat to run off on the last bend costing himself a couple of lengths which cost him his starting spot in the Derby. From the draw and on last weeks run, he would be up against it in our opinion if he did make it back into the field. Has a great overall record but not for us in this field Selections Hard to go past Hug The Wind in one for us The danger is undoubtedly Ideal For Real This two look a wee bit better than the rest of the field on last weeks runs. The horses to make up the trifectas and first fours are Art Union, Sluggem, Sporty Spook and Aztec Bromac Harnesslink Media
Harness racings big day on Sunday at Menangle features several great clashes and we thought we would preview them all this week with a runner by runner assessment First up is the Ladyship Mile. 1) Frith - Starts 40 - Wins 30 - Seconds 6 -Thirds 2 - Stakes $819,572 Frith is surprisingly only having her third lifetime start over a mile, all of which have been at Menangle with her best time to date being 1:53 We are not convinced the one draw suits her that much as say two or three as there is plenty of gate speed outside Frith and she may end up getting crossed at the start. She is a great stayer but hasn't had a run for a month so question marks remain about her race fitness but her class will take her a long way. One of Adore Me's two biggest threats. 2) Pas Ultimate Delight - Starts - 41 - Wins 12 - Seconds 4 - Thirds 6 - Stakes $134,411 Has continued to improve since coming to Australia but this still looks a bit rich at this stage. Does have a best time of 1:52.3 and from her draw of two we think Lauren will make a serious play for the front early but we are of the opinion Pas Ultimate Delight is better driven with a sit and we give her an outside first four chance if she is driven like that. 3) Dynamite Denn Nee - Starts 90 - Wins 17 - Seconds 15 - Thirds 12 - Stakes $181,628 (2nd Emrg) Has been in good touch lately including a second to Frith two starts back so probably unlucky to be on the ballot but is unlikely to get a start. Rough first four player if she did. 4) Beauty Secret - Starts 54 - Wins 24 - Seconds - 9 - Thirds 4 - Stakes $ 393,451 Will come into barrier three if there are no scratchings and from there she is a real danger to the two favourites. Has real gate speed if Gavin Lang wants to use it and can also run a big half if held up as she showed in the Robin Dundee on Miracle Mile night where she brushed home in 54 flat in front. Has the all round game to trouble the two favourites and with Gavin in the bike you just know he will give her the run that she needs. 5) Major Foxy Styx - Starts - 24 - Wins 11 - Seconds 4 - Thirds - 1 - Stakes $197,830 Has built up a great record in Perth and stamped that form with a win in the Ladyship Cup at Melton on Hunter Cup night beating amongst others Beauty Secret. However she did get a dream run that night and even with the mercurial Luke McCarthy in the bike we can't see her winning the race on Sunday with the three favourites having a class edge but she is still a definite first four player for us. 6) Tact Hayleys Delight - Starts 72 - Wins 11 - Seconds 15 - Thirds - 6 - Stakes $160,016 In career best form at the moment but from the draw we think she has a hard job to get some of this. We think she will have to go back from the draw and try to have one run at them late in the race but we can't see her rolling over the top of the favourites and for us she is an outside place chance at best. 7) Laterron - Starts 82 - Wins 16 - Seconds 16 - Thirds 11 - Stakes $173,515 - ( 1st Emer ) Produced a great run when a handy fourth to Adore Me in the Brian Hancock Cup on Saturday night and her connections must feel slightly aggrieved to be on the ballot. Laterron has beaten Elusive Chick home the last three times they have met and that combined with the run in the Brian Hancock Cup should have seen her make the field. Great place chance if she gains re-entry into the field. 8) Courageousnquick - Starts 42 - Wins 16 - Seconds 6 - Thirds 4 - Stakes $204,352 Quality mare who has just had two runs back from a spell but the draw has negated her biggest asset which is her blinding gate speed. We still think that Anthony Butt will press the go button early and if she happened to get the front she would present all kind of problems for Frith. Definite place chance if "Ants" can work his magic early 9) Rathmore Lady - Starts 76 - Wins 17 - Seconds 19 - Thirds 8 - Stakes $147,976 On her day a very handy mare but is inconsistent and can throw the toys out of the cot every now and again. On her best behaviour she would be a rough first four chance but the draw and the quality of the field leads us to think she has a mountain to climb. Not for us. 10) Pemberton Shard - Starts 55 - Wins 11 - Seconds 7 - Thirds 11 - Stakes $212 997 If there is a smokey in this years race then Pemberton Shard is it for us. A mile is maybe a touch short of her best but she is a super tough mare who needs the speed on and that's exactly what she will get on Sunday. Has struggled to cope with Adore Me in New Zealand but then again who hasn't and has gone some great races in behind her in mares races. Dexter Dunn in the bike is a big plus and she is a big first four player for us. 11) Elusive Chick - Starts 57 - Wins 13 - Seconds 11 - Thirds 11 - Stakes $389,147 A high quality mare who was in good form earlier in the season but whose form has tapered off badly with her only placing in her last six starts a win in a five horse field just before Xmas. Throw in the draw for a mare who likes to race on the speed and we struggle to see her running in four. Not for us. 12) Adore Me - Starts 34 - Wins 25 - Seconds 4 - Thirds 2 - Stakes $1,503,429 A great racemare who has the same visitors draw as she had last year when she was beaten. The field this year is stronger in our opinion but Adore Me has gone to another level this season as well. This year the All Stars team have arrived earlier and given her a run leading into the race which is all a positive in our book. The change of driver took us by surprise a bit but Natalie has been in unbelievable form this season in New Zealand and the change is a plus not a minus in our view. Clear first pick for us even from the draw. Selections Adore Me is a clear first pick for us In the end we couldn't separate Frith and Beauty Secret for second even if logic said Frith Others to throw into multiples include Courageousnquick, Pemberton Shard, Major Foxy Styx and if you are going a bit wider Tact Hayleys Delight. Harnesslink Media
The third New South Wales Oaks heat at the harness racing meeting at Menangle tonight was promoted as a real trans tasman battle. In the Australian corner was the very smart Sportswriter filly Read About Lexy who has been in great form recently and drew the coverted barrier one. In the New Zealand corner was the equally smart Art Major filly Fight For Glory who won her last start at Ashburton in a very smart 1:54.5. Read About Lexy lead early from barrier one for trainer /driver Bernie Hewitt after repulsing an early challenge while Natalie Rasmussen slotted Fight For Glory into the one by one early from barrier three. After 500 metres Natalie set Fight For Glory alight and quickly went to the front with Bernie aboard Read About Lexy happy to take a trail behind his biggest danger. Keeping up a steady tempo, Natalie turned up the wick from the 800 metres and brushed down the back in 27.8 before letting Fight For Glory have her head as they turned for home and she ran away over the last 400 metres in 27.1 for an emphatic victory with Natalie hardly moving in the bike. Read About Lexy battled on well for a distant second just in front of Lovelist. Fight For Glory paced the 2400 metres in 2:54.9, a mile rate of 1:57.3 with closing sectionals of 54.9 and 27.1 Fight For Glory is a daughter of the former New Zealand record holder Breath Of Life 1:56.9 (2200mts) ($109,034) and looks to have inherited all her dams ability. Before tonights Oaks heat Fight For Glory was the early tote favourite for the Oaks final and after tonights comprehensive win, she is sure to now start a very short priced favourite. Harnesslink Media
All the harness racing trainers in New South Wales with smart three year olds must have breathed a sigh of relief when they heard that Mark Purdon was sending Follow The Stars back to New Zealand for the Derbys there after the Victorian Derby. What they wouldn't have known was that the horse he was sending to the New South Wales Derby at Menangle in his place in Hug The Wind was little if any inferior to his star stable mate. Well after the first derby heat tonight at Menangle, no one will be in any doubt about how good he is after the son of Bettor's Delight sat in the death seat throughout before kicking clear late for a super impressive Australian debut win. Having his first start since the end of December, Hug The Wind did enough to win the heat without having to be seriously asked by co-trainer Natalie Rasmussen. You would expect Hug The Wind to derive some serious benefit from his first start for over seven weeks and he will strip a much fitter horse for the final. Aztec Bromac was just as clearly second for Robbie Morris and Kerry Ann Turner and looms as a legitimate place chance in the final but the other qualifiers in this heat look to be on mission impossible going by the margin between the first two and the rest tonight. Hug The Wind paced the 2400 metres in 2:53.4, a mile rate of 1:56.3 with closing sectionals of 55.7 and 27 Going on tonights run Hug The Wind looks the horse they have to beat on Sunday week. Harnesslink Media
The Hambletonian Classic at todays harness racing meeting at Ashburton looked a two horse war on paper and that is how it turned out. Prince Fearless from barrier one was made the favourite from the very smart northern visitor Speeding Spur while the draw had made it very tough for last season's Harness Jewels winner Monbet who was out at barrier seven. Headed out of the gate, Prince Fearless kicked back through and held the lead and that was more or less game over from there. Trotting home from the 800 in 56.1 and the 400 metres in 27.5 made it impossible for any of the others to run the Majestic Son gelding down. At the line he still had 2 1/2 lengths to spare from a game Speeding Spur who had a lovely run in the one by one with Wanna Play providing a minor highlight of the race getting home strongly from well back. Prince Fearless trotted the mile in 1:56.6 which was just one tenth outside the New Zealand record held by Prime Power. Driver Natalie Rasmussen was suitably impressed. " He is such a lovely horse to drive and I thought he would be hard to beat.." "I thought he may get crossed but he managed to kick through and hold the lead and I knew he would very hard to beat from there." "He is still very green and immature which is why we have looked after him to date, " Natalie said. Prince Fearless warmed up today without an overcheck but raced with it in place. "I would love to race him without the overcheck as he does all his work without one but i'm only the fill in driver today keeping the seat warm for the boss," Natalie said with a big smile on her face. Prince Fearless has been sparingly raced to give him time to fill out into his large frame but he has a big season in front of him from now on. "All the big races are on his programme from here on in." "He is eligible for just about everything but he will keep getting better as he matures into his frame," Natalie said. The rest of the three year old trotters in New Zealand should be very worried if there is much improvement in Prince Fearless as Natalie suggests. Harnesslink Media
Absent owners were a feature of All Stars night out at Addington but their horses didn't mind-and Natalie certainly coped well. Diane Cournane, breeder and part-owner of Fight For Glory was on her last day of business in the deep south and couldn't really be away from that. Ann Gibbs has had a leg injury which put her out of contention in the same race. Phil and Glenys Kennard along with Neil Pilcher are also co-owners of Follow The Stars and headed off early to Melbourne leaving Phil Creighton to carry the flag. And Willow and King Denny, are raced by Australians Jean Feiss and Merv and Meg Butterworth respectively who will also be tending to races and sales on the home front this weekend. Border Control ended a period of frustration for his owners winning the Summer Cup after another quality drive from Natalie. He had had only one start since last May when wear and tear of a testing career took its toll. Because of his lack of racing perhaps, Natalie allowed him to settle off the pace early. "They went real quick for him anyway but I was happy to let him settle" Natalie said. "Actually the race worked out good for us." "I had to go when I did which meant being parked but they went some easy sectionals in the middle there and that suited us." "He will head to Auckland now, he is up with the best when he is right." "They ran a 26.5 quarter and he handled that well" The mile record holder (1.50.5) is just under $500,000 in earnings and has won virtually half of his 37 race starts. Fight For Glory was driven a treat by Natalie -and these days we expect nothing less ! She sent Fight for Glory early then let "filly to beat" Delightful Lana take over giving her the passing lane. Fight for Glory, which had raced so well in Auckland with little luck, snuck through easily and nailed the rich $85,000 first prize Willow was a trifle unfortunate taking some time to work into the clear in the Mares Special and was beaten a neck. "We had had a good run but she just had to go around a couple of horses at the turn and the winner had a lovely trip in the trail so that was the difference" King Denny just showed sheer class winning the final event. Admittedly on what he had shown in the past he would be expected to beat a field like this but he had blotted his copybook in the south. Mark put that down to freshness and was proven right. Natalie drove him confidently sitting out the back until the 1100m then circling the field, going clear and never being under pressure. The results meant that at the end of January Natalie's sensational driving record at Addington means she has only been further back than fourth three times in 27 drives Courtesy Of All Stars Racing Stables - Check site here
The outstanding Bettors Delight gelding Arden Rooney will do his summer racing at least in Australia heading to Melbourne in the New Year. Instead of racing in Canterbury as previously planned, Arden Rooney will head north and race at Cambridge in the Futurity for four and five year olds on December 24. Arden Rooney was going to head south after Xmas for the cups circuit down south but will head to Cambridge instead. "Then its off to Melbourne and he will race over there for some time" Natalie said this week. Australian-owned by Butterworth Racing Syndicate, Arden Rooney was not originally included in the Auckland-based team because of his moderate record on right -handed tracks. He has won nearly $250,000 on his way through the grades after being purchased from the Stiven-Grant Payne partnership as a youngster. He won a series of intermediate staying races coming through the grades including the Ashburton and Rangiora Cups and the Country Cup Final and then ran third to Adore Me and Terror To Love in the Easter Cup. In his leadup to the New Zealand Cup in November he won the Kaikoura Cup and has proved himself a distinguished stayer. Courtesy of All Stars Racing Stable - Check site here
One thing Australian harness racing trainers got tired of seeing last year was the sight of Follow The Stars disappearing up the track on his way to winning their 2 year old classics. Those trainers would have hoped that the brilliant son of Art Major would concentrate on age group features in New Zealand before heading back across the Tasman but the New Zealand handicapping system has meant that Australians will get to see plenty of Follow The Stars starting with the Victorian Derby. The New Zealand handicapping system rates every win in a race with a stake of $15,000 or more as a win that attracts a penalty, even as a 2 year old. Hence going into his 3 year old year in New Zealand, Follow The Stars is classed as a C8 for handicapping purposes which means he is graded just behind our best Grand Circuit horses. So not surprisingly the All Star team have decided that it is too tough for a early 3 year old to race those older race hardened horses and are heading back over the Tasman with their star where under the Australian handicapping system, Follow The Stars is still an M0. Being an "Aussie" by birth, Follow The Stars was always going to spend a lot of time on that side of the Tasman as he is eligible for everything but the New Zealand handicapping system has fast tracked his appearance. The All Stars team have mapped out a programme for last years champion 2 year old and everything is on track at this stage. Follow The Stars is due to head to the North Island on December 13th and trial in the north before having his season debut run in the $20,000 Waikato Guineas at Cambridge on January 9th. From there it is on the plane to Melbourne to contest the Victorian Derby heats on January 31st. Following the Derby, Follow The Stars is expected to spend most if not all of his season in Australia which while not what a lot of Australian trainers would have been hoping for, will be greeted with a sigh of relief by a lot of trainers in New Zealand. With his great 2 year old record and being from the great American maternal family that he is from, Follow The Stars has stallion potential written all over him if he can reproduce at three what he achieved as a two year old. Harnesslink Media
Mark and Dennis Dunford have had more success as owners than most at the All Stars Racing Stables. Alleluia, Hands Christian and Have Faith in Me are just the most recent winners that the brothers have raced out of the All Stars barn. But Dennis, an Auckland real estate executive recalled after the latter's great Sires Stakes victory that it wasn't always that way when they first got into harness racing. "I think I started racing horses about 1991 or somewhere around there." "We had a bit of success early on but no headliners and it seemed to get worse as time went on instead of better." "I decided I wanted to stay in the game and that if I was going to do so I had to change my approach" Out of the blue he rang Mark Purdon. "I didn't know him and he didn't know me." "I said I wanted to to buy a horse and race it from his stable and Mark agreed." "He would select one for us at the sales for us to race." That first one was Steve McQueen and it has gone from there" Steve McQueen was raced by the Dunfords in partnership with some friends and he was an immediate success. It was a great start for the Dunfords in their association with the All Stars barn. Steve McQueen only won three races before his sale to Australia but they were the key races. He won two Sales races including the $195,000 the Sales Open when driven by Blair Orange and also won the Cardigan Bay Stakes which was then then a Group Three race. One of his better runs at three was when he was beaten a nose in a Sires Stakes heat by none other than Auckland Reactor. Hands Christian has been a big winner for the Dunfords on their own account even if they have need the patience of Job to keep the racing faith with him after he had twice gone amiss with a tendon problem. One aspect of Have Faith In Me's triumph on Cup Day in the Sires Stakes which must have caused much celebration for the owners was how close they had come with Hands Christian beaten half a head by Gold Ace in the same race in 2011. Hands Christian wen on to win the Easter Cup but suffered a number of close defeats. Alleluia was at one stage the most brilliant three year old in the All Stars stable though he never quite lived up to that early promise. He is now racing in Australia. Mark Dennis was one of the most promising horses of his crop winning a Sires Stakes heat in 2.20.9 in one of only four starts here, winning two of them. In the second he beat Smolda and All Star Man, Dennis makes no secret of how his religious beliefs play a big role in his life and reveals that Have Faith in Me was intended to be called Have Faith In God. "Then I considered that the horses from that family generally have Me at the end of their name (Adore Me;Christen Me etc) so I changed it to Have Faith In Me. And you may have noticed I got to mention Deo Gratias (Thanks Be to God) in my speech! I believe all these things are part of life" Whatever the strategy or the beliefs it works. and that Deo Gratias might well be about the day Dennis Dunford decided to ring Mark. Courtesy All Stars Racing Stables - Check site here
Robert Dunn sees a silver lining to Franco Nelson's controversial Miracle Mile snub. Because now the New Zealand Cup runner-up can be the flagbearer for his North Island satellite stable which opens this week. Franco Nelson was passed over for a Miracle Mile invite at the expense of Terror To Love, who got the second Kiwi invite to next week's A$750,000 race, even though Franco Nelson beat him twice last week. Dunn says while he would love to be going to Australian pacing's richest sprint he isn't losing much sleep over the snub. "Sure, we would love to have him there but we could also go over, draw outside horses like Beautide and have no chance," admits Dunn. "That decision is made and we have Auckland to concentrate on with him now as well as the Hunter and Victoria Cups later in the summer." Franco Nelson will have plenty of stable company when he comes north this weekend, with Dunn and son John, who train in what is basically an unofficial partnership, sending six horses north. They will be stabled at the new Lincoln Farms property in South Auckland after owner John Street moved his harness racing operation from West Auckland. "We are privelaged to get some room at John's place because he does things well," says Dunn. "And the time has come for us to have a more permanent base in Auckland. "I have a lot of Auckland-based owners who want to see their horses race up there as often as we can. "And it is getting harder to ignore the stakes at Alexandra Park and the fact they have smaller fields. "So Franco will lead our team up there with horses like No Doctor Needed and Say My Name among the six we are sending up." The Dunns won't be the first Canterbury trainers to set up a northern base and most fall over eventually as they struggle for horse numbers or staff who can replicate the main trainer's success in their absence. The latest venture would seem to have a greater shot at success than most though as the horses will be in the care of Matt Bowden, who has had a wonderful strike rate looking after the stable's horses on previous extended northern raids. "Matt will be the man up there but of course John and I will be making trips up, especially John who will drive them racenight a lot of the time. "The driving can be shared with Dexter if needs be too because he drives up there a lot of the summer. "We are really excited about it because it gives up more options with our horses. "We haven't gone into it lightly and we want to make this a permanent thing." Franco Nelson has come though his two Cup week placings well and is being set for a $30,000 race at Alexandra Park on December 5 before having races available to him almost every week until mid-January, especially as the Harness Jewels winner is eligible for Four and Five-Year-Old mixed racing. He is then likely to head to Victoria and on to the Inter Dominion in Sydney on March 1. The Dunns setting up shop in the north will be welcomed by Alexandra Park officials as they continue to struggle for numbers in their better pacing races. Trotting races have been of huge benefit to Alexandra Park field sizes, a huge factor in turnover figures, but pacing races stronger than mid-grade still struggle. The Dunns sit second equal on the trainer's premiership with 20 wins for the season worth nearly $300,000 in stakes. The runaway leaders at the Purdon-Rasmussen stable, which has won 36 races from 106 starters and have already banked $994,239 for the season, with nearly 60 per cent of their starters finishing in the first three. Courtesy of Michael Guerin - Harness Racing New Zealand
Harness racing is one of those sports where luck plays a big part at times. Sometimes when things are going bad nothing positive happens where as when your luck is in, the world is your oyster. No one knows that better at the moment than well known owner Trevor Casey who has been riding a wave of success in the last few years. One of his many stars at the moment is the talented Majestic Son filly, Hot Pants. A $30,000 purchase at the Australasian Classic Yearling sale in Auckland in 2012, Trevor races Hot Pants in partnership with co-trainer Natalie Rasmussen and right from the start Hot Pants has shown promise. Although she didn't win as a 2 year old, Hot Pants ran second in the $82,000 Sales Trot to stablemate Dieu De L'Amour ($58,839) and fourth to another of Trevor's youngsters in Daenerys Targaryen ($106,923) in the 2 year old Trotters Championship. Hot Pants looked to have come back bigger and better at three when she won her maiden race by 10 lengths just prior to the New Zealand Trotting Oaks. But thats where things started to go wrong and Trevor didn't see it coming. "Mark was very confident of a big run in the Oaks and although she ran third, she was beaten 10 lengths and was very disappointing," Trevor told Harnesslink this week. A few days later Trevor got the call all owners dread. "Mark rang to say that Hot Pants had bled badly after the Oaks and the vet advice was that she was finished as a racehorse and should be retired," he said. Trevor put Hot Pants in the broodmare paddock but was toying with the idea of selling her. " I have plenty of well related and performed broodmares as it is and didn't fancy another one, he said. Trevor watched Hot Pants tearing around the broodmare paddock and wondered to himself if there was anything that might help Hot Pants get over her bleeding episode. It was at this point Trevor contacted well respected Victorian vet Alastair Maclean who is a good friend for advice. " Alastair sent me some powder to treat her with which over time seemed to pick her up and I became keen to try her again" he said. The next hurdle for Trevor was convincing Mark Purdon to try her again. "Mark was reluctant initially but came round after a couple of conversations," he said. So four months after being retired, Hot Pants returned to the All Stars training establishment at Rolleston to try to resurrect her racing career. No one involved really knew how it was going to turn out let alone Trevor. So there was some understandable nervousness in the camp when Hot Pants lined up for her first start back at the end of September at Addington. A nice fifth in the hands of part owner Natalie Rasmussen was as good as could be expected in the circumstances and it was decided to press on The first up start had qualified Hot Pants for the $24,505 final of the Alabar Super Series and with a peach of a drive from Mark Purdon she got home over Indiana Jones and Commander Paris. Next up was a junior drivers race but Trevor wasn't sure if it was the right move. "Mark was keen to put up stable driver Matt Anderson" "He had great confidence he would get the job done and as usual his judgment was spot on," he said. From there Trevor was keen to start on Cup Day but Mark had sorted out a 1950 metres mobile on Show Day and it was there Hot Pants lined up. Wide for 500 metres before finding the death seat, Hot Pant was left parked as Sunny Ruby set a scorching pace in front. Able to slot down onto the running line at the 700 metres mark when a horse broke, Mark angled her off the inner on the corner and burst through the middle late in the piece to claim a great win. Hot Pant's time of 2:25, a mile rate of 1:59.6 was a new New Zealand record for a mare 4 year old or older. Trevor was suitably impressed with Hot Pant's performance. "She has always had speed but now she has developed a staying game as well." "To set a New Zealand record after doing so much work was a great effort,"he said Just as important was how she came through the race. "She has come through the race really well and all going well we are planning to head to Auckland now," Trevor said. It should be of little surprise that Hot Pants is going as well as she is when you look at her bloodlines. By boom trotting sire Majestic Son, Hot Pants is the first foal from the lightly raced but talented mare Dutch Annie (4 wins) ($35,719) The second foal is last years talented 2 year old filly Yagunnakissmeornot ($26,180) who won four times in her debut season and finished fourth in the Harness Jewels. The grand-dam of Hot Pants is the brilliant racemare Miss Whiplash 1:58.6 ($151,765) who left last years 2 year old trotting filly of the year in Wanna Play 1:58.9 ($52,171) who is also raced by Trevor. Wanna Play is also by Majestic Son making her a 3/4 sister to Hot Pants. One thing you can guarantee now is that when Hot Pant's racing career comes to an end for the second time, Trevor will manage to find a spot for her in his broodmare band. There is a fine line between success and failure in harness racing and the story of the successful return of Hot Pants to the track shows how fine that line can be at times. Harnesslink Media


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On the day Phil Jackson pointed his cane toward the door for good, Kobe Bryant reflected on the olden days when Bryant didn't have a voice.
"He had to appease 'The Big Fella,'" Bryant said Wednesday of Jackson and Shaquille O'Neal. "In doing that, a lot of times I was road kill."
It's easy to forget all that went down — and how hard it was to juggle Bryant's will with the needs of other egos.
Even though Jackson deserves plenty of credit for how he has worked with Bryant the past six years — and Bryant has certainly grown as a leader — we now know the worst-case scenario for the Lakers' next coach — even if it is Brian Shaw, who has known Bryant almost all his life.
The reality of this failed season was that Kobe was still great — I had him No. 3 on the NBA MVP ballot I submitted to the league office — but less Kobe in some very critical ways: not pushing the team's competitive nature forward in daily practice, not being a consistent defensive presence, not being the ultimate late-game closer.
Without that hands-on proof, Bryant's strident tone with his teammates sometimes shifted from inspiring to annoying. It was somewhat similar to what happened to the young Kobe who hadn't proved himself yet but made clear to everyone he had all the answers.
And with everyone coming into this season tired from three consecutive NBA Finals runs — plus feeling run down early in the season making up for Andrew Bynum's 24-game knee-surgery absence — the Lakers began to mope through the motions instead of picking up the baton.
It was established from the start that Bryant wouldn't be practicing much, and he hoped to see the teammates he had so inspired in the past would start to carry that blazing torch.
Instead, he said they screwed around because the bossy big brother was absent – which Bryant on Wednesday called "upsetting to me."
"Guys felt like they could take days off because I'm not there," Bryant said.
There was no doubt about that, with non-game days featuring on-court sweat for most everyone except Bryant, who would get stretched out or rubbed down in the training room.
That led to those days being called "Kobe Spa Days" in the Lakers' inner circle.
If Bryant, who turns 33 in August, doesn't return to leading the Lakers in every way, it's going to get complicated.
There's no magic trick for him to regenerate cartilage in his right knee or the right index finger he won't have operated on because of the long recovery. But Bryant on Wednesday promised to practice more next season and believes completely that he can return from greatness to the greatest with a nice, long offseason of training.
"There's another level I feel I can get to," he said.
Bryant acknowledged he was generally healthy this season. But it was an unhealthy Bryant last season who overcame so much that ailed him that it left his appreciative teammates in awe. He didn't practice in the 2010 playoffs because his knee needed surgery, which is far different than them seeing him this season taking pit stops with working tires.


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U.S. Senators Introduce Resolution To Issue A Stamp Commemorat...Two influential American lawmakers have introduced a resolution in the U.S. Senate calling on the U.S. Postal Service to issue a postal stamp to commemorate the festival of Diwal. "This commemorative stamp is an important recognition of the significance of ... Silicon India, 5 days ago
Resolution for Diwali stamp introduced in US Senate - Zee News, 6 days ago
US Postal Service to issue postal stamp to commemorate Diwali - First Post.com, 6 days ago
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To demand Diwali holiday US Hindu Groups to hold a grand rally
Multiple Hindu groups in New York City (NYC) schools will hold a 'Grand Rally' in front of City Hall, i.e. in front of NYC Mayor's Office on April 10, 2015 demanding holiday for Diwali in city schools. Hindu community leaders in the US have been ...Meri News, 6 days ago NYC overcomes 9/11 scar to announce Eid holiday for schools; Hindus dismayed at Diwali exclusion Times of India, 3 weeks ago After Eid added to New York school holidays, a call for Diwali India Today, 3 weeks ago After New York adds Eid to school holidays, US lawmaker wants Diwali on list too First Post.com, 3 weeks ago
Emirates Announces a New Daily Service to Orlando
Indian passengers will now have an additional exciting destination to explore while planning their holidays this Diwali. Emirates, a global connector of people, places and economies has announced it is commencing a daily service to Orlando, Florida ...APN News, 1 week ago
Dhamaka sale: Flipkart offers discounts upto 75%
New Delhi, March 23: After the grand success of Big Billion Day' on Diwali last year, Flipkart is back with another big bang sale. The three day sale is exclusively for those using Flipkart app on their mobiles (android, Windows or iphone. The ...Oneindia, 1 week ago Big App shopping day sale : Flipkart offers discounts upto 75% ABP Live, 1 week ago
Piaggio plans 1000cc Porter by Diwali, launches Xtra Dlx passenger carrier
Hardip Singh Goindi, EVP, CV business, PVPL, and Stefano Pelle, CEO, Piaggio India, at the launch of the Ape Xtra DLX. Piaggio Vehicles Pvt Ltd (PVPL), which manufactures a range of three- and four-wheelers, is planning to launch a 1000cc ...Autocar Professional, 1 week ago
DSK Benelli TNT 25 India launch before Diwali 2015
DSK Benelli announced their partnership and unveiled the first five bikes to be launched, last year. Today, the first lot of motorcycles was launched and commenced sales. This includes Benelli TNT 302, TNT 600i, TNT 600GT, TNT 899 and TNT 1130R, ...Rush Lane, 1 week ago DSK Benelli announces launch of a new firecracker called TNT 25 by Diwali Motoroids.com, 1 week ago Benelli TNT 25 to be Launched in India: DSK Benelli plans to launch TNT 25 by October 2015 OnCars.in, 1 week ago Benelli launches superbikes in India from Rs 283L to Rs 1181L Hindustan Times, 1 week ago
Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo or Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again: Which film ...
Salman Khan's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo or Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again: Which film will ... This Diwali sparks are going to fly at the box office as Dabangg Khan will take on his old buddyINooz, 1 week ago Sunny vs Salman this Diwali Mumbai Mirror, 1 week ago Sunny Deol's Ghayal Once Again to release this Diwali! INooz, 1 week ago Salman Khan, Sonam's Prem Ratan Dhan Payo to release this Diwali India Today, 1 week ago
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Diwali on the ramp!
Nitya Arora delved into and the much-loved Star Wars movies for her jewellery collection, Iridescent Space. Photographs: Uday Kuckian/Rediff.com Talk about dramatic! This giant galaxy harness rises like a halo, with matching wrist and waist jewellery. Tell us, would you wear the halo? A bit on the futuristic side, don't you think? Diwali's here early :) You could always wear the galaxy around your neck... Totally love the finger cuff! Palm bracelets, anyone? Designer Nitya Arora takes a ...Rediff.com, 1 week ago
10 Vacation Spots Perfect For College Students
BANGALORE: College is the best time in life to travel. With weekends, summer, Diwali and Christmas vacations, there is ample time to plan for month-long road trips and quick weekend getaways. Your budget may not be able to sustain journeys abroad, ...Silicon India, 1 week ago
Hindu leaders upset with New York Mayor for not including Diwali as holiday
Hindu community leaders in the US have expressed their disappointment over a decision by the city administration here of excluding Diwali from its list of school holidays. They have accused the mayor of falling short of his responsibility to equally represent ...Zee News, 3 weeks ago PTI - US-DIWALI - NYC Hindu leaders upset over not including Diwali as holiday Namibia Press Agency, 3 weeks ago Hindu Leaders in New York Upset Over Not Declaring Diwali Holiday New Indian Express, 3 weeks ago Hindus fret as Diwali left out of NY's school holidays Millennium Post, 3 weeks ago
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