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from a 40 m handicap on 25 November and the
Freestone Cup. In the Dullard Cup he broke his own track record when driven less patiently than the Inter Dominion final when there was severe criticism of the drive. He was then badly injured and didn't finish in a race at Moonee Valley on 9 December 1978.
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Maori's Idol was the only trotter voted in the top 10 Australian post-war
Standardbreds in a poll conducted by Australian Standardbred magazine, and Harness Racing International stated that he would win the vote as Australia's best trotter in any poll when they named their greatest ever trotters.
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During his career Maori's Idol had 46 race starts for 40 wins (8 were against pacers) and four placings and then record trotting earnings of $ 98,821. He also won 16 of his 18 starts at Moonee Valley. Maori's Idol held
Australian records at six different distances from standing starts and two for
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In 1990 Bill and
Margaret Hanson purchased Maori's Idol from Noel Taylor for stud duties. At stud he has sired 726 foals for 183 individual winners of $ 3.9 million in stakes including the Australasian Trotters Championship winner Digger's Idol. His other good performers include Alabama's Idol,
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Australian Broodmare of the Year in 1977, 1978 and 1979. Maori's Idol older half-brother Maori Monarch won the Victoria Trotters Derby and the Australasian Trotting Championship. Maori Miss has founded a very successful family of her own and is the third dam of
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Maori's Idol won a race at Moonee Valley after starting with a 60 metres handicap. On 19 November 1977 he became the first trotter in
Australia to break two minutes when he won the Summer Wine FFA in 1:59.3. In Adelaide Maori's Idol won three more races during the
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Maori's Idol died on 20 October 2006 at
Homevale Stud at Fern Hill, where the 34-year-old stallion had spent his past 16 years. He was buried next to the admission gates at the Bendigo Harness Racing Club's track.
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carnival. He also had a 50 metres victory in the
Hamilton Cup against pacers. Maori's Idol had won a record 24 successive races and all of his 12 starts at Moonee Valley before finishing third in the 1978
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Australian and New Zealand record for a successive winning sequence for a trotter of 24 victories. In his career Maori's Idol won 31 of his 34 starts against trotters.
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Maori's Idol won his first nine race starts before he was defeated from a 60-metre handicap at
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On 29 August 1981, Maori's Idol made his final start defeating New Zealand trotter Cal Brydon despite conceding a handicap of up to 40 metres to his rivals.
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Maori's Idol won four of his first five starts, his only loss against pacers in the Kilmore Cup. His wins included the
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racehorse. He was the first Australian trotter to break two minutes with a time of 1:59.3 on 19 November 1977 at
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That was his only defeat in eight mobile barrier start races against trotters.
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Maori's Idol was trained by his owner Ric Healy and driven by Bryan Healy at
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He was by a Leading Sire of Trotters, Ike Frost (by
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179:1977/78, 1978/79 Australian Trotter of the Year
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489:Flashback Friday....Squaregaiting Superstar
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176:Australian Harness Horse of the Year
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135:Ric Healy
127:Ric Healy
108:Australia
60:Grandsire
504:Archived
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352:See also
243:Victoria
174:1977/78
151:$ 98,821
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522:The Age
458:The Age
430:23 July
326:Summary
291:final.
132:Trainer
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186:Honors
169:Awards
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218:Adios
161:1978
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