I never dreamed I would be able to see Niatross race, for 30 years. There were so many rumors about what caused his two losses. I'm impressed with how Clint stood up with the LINES IN HIS hands after going over the hubrail. Niatross was, too. Here is what I see: After winning all the time, Niatross was bored and wanted to see what it was like to be the loser "hugging the rail". That race was slow enough for him to realize his dream. He was whipped for the first time. Most are gelded..
I was standing at the finish line that day. It was incredible to hear thousands of people all draw in their breath at the same time. And as I remember, Saratoga Raceway did not allow win betting on this race!!
Clint Galbraith is a Great Man on and off the track. He never looked down on anyone even though he could have. He treated the common person just like if they were king or queen. I am thankful for the honor of talking to this man to have his ear was an honor!
@howardm74 i am not disputing anything that you say about Clint as a man and trainer, I am sure Steve Smith is a great guy but nobody would put him up in a big race with Brenna, Sears, Tetrick ect available. All I am saying is that if O'Donnell or Campbell were aboard Niatross the horse would have gone faster, not win more races, just gone faster. You cant dispute that.
@jamsid33 Well horses back then were much different then they are today. Niatross would make breaks. As far as O'Donnell and Campbell there big money drivers but not speed drivers. Now if we Say Walter Case JR or The Minister of Speed George Brennan than yes faster! Those 2 guys Brennan and Case could get more out of any horse I have ever seen!
@jamsid33 Your right! Do you know who was slated to drive Cambest that day? Walter Case Jr. Cambest time trial should have an * next to it. Should say horse did this mile with a pound of baking soda in his system. There are no drug tests in time trials. Hanover farms dropped cambest as a stud because of his postive test.
@howardm74- Imagine how many wins Case could have if he hadn't spent fully half his driving career suspended because he lacked the willpower to keep his nose out of the coke bowl.
@jamsid33 I find your post insulting to one of the few class acts of harness racing. Clint Galbraith has forgotten more then 30 great drivers will ever know. For you information Clint was the first man to go sub 1:50 in a time trial and the first man to go sub 1:50 in a race with Call for Rain! He knew his horses and he made his horses! Clint Galbraith not only great trainer/driver but a great man in all aspects of life! This man always took the time to talk with young drivers.
@jamsid33 Clint Galbraith was never a catch driver but he has 3,062 driving wins and $20 million in purses as a driver! That is direct from US trotting records. A statue could never win that many races. Niatross won 37 of 39 lifetime starts. Clint Galbraith was the first driver to go sub 1:50. He drove the first 3 sub 1:50 miles. Niatross 1:49.1 and Call for Rain twice in 1:49.3.
nitross was the best but it took a trainer to bring it out of him bloodline dont make a champion training makes a champion so them together was a perfect team the horse,trainer and the driver.
Niatross would've been just as good with a monkey as a driver. He was a 1 every 500 years type horse. Driver had nothing to do with his Talent, just lucky to own him. Whoever owned/drove him was going to be seen as "great". ALL thanks to Niatross!
Galbraith did a great job with this horse, but as a driver he was a clown, pure and simple. This was his once in a lifetime horse, like Pat Crowe with Cam Fella, and plenty of others.
Check out the 1979 woodrow wilson, Niatross should have lost this one too --to Denali who lugged in badly in the stretch,recovered and narrowly missed beating niatross.Denali was butchered by DR.
This race was a total fluke. Saratoga is the Bermuda Triangle of horse racing. Someone from the Trenton Time paddock probably drugged Niatross. They were always a classless bunch. And to the idiot below who thinks that Clint Galbraith wasn't the perfect driver for Niatross......look at all the records and all the money, dispstick. Jealousy does not serve you well. Eat it and smile.
NO ONE EVER MENTIONS THAT IF NIATROSS HAD BEEN DRIVEN BY A "REAL DRIVER" [CLINT G. WAS POOR AT BEST], WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH GREATER HE WOULD HAVE BEEN. MIKE [Yonkers, N.Y
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They don't call Saratoga the "Graveyard of Champions" for nothing. Recommend you read Bill Heller's Graveyard of Champions: Saratoga's Fallen Favorites. There is a good section on this race.
Heller's not much of a writer, but this was the classic example of someone publishing his research - the result of which created a much better book than what you'd usually expect.
Not true and yes he was quite sick that day and also a touch the next week when he was lucky to qualify for the Meadowlands Pace. Niatross felt the whip at two when winning a contentious 1979 Kentucky Pacing Derby over the Louisville Downs half-miler...
He was very sick that day and suffered a total bronchial shutdown; he literally keeled over the rail. Billy Haughton (Trenton Time)said that he knew that he had Niatross beaten at the half (1:01:2) and began to focus on beating the others...Niatross was not going to be second if he had stayed on his feet. His connections have never admitted that he was sick because they think it makes them look bad that they did not know before the race.
actually its come out that Niatross was sick that day.... I have read that on a bio page on him.... google Niatross and you'll find it... question is was Niatross's accident the reason why in the late 80s Saratoga Harness went to a sidewalk curb for a rail?
1:01.2 for a half, 1:30 and change for 3/4ths and he couldn't hold off a horse that was parked the ENTIRE race? pretty weak...
saveus228 2 weeks ago
@howardm74 milk shake !! gatorade and baking soda fact: baking soda helped to keep O2 levels higher carried in blood .
spikeri812 10 months ago
@spikeri812 Counteracts the effects of lactic acid actually.
MrAnguswangus 5 months ago
that is the way a driver is supposed to sit in the bike.
naymelful 1 year ago
I never dreamed I would be able to see Niatross race, for 30 years. There were so many rumors about what caused his two losses. I'm impressed with how Clint stood up with the LINES IN HIS hands after going over the hubrail. Niatross was, too. Here is what I see: After winning all the time, Niatross was bored and wanted to see what it was like to be the loser "hugging the rail". That race was slow enough for him to realize his dream. He was whipped for the first time. Most are gelded..
naymelful 1 year ago
I was standing at the finish line that day. It was incredible to hear thousands of people all draw in their breath at the same time. And as I remember, Saratoga Raceway did not allow win betting on this race!!
hlebowi2 1 year ago
Clint Galbraith is a Great Man on and off the track. He never looked down on anyone even though he could have. He treated the common person just like if they were king or queen. I am thankful for the honor of talking to this man to have his ear was an honor!
howardm74 1 year ago
@howardm74 i am not disputing anything that you say about Clint as a man and trainer, I am sure Steve Smith is a great guy but nobody would put him up in a big race with Brenna, Sears, Tetrick ect available. All I am saying is that if O'Donnell or Campbell were aboard Niatross the horse would have gone faster, not win more races, just gone faster. You cant dispute that.
jamsid33 1 year ago
@jamsid33 Well horses back then were much different then they are today. Niatross would make breaks. As far as O'Donnell and Campbell there big money drivers but not speed drivers. Now if we Say Walter Case JR or The Minister of Speed George Brennan than yes faster! Those 2 guys Brennan and Case could get more out of any horse I have ever seen!
howardm74 1 year ago
@howardm74 O'Donnell drove the fastest time trial in history!
jamsid33 1 year ago
@jamsid33 Your right! Do you know who was slated to drive Cambest that day? Walter Case Jr. Cambest time trial should have an * next to it. Should say horse did this mile with a pound of baking soda in his system. There are no drug tests in time trials. Hanover farms dropped cambest as a stud because of his postive test.
howardm74 1 year ago
@howardm74-that's not true. I was at Springfield that day and recall seeing the vet pulling Cambest's blood.
reconteske 11 months ago
@howardm74 you are right about Cambest and you are right about Walter Case Jr.
I never bet Norfield Park but when Walter drove there I bet the races because he is the only driver I ever saw that I enjoyed watching drive a horse.
jamsid33 1 year ago
@jamsid33 Oh yes Walter is the best driver to watch! Anywhere he drove I made sure to watch! He is magical. Walter is gonna drive again next year.
howardm74 1 year ago
@howardm74- Imagine how many wins Case could have if he hadn't spent fully half his driving career suspended because he lacked the willpower to keep his nose out of the coke bowl.
reconteske 11 months ago
i was there that day , thanks for posting this wow
insidioussioux 1 year ago
imagine if Niatross had a real driver, instead of a statue?
he would have time trialed in 47 and that was 20 years ago
jamsid33 1 year ago
@jamsid33 I find your post insulting to one of the few class acts of harness racing. Clint Galbraith has forgotten more then 30 great drivers will ever know. For you information Clint was the first man to go sub 1:50 in a time trial and the first man to go sub 1:50 in a race with Call for Rain! He knew his horses and he made his horses! Clint Galbraith not only great trainer/driver but a great man in all aspects of life! This man always took the time to talk with young drivers.
howardm74 1 year ago
@jamsid33 Clint Galbraith was never a catch driver but he has 3,062 driving wins and $20 million in purses as a driver! That is direct from US trotting records. A statue could never win that many races. Niatross won 37 of 39 lifetime starts. Clint Galbraith was the first driver to go sub 1:50. He drove the first 3 sub 1:50 miles. Niatross 1:49.1 and Call for Rain twice in 1:49.3.
howardm74 1 year ago
my mom and dad have horses at sartoga a.k.a. this race track
squirllyt33 2 years ago
thank god no more hub rails!
spikeri812 2 years ago 4
nitross was the best but it took a trainer to bring it out of him bloodline dont make a champion training makes a champion so them together was a perfect team the horse,trainer and the driver.
heavensbabygirl1 2 years ago
Niatross would've been just as good with a monkey as a driver. He was a 1 every 500 years type horse. Driver had nothing to do with his Talent, just lucky to own him. Whoever owned/drove him was going to be seen as "great". ALL thanks to Niatross!
Tampaslice 2 years ago
I don't know about '1 every 500 years'. I would have loved to see a race between him, Bret Hanover and Cam Fella.
carlfoggin 2 years ago
That "margin of safety" aka the curbed rail was more dangerous than the original...harold story went over it a few times and absolutely hated it.
joeyinempirestate 2 years ago
Galbraith did a great job with this horse, but as a driver he was a clown, pure and simple. This was his once in a lifetime horse, like Pat Crowe with Cam Fella, and plenty of others.
beatpunk9 3 years ago
Check out the 1979 woodrow wilson, Niatross should have lost this one too --to Denali who lugged in badly in the stretch,recovered and narrowly missed beating niatross.Denali was butchered by DR.
baseballeddie1177 3 years ago
well thats 1 way to beat him
PlaYah1979 3 years ago
Saratoga Springs graveyard of champions. Man O'War only defeat happened at Saratoga Springs too.
dxtrfn80 3 years ago
This race was a total fluke. Saratoga is the Bermuda Triangle of horse racing. Someone from the Trenton Time paddock probably drugged Niatross. They were always a classless bunch. And to the idiot below who thinks that Clint Galbraith wasn't the perfect driver for Niatross......look at all the records and all the money, dispstick. Jealousy does not serve you well. Eat it and smile.
jimmybryght 3 years ago
Clint Galbraith was with no doubt a perfect fit for Niatross.
funshipM174 3 years ago
NO ONE EVER MENTIONS THAT IF NIATROSS HAD BEEN DRIVEN BY A "REAL DRIVER" [CLINT G. WAS POOR AT BEST], WHO KNOWS HOW MUCH GREATER HE WOULD HAVE BEEN. MIKE [Yonkers, N.Y
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kimi08x 4 years ago
They don't call Saratoga the "Graveyard of Champions" for nothing. Recommend you read Bill Heller's Graveyard of Champions: Saratoga's Fallen Favorites. There is a good section on this race.
DoctorFuego 4 years ago
Agreed!
Heller's not much of a writer, but this was the classic example of someone publishing his research - the result of which created a much better book than what you'd usually expect.
7855waldo 2 years ago
I heard it was the first time he was ever hit with a whip
luvs2camp 4 years ago
Not true and yes he was quite sick that day and also a touch the next week when he was lucky to qualify for the Meadowlands Pace. Niatross felt the whip at two when winning a contentious 1979 Kentucky Pacing Derby over the Louisville Downs half-miler...
easygoer13 4 years ago
@luvs2camp I seen him win at buffalo raceway by 14 lenghts and the wip was never used,
buyystocks 1 year ago
I've seen this video a few times now... I still wonder what would make him jump the rail!... dude still you got the best collection on the net!
Wings71ny 5 years ago
He was very sick that day and suffered a total bronchial shutdown; he literally keeled over the rail. Billy Haughton (Trenton Time)said that he knew that he had Niatross beaten at the half (1:01:2) and began to focus on beating the others...Niatross was not going to be second if he had stayed on his feet. His connections have never admitted that he was sick because they think it makes them look bad that they did not know before the race.
easygoer13 4 years ago
actually its come out that Niatross was sick that day.... I have read that on a bio page on him.... google Niatross and you'll find it... question is was Niatross's accident the reason why in the late 80s Saratoga Harness went to a sidewalk curb for a rail?
Wings71ny 4 years ago
I saw the photo of him going over if I recall right? Thanks!
KirsiB 5 years ago
wow...1st time i saw it.
zugnarkid 5 years ago
Another miracle find of something I've wanted to see for years! You're my hero!
madkukkii 5 years ago
pretty scary stuff! thank God he wasn't seriously hurt..
lakings13 5 years ago