1983 Interdominions - Pacers' 9th Heat, Alexandra Park, Auckland: Delightful Lady

After a poor run in the wet on the second night The Darling of Alexandra Park, Delightful Lady, was faced with a "must win" challenge to make the Grand Final. Probably the best race of the carnival, certainly for home town fans, a tense home-straight battle ensued as The Lady made it in a time of 2:42.3, a New Zealand record with a mile-rate of 1:58.7 for the 2200 metre journey.

[@robmcbride873]

My greatest memory of being at "the Park". The huge crowd were raucus. Spine-tingling stuff and still today watching this again stirs up emotion. Thanks so much.

[@brendonoconnor4484]

Incredible effort by Delightful Lady to run down Gammalite in the shadows of the post, after giving Gammalite at least 2 - 3 lengths at the top of the straight.
What a wonderful race mare she was.

[@brentparish387]

I remember that race 😁 that was really great Dave Anderson owner one of the great race ive seen even though she was 9 wow

[@brethillier1447]

good on ya dad!

[@stephaniesharrock6503]

Or-some, that always puts a smile on My face, picks Me up

[@hsicreativeedge6809]

Awesome