THE recent announcement that the West Australian-based chaser Thunder Rama (Hallucinate x Bananarama Sep ’11) was sadly injured and forced into retirement after an incredible career means the rising six-year-old fawn chaser will miss out on reaching what would probably have been a unique effort in Australian racing history, that is, finishing second on 50 occasions.
As it is, Thunder Rama almost certainly has set an Australian racing record of 48 second placings in his 183-start career.
Under normal circumstances so many second placings would raise an eyebrow and might suggest he wasn’t as keen a chaser Read full article
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