2019 WA Racing Industry Hall Of Fame Number 13 - Norms Daughter
23 February 2019 | Alan Parker
Norms Daughter
"Foaled in 1990 and bred by Sadie Palmer (wife of Collie identity Norm Palmer) Norms Daughter was raced by Norm and Sadie Palmer’s son Dave Palmer.
Dave Palmer inherited a number of horses after the death of his parents and Aeroflight and her filly (later to be named Norms Daughter) were among only three horses that Dave Palmer kept out of a sentimental commitment to his father.
Broken in by Collie trainer Dennis Morton, Norms Daughter proved to be a handful, frequently throwing herself down and a decision was made to send the filly to the knackery even though her biggest attribute was her toughness.
“I rang the knackery but the bloke couldn’t pick her up for a week and in the meantime Dave was talking to Bunbury trainer Neil Lloyd in the Prince Of Wales hotel which Palmer owned”, Dennis Morton recalled recently.
Lloyd offered to try the cantankerous filly and Palmer gave her a reprieve. Norms Daughter took some time to develop into a competitive pacer as she showed a propensity to trot which, when coupled with her temperamental nature and small frame hardly made her an attractive addition to the Lloyd stable.
Her smallness of stature was fittingly recognised with the stable name of Dot.
So slow to develop and mature was Norms Daughter that Dave Palmer again suggested the knackery as a destination. It was only a plea by Neil Lloyd for a further six weeks after changing the filly’s shoeing that saw a fairytale emerge."
Absolute lovers of animals, every single individual involved, from the owners, to the trainers, the industry reps and bodies who celebrate the realities, to the media who rave about how great it all is. Pacing, Racing, Trots, all share the same fundamentals. Each individual in this article would be considered as a lover of horses and stand up caring individuals within the game. Absolute crap. It is all a lie, the entire industry and every individual in it, including those who actually think they love the animals whilst driving them on in training and forcing them to run more, build more, use that bred Nervous energy and fear of the rope, whip, body physical and mental pressure. Adrenaline, drugs, supplements. It goes on and on. This is just standard fare and the true realities.
23 February 2019 | Alan Parker
Norms Daughter
"Foaled in 1990 and bred by Sadie Palmer (wife of Collie identity Norm Palmer) Norms Daughter was raced by Norm and Sadie Palmer’s son Dave Palmer.
Dave Palmer inherited a number of horses after the death of his parents and Aeroflight and her filly (later to be named Norms Daughter) were among only three horses that Dave Palmer kept out of a sentimental commitment to his father.
Broken in by Collie trainer Dennis Morton, Norms Daughter proved to be a handful, frequently throwing herself down and a decision was made to send the filly to the knackery even though her biggest attribute was her toughness.
“I rang the knackery but the bloke couldn’t pick her up for a week and in the meantime Dave was talking to Bunbury trainer Neil Lloyd in the Prince Of Wales hotel which Palmer owned”, Dennis Morton recalled recently.
Lloyd offered to try the cantankerous filly and Palmer gave her a reprieve. Norms Daughter took some time to develop into a competitive pacer as she showed a propensity to trot which, when coupled with her temperamental nature and small frame hardly made her an attractive addition to the Lloyd stable.
Her smallness of stature was fittingly recognised with the stable name of Dot.
So slow to develop and mature was Norms Daughter that Dave Palmer again suggested the knackery as a destination. It was only a plea by Neil Lloyd for a further six weeks after changing the filly’s shoeing that saw a fairytale emerge."
Absolute lovers of animals, every single individual involved, from the owners, to the trainers, the industry reps and bodies who celebrate the realities, to the media who rave about how great it all is. Pacing, Racing, Trots, all share the same fundamentals. Each individual in this article would be considered as a lover of horses and stand up caring individuals within the game. Absolute crap. It is all a lie, the entire industry and every individual in it, including those who actually think they love the animals whilst driving them on in training and forcing them to run more, build more, use that bred Nervous energy and fear of the rope, whip, body physical and mental pressure. Adrenaline, drugs, supplements. It goes on and on. This is just standard fare and the true realities.
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